Ventilation Requirement for ‘Electric’ Underground Hard Rock Mines – A Conceptual Study

The electric power price in mining countries such as Australia and South Africa has increased significantly in the past five years and is likely to continue to increase in the foreseeable future. This can make a mine uneconomic to operate. Replacing diesel vehicles with electric ones can reduce vent...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Halim, Adrian, Kerai, M.
Other Authors: D. Chalmers
Format: Conference Paper
Published: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy - The AusIMM 2013
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Online Access:http://www.ausimm.com.au/publications/epublication.aspx?ID=15519
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/34519