Browsing by Subject "Underground"
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Reconfiguring mine cooling auxiliaries for optimal operation
(North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Deep level gold mines utilise energy intensive cooling systems to maintain an acceptable underground working environment. The majority of these cooling systems are old as they were installed a few years after the mines’ ... -
Underground mine workers' respiratory exposure to selected gasses after the blasting process in a platinum mine
(2013)Ammonium Nitrate-Fuel Oil (ANFO) is the explosive generally used in the mining industry to blast ore from the rock face. The use and detonation of ANFO explosives in an underground mine is an intrinsically hazardous process. ...