Ventilation planning at Minerales Monclova's Mine 7

摘要

Minerales Monclova, S.A. De C.V (MIMOSA) is owned by GRUPO ACERERO DEL NORTE (GAN). This company has iron and coal mines to feed it's steelmaking facilities located in the city of Monclova in the North of Mexico in the state of Coahuila. It also has coal mines to supply steam coal for two power generation stations near the border with Texas. These two stations are currently producing 8% of the country's electricity. MIMOSA has a new project in the Saltillito coal basin (Mine 7) located 40 kilometers far from the current mines. The Mine 7 project has a total amount of 30 million tonnes of recoverable coal resources and the first longwall is scheduled to start at the middle of 2006. This paper explains the ventilation planning process of the mine from the beginning in November 2001 to the current date and the future projections.