Resources
The following internet sites are related to mine ventilation, underground environmental control and other pertinent issues. The School of Mining Engineering, University of New South Wales and Mining Education Australia (MEA) are not responsible for the contents or adequacy of the following web sites and do not necessarily endorse any of the organisations, companies, individuals or products involved. The list is not exhaustive and is not in any particular order of importance.
Table of Contents
1 Ventilation Forums
2 General Organisations (Australia & New Zealand)
3 General Organisations (United States)
4 General Organisations (Canada)
5 General Organisations (United Kingdom & Europe)
6 General Organisations (South Africa)
7 General Organisations (China)
8 Software
9 Books, Guidelines, Journals and Reference
10 Equipment Suppliers – Fans
11 Equipment Suppliers - Duct
12 Equipment Suppliers – Shaft sinking, ventilation devices
13 Equipment Suppliers – Drilling and gas drainage
14 Equipment Suppliers – Environmental monitoring and control
15 Mining Disasters
| 1 Ventilation Forums | ||
| International mine ventilation forum – free membership, very useful | mineventilation@unr.edu | |
| Subscribe - unsubscribe | sympa@lists.unr.edu | |
| Contact Pierre Mousset Jones | mousset@mines.unr.edu | |
| 2 General Organisations (Australia & New Zealand) | ||
| Australian Coal Association Research Program | http://www.acarp.com.au/ | |
| Australian Institute of Occupational Health | http://www.aioh.org.au/ | |
| AMIRA - Australian Minerals Industry Research Association | http://www.amira.com.au/ | |
| Hazardous substances, Codes of practice, Fact sheets | http://www.ascc.gov.au/ | |
| AusIMM | http://www.ausimm.com/ | |
| AusIMM OHS links page | http://www.ausimm.com/ohs/ohs.asp | |
| New South Wales Legislation – consolidated acts | http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/ | |
| Bureau of Meteorology Weather Warnings, Radar & Satellite Images | http://www.bom.gov.au/weather/ | |
| WA – Chamber Minerals & Energy | http://www.cmewa.com.au/ | |
| Coal Mine Technical Services | http://www.cmts.com.au/ | |
| Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA | http://www.cmewa.com/ | |
| Coal Services Formerly Joint Coal Board NSW and Mines Rescue Board | http://www.coalservices.com.au | |
| TAFE Queensland Mining | http://www.cqtafe.com/mining/ | |
| New Zealand – Ministry of Economic Development | http://www.crownminerals.govt.nz/minerals/index.asp | |
| Dept Of Industry Resources WA | http://www.doir.wa.gov.au | |
| CSIRO Exploration and Mining | http://www.em.csiro.au/ | |
| JKMRC - Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Centre | http://www.jkmrc.uq.edu.au/ | |
| Queensland Legislation | http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/Legislation.htm http://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/OQPChome.htm |
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| Department of Mineral Resources NSW | http://www.minerals.nsw.gov.au http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/minerals |
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| Mine Safety Australia | http://www.minesafe.org | |
| Minerals Council of Australia | http://www.minerals.org.au | |
| Minerals Industry Risk Management – numerous links and background information | http://www.mirmgate.com.au | |
| Minerals Industry Safety & Health | http://www.mishc.uq.edu.au/index.html?id=623 | |
| Training Packages & competencies | http://www.ntis.gov.au/ | |
| National Occupational Health and Safety Commission | http://www.nohsc.gov.au | |
| SIMTARS – Safety in Mines Training and Research | http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/simtars | |
| Department of Natural Resources and Mines Qld | http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/resourcenet/mines/ | |
| NSW Minerals Council | http://www.nswmin.com.au | |
| Australian Mines atlas | http://www.nationalminesatlas.gov.au/ | |
| Queensland Resources Council (formerly Queensland Mining Council) Goto About QRC – advanced search downloads |
http://www.qrc.org.au http://www.qrc.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=284 |
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| Standards Association of Australia | http://www.standards.com.au | |
