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Monitoring Of Subsidence Movements At Major Infrastructure, J. Barbato, D. Kay, H. Pinkster, B. De Somer Jan 2006

Monitoring Of Subsidence Movements At Major Infrastructure, J. Barbato, D. Kay, H. Pinkster, B. De Somer

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Time based mine subsidence predictions provide a valuable tool, as part of an overall management strategy to protect infrastructure, which involves making subsidence predictions at set increments of longwall travel. The predictions can be presented as a series of subsidence contours or profiles, and can be animated to show the progression of the subsidence travelling wave. The observed movements at major items of infrastructure can then be compared to the predicted movements at any time throughout the mining period. The challenges in providing time based predictions are discussed. Two examples are provided: the Main Southern Railway at Tahmoor Colliery and …

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Impacts Of Longwall Mining To Rivers And Cliffs In The Southern Coalfield, D. Kay, J. Barbato, G. Brassington, B. De Somer Jan 2006

Impacts Of Longwall Mining To Rivers And Cliffs In The Southern Coalfield, D. Kay, J. Barbato, G. Brassington, B. De Somer

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Extraction of coal using longwall mining techniques causes subsidence which has potential to affect surface features, including environmentally sensitive areas such as rivers and cliffs. There are currently a number of proposed extensions to coal mining operations in the Southern Coalfield of New South Wales that are seeking to mine close to rivers and cliffs. These proposals have attracted some community concern at a local and regional level. This concern is largely founded on impacts that have occurred as a result of previous mining activities, the majority of which occurred directly beneath the impacted sites. It was therefore considered a …

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Management Of Impacts Of Longwall Mining Under Urban Areas, D. Kay, A. Waddington, J. Page, B. De Somer Jan 2006

Management Of Impacts Of Longwall Mining Under Urban Areas, D. Kay, A. Waddington, J. Page, B. De Somer

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Current and proposed expansions to existing underground coal mines are occurring in closer proximity to and directly beneath urban areas. The density of built infrastructure potentially impacted by longwall mining is substantially increased in urban areas when compared with mining beneath rural areas. Management of the impacts of longwall mining in such areas requires extensive consultation with the affected community, including education and management of communities’ expectations regarding what could be expected during and after the mining period. Approaches undertaken by Tahmoor Colliery to manage the potential impacts of mining under the township of Tahmoor are discussed. A summary of …

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Sterilisation Of Coal Resources In The Southern Nsw Coalfields: The Cfmeu Perspective, G. White Jan 2006

Sterilisation Of Coal Resources In The Southern Nsw Coalfields: The Cfmeu Perspective, G. White

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The Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union covers workers in several major industries, including coal mining. It represents an amalgamation of many trade-based and industry unions. One of these was “the Miners’ Federation” (ACSEF - Australasian Coal and Shale Employees’ Federation) that was formed in 1915. Union history shows sporadic coal unionism – including southern New South Wales – dating back to the 1850s. Within the coal industry the CFMEU represents the overwhelming majority of production and maintenance workers – over 15,000 across Australia. As a result of a high level of unionisation, and a history of strong union campaigning, …

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Proceedings Of The 2006 Coal Operators' Conference, Naj Aziz Jan 2006

Proceedings Of The 2006 Coal Operators' Conference, Naj Aziz

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Proceedings of the 2006 Coal Operators' Conference. All papers in these proceedings are peer reviewed.ISBN: 1 920806 48 2.

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