Research network reaches out for deep mining projects: Researchers and mining supply and services companies will have until Nov. 10 to apply for funding through the Ultra-Deep Mining Network to bring any ideas that would improve ultra-deep mining productivity or safety to reality.The Centre for Excellence in Mining Innovation (CEMI) launched the Ultra-Deep Mining Network to find practical advances that would make ultra-deep mining – deeper than 2.5 kilometres or roughly 8,000 feet – more economically viable. Thanks to contributions from the federal government and mining sector, the network has $46 million to apply to research over a five-year period. Bora Ugurgel, managing director of the Ultra-Deep Mining Network, said Thursday early enquiries into the networks call for proposals were split evenly between academics and industry partners.The network has identified four areas of research that would benefit mining at extreme depths: rock stress reduction; energy reduction; material transport and productivity;...
Posted on: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 19:36:27 +0000
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