| Tunneling Organizations | http://www.tunnelbuilder.com/ | |
| University of Wollongong – Outburst research and papers | http://www.uow.edu.au/eng/outburst/ http://www.uow.edu.au/eng/outburst/research_publication.html http://www.uow.edu.au/eng/outburst/ |
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| 3 General Organisations (United States) | ||
| American Conference Of Government Hygienists | http://www.acgih.org/ | |
| Air Movement and Control Association | http://www.amca.org | |
| The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers | http://www.ashrae.org | |
| Arizona State Mine Inspector | http://www.asmi.state.az.us/ | |
| National Institute of Occupational Safety Health USA | http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/homepage.html http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/topics/ventilation/ |
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| US Mine Safety Technology and Safety Commission | http://www.coalminingsafety.org/meetings.asp | |
| Bureau of Mine safety Pennsylvania | http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/deepminesafety/site/default.asp | |
| Coalbed Methane Outreach Program | http://www.epa.gov/coalbed/ | |
| US – Department of transport | http://www.fta.dot.gov/assistance/technology/research_4507.html | |
| USBM reports | http://www.isee.org/tis/Invest/rilist.htm | |
| International Society of Mine safety Professionals | http://www.ismsp.com/ | |
| Mine Safety Health Administration USA | http://www.msha.gov | |
| International initiative cost-effective methane recovery | http://www.methanetomarkets.org/ | |
| Michigan Mine Safety And Training Program | http://www.mine-safety.mtu.edu/index.htm | |
| Colorado Division of Reclamation Mining and Safety | http://www.mining.state.co.us/ | |
| National Mining Association | http://www.nma.org/ | |
| US Department of Labour Occupational Safety and Health | http://www.osha.gov/ | |
| Society for Mining and Metallurgy and Exploration – vent com | http://www.smenet.org/ | |
| Underground Technology Research Council | http://www.utrc.org | |
| United Mine Workers of America | http://www.umwa.org | |
| US Mine Rescue Association | http://www.usmra.com | |
| Western Virginia Office of Miners Health Safety and Training | http://www.wvminesafety.org/ | |
| Deep mine safety | http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/ | |
| 4 General Organisations (Canada) | ||
| Mining in Manatoba | http://www.digistar.mb.ca/minsci/ | |
| Canadian – mining association | http://www.mining.ca/www/ | |
| Canadian – narrow vein mining research | http://mmsd1.mms.nrcan.gc.ca/canmet/default.html | |
| CANMET | http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/mms/canmet-mtb/mmsl-lmsm/mines/ | |
| Approved Engines List | http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/mms/canmet-mtb/mmsl-lmsm/mines/ | |
| Canadian Natural Resources Sector | http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/mms/hm_e.htm | |
| Ontario Mines & Aggregates Safety & Health | http://www.masha.on.ca/links.aspx | |
| Ontario mining association | http://www.oma.on.ca/ | |
| Manatoba Mines Acts | http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/regs/pdf/w210-228.94.pdf http://web2.gov.mb.ca/laws/regs/w210e.php |
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| Saskatchewan WorkSafe | http://www.worksafesask.com/topics/industry_issues/mining.html | |
| 5 General Organisations (United Kingdom & Europe) | ||
| British Medical Journal | http://oem.bmjjournals.com | |
| Sino-German Coal Fire Research | http://www.coalfire.caf.dlr.de/intro_en.html | |
| Health and Safety Executive, Mines Inspectorate UK | http://www.hse.gov.uk http://www.hse.gov.uk/mining/index.htm |
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| Institute of Mining and Metallurgy | http://www.iom3.org./ | |
| Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers | http://www.mininginstitute.org.uk/ | |
| 6. General Organisations (South Africa) | ||
| Association of Societies for Occupational Safety and Health Multiple internet links, manuals and downloads |
http://www.asosh.org http://www.asosh.org/WorldLinks/Sectors/mining.htm http://asosh.sheafrica.info |
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| Chamber of Mines of South Africa | http://www.bullion.org.za/ | |
