Commercialising Csiro's New Longwall System

摘要

CSIRO's division of exploration and mining recently signed agreements with longwall mining equipment manufacturers Joy Australasia and Inbye Mining Services to commercialise CSIRO's new underground longwall automation system (dubbed LASC).rnAccording to CSIRO, longwall mining now accounts for about 90% of all underground coal mining in Australia, equivalent to more than 70Mt/a production.rnThe new automated longwall mining system has been developed with funding from the Australian Coal Research Program (ACARP).rn"The goal of the research was to provide automated systems that would improve productivity and move people away from a hazardous working envi-rnronment," said Dr David Hainsworth, a senior principal research engineer with CSIRO Exploration and Mining.