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03 Comment
05 Coal News
10 Industry View: A Bright Future In The Lucky Country
Russell Taylor.
53 Suppliers Round-Up
Regional Report: Colombia
11 Feeling The Pinch
Barry Baxter reports on Colombia and its coal industry.
16 Mapping Colombia’s Coal
Paul Bright provides a detailed overview of Colombia’s coal
geology, mining industry and export infrastructure.
Asset Management
22 Knowing The Ropes
Bill Gommers, Viper WRL Pty Ltd, Australia, details ways the
company has provided lubrication assistance to a major coal
export facility in Queensland and at the main mine site for
Glencore’s Tahmoor coal mine.
27 Getting Tooth Replacement Right
Hairong Zeng, Motion Metrics, Canada, presents tooth
change‑out planning with machine vision assistance.
Mobile Coal Handling
31 Top Of The Heap
Brian Evans and Grant Graber, Terra Nova Technologies Inc.,
USA, explain how the company’s portable conveyor design
concepts can be applied to coal operations, including in‑pit
crushing and conveying.
36 Going Mobile
Jonathan Rowland discusses the advantages of mobile conveyors
for coal handling with Matt Hanson, Business Development
Manager at Superior Industries’ Mining Division.
Coal Dewatering
40 Dewatering techniques
John R. Casey II, Tabor Machine Co., USA, looks at the process
of removing surface moisture from coal through vibrating and
high‑frequency screens.
Surface Mine Planning
43 Advancing Coal Exploration
Andrew Pyne, Dassault Systèmes GEOVIA, Canada, details
how using an accurate tool saved a coal company AUS$200 000
and increased staff confidence to progress from exploration to
opencast coal mining.
Mine Dewatering
45 Controlling The Flow
Ken Albaugh, Xylem, USA, discusses the use of the company’s
mine dewatering technology at two coal mines in Indiana.
Special Report: IT In The Mining Industry
49 Navigating An Unpredictable Future
Adrian Beer, Enterprise Software, ABB, Australia, discusses the
benefits of using information technology in mining can offer.