| Deep mine research – South Africa | http://deepmine.csir.co.za/ | |
| Mine Ventilation Society of South Africa | http://www.mvssa.co.za/ | |
| South Africa – Mine Safety and Health Council | http://www.mhsc.org.za/ | |
| Safety In Mines Research Advisory Council (South Africa) Large amount of data and downloads available |
http://www.simrac.co.za/ | |
| 7. General Organisations (China) | ||
| China Coal Information Institute | http://www.coalinfo.net.cn/english.htm | |
| 8. Software | ||
| Excel VB macros | http://www.bizpeponline.com/excel-macros.html | |
| Ventilation circuit analysis and control | http://www.flairbase.com/English/AutoVen/AutoVen.htm | |
| Chemical Engineering website with forum | http://www.cheresources.com/indexzz.shtml | |
| Various refrigeration and fluid flow software | http://www.coolit.co.za | |
| Excel site | http://www.decisionmodels.com/ | |
| Source of free software, some related to ventilation | http://www1.eere.energy.gov/ | |
| Gas and fluid calculations free spreadsheets engineering calculations and some good links | http://members.ozemail.com.au/~denniskb/ | |
| Summary of ventilation network software | http://www.miningsoftware.com/swmine/swarticles/ | |
| MIVENA Includes free download | http://reps.mine.kyushu-u.ac.jp/mivena/index-e.htm | |
| Forum answers to any Excel problem you can imagine | http://www.mrexcel.com | |
| Climsim, VnetPC - Mine Ventilation Services Inc & papers | http://www.mvsengineering.com | |
| Source of free software, some related to ventilation | http://www.pumpsystemsmatter.org/ | |
| Ventsim web site | http://www.ventsim.com | |
| Vuma thermodynamic network simulation software | http://www.vuma.co.za | |
| 9 Books, Guidelines, Journals and Reference | ||
| Association of Societies for Occupational Safety and Health Multiple links |
http://www.asosh.org/index.htm http://www.asosh.org/WorldLinks/world_links.htm http://www.asosh.org/WorldLinks/Sectors/mining.htm#3si |
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| Historical coal mine ventilation | http://www.angelfire.com/mech/ians_coal_page/ | |
| NIOSH download list | http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/mining/pubs/downloadablepubs.htm | |
| Sites dealing with the use of diesel equipment in underground mines. | http://www.dieselnet.com http://www.deep.org http://www.healtheffects.org/index.html |
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| Engineering and Mining Journal | http://www.e-mj.com | |
| Engineering formula | http://www.efunda.com/formulae/formula_index.cfm | |
| Large amount of information on fires –software, publications | http://www.fire.nist.gov/ | |
| Maps – zoom into anywhere in the world | http://www.google.com/maps | |
| Hazmap – toxic substances | http://hazmap.nlm.nih.gov | |
| Mine rescue Manual | http://www.labour.gov.sk.ca/safety/mine%2Drescue%2Dmanual/ | |
| McPherson’s Subsurface Ventilation And Environmental Engineering | http://www.multimedia.vt.edu/mcpherson/teaching | |
| Rules of thumb for mining | http://www.mcintoshengineering.com/ | |
| Radon analysis | http://members.shaw.ca/eic/Tools/ProgenyAnalysis.htm | |
| Mining Life | http://www.mininglife.com/miner/ugmethods/index.htm | |
| Mine Safety Association | http://www.minesafetyassoc.com/pocket%20books.htm | |
| Mining industry news and information | http://www.miningnews.net/ | |
| 10 Equipment Suppliers – Fans | ||
| Allied Group – eg. Aux fan hire. | http://www.alliedgroup.com.au/ | |
| Fans and ducts | http://www.alphairfans.com/ | |
| Auxiliary fans | http://www.clemcorp.com.au | |
| Fan manufacturer | http://www.flaktwoods.com | |
| Fan manufacturer | http://www.howden.com http://www.howdenbuffalo.com/Products/mine.htm |
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| Auxiliary fans | http://www.korfmann.com/index2.html | |
| M & I Mining Group | http://www.miningmiair.com/ | |
| Fan manufacturer | http://rocvent.com/frames-eng.htm | |
| Mining and tunnel fans | http://www.smjfans.com | |
| Aux Fans manufacture & hire | http://www.vale.com.au/ | |
| Aux Fans manufacture & hire | http://www.wareng.com.au/ | |
| Auxiliary fans | http://www.wittfan.de/ | |
| Fan manufacturer | http://www.tltbabcock.com/home.html | |
| Fan manufacturer | http://www.novenco.nl/ | |
| 11 Equipment Suppliers - Duct | ||
| Ventilation ducting and others | http://www.plasticoat.com.au | |
| Ventilation ducting and others | http://www.protan.com | |
| Ventilation ducting and others | http://www.abc-industries.net | |
| Ventilation ducting and others | http://www.acmegroup.com.au | |
| Ventilation ducting and others | http://www.amco-plastics.co.uk/ | |
| Ventilation ducting and others | http://www.oldorid.de/ | |
| Vent tube, brattice, inflatable stoppings | http://www.minvent.com.au/ | |
| Ventilation ducting and others | http://www.schauenburg.com/html_de/pages/00_index.htm | |
| 12 Equipment Suppliers – Shaft sinking, ventilation devices | ||
| Shaft sinking and raise bores | http://www.australiancontractmining.com.au/pages/services.html | |
| Multiple supplier links | http://www.coaltrade.com/mine-ventilation.htm | |
| Shaft sinking and raise bores | http://www.cre.com.au/html/ard.html | |
| High quality dampers and regulators | http:/www.dampertechnology.com | |
| Mine sealant | http://www.fomo.com/silent-seal.aspx | |
| Multiple supplier links | http://www.mininglife.com/Miner/services/mine_ventilation.htm | |
| Supply, manufacturer, & install ventilation structures, strata control | http://www.minova.com.au/ | |
| Mine door supplier | http://www.minedoor.com | |
| Shaft sinking and raise bores | http://www.piling.com.au | |
| Shaft sinking and raise bores | http://www.thyssenmining.com | |
| Shotcreting & grouting equipment, drill rigs | http://www.tunnelmining.com.au/australia.htm | |
| Ventilation control devices (FAL) | http://www.walter.net.au | |
| 13 Equipment Suppliers – Drilling and gas drainage | ||
| Supplier of downhole motors and drill bits | http://www.accu-dril.com/ | |
| Suppliers of drill rods & casings, core bits & reamers, surface | http://www.asahi-diamond.com.au/ | |
| Manufacturer and supplier of tools, equipment and services | http://www.boartlongyear.com/ | |
| Field services, consulting, R&D, and equipment | http://www.imm.org.uk/ | |
| In-seam directional drilling, gas drainage, exploratory drilling | http://www.lucas.com.au/ | |
| In-seam directional drilling, gas drainage, exploratory drilling | http://www.mitchelldrilling.com | |
| Design, manufacture and support of exploration | http://www.udr.com.au/ | |
| In-seam directional drilling, gas drainage, exploratory drilling | http://www.valleylongwall.com.au/ | |
| 14 Equipment Suppliers – Environmental monitoring and control | ||
| Ultrasonic airflow measurement | http://www.accutroninstruments.com | |
| U/G Drilling Guidance Systems, Collision Avoidance Systems | http://www.advminingtech.com.au/ | |
| Airflow instrumentation | http://www.airflowinstruments.co.uk | |
| Airflow developments | http://www.airflow.co.uk | |
| Handheld and fixed gas monitoring instruments | http://www.app-tek.com | |
| Tube Bundle Gas Monitoring Systems | http://www.austdynatech.com.au/ | |
| Dust suppression and other controls | http://www.bwieagle.com | |
| Wide range monitoring and control | http://www.davis.com/index.asp | |
| Draeger gas monitoring web site | http://www.draeger.com/ | |
| Dwyer Instruments | http://www.dwyer-inst.com/ | |
| Dust and climate monitoring instruments | http://www.hund.de | |
| Industrial scientific – gas monitoring | http://www.indsci.com/index.asp | |
| General methane detection | http://www.methanometer.com | |
| Mine Site Technologies | http://www.minesite.com.au/ | |
| MSA Mining products | http://www.msanorthamerica.com/catalog/catalog568.html | |
| NL Technologies – airflow sensor | http://www.nltinc.com/nld_airflow.html | |
| SKC monitoring/sampling equipment | http://www.skcshopping.com/ | |
| Mine system control | http://www.varismine.com/products/data/data.php | |
| Envirocon Instrumentation | ||
| 15 Mining Disasters | ||
| Westray | http://www.gov.ns.ca/legi/inquiry/westray | |
| Queensland – Moura & Kianga | http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/mines/inspectorate/inquiries/moura4.pdf http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/mines/inspectorate/inquiries/moura2.html http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/mines/inspectorate/inquiries/kianga.pdf |
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| Chinese coal mines | http://www.usmra.com/chinatable.htm | |
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