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03 Comment
05 Coal News
14 Industry View: One Step In A Long Journey
Russell Taylor.
102 Suppliers Round-Up
Regional Report: Australia
16 Australian Coal Seeks Indian Pain Relief
Anthony Fensom reports on the current challenges and future
prospects facing the Australian coal industry.
20 The World Comes To Sydney
Jonathan Rowland previews this year’s AIMEX.
Coal Sampling & Analysis
27 Suitable And Safe Sampling
Paul Reagan, Sampling Associates International, USA.
33 Leaving No Coal Unturned
Piet Bagchus, RC Inspection, the Netherlands.
Transfer Point Solutions
37 The Tale Of Two Transfers
Phil Wowak, ASGCO, USA.
42 Chutes And Suitability
Dr Jayant Khambekar and Brian Pittenger, Jenike & Johanson,
and Riad Dandan, P.E., Dominion Resources Services, USA.
Underground Mine Automation
50 Advancing Automation
Dr Sebastian Mundry and Markus Gajetzki,
Caterpillar Global Mining Europe GmbH, Germany.
59 Strategic Power Management
David B. Durocher, Eaton, USA.
63 Unlocking Its Potential
Mingming He, ABB Engineering, China.
67 From Germany To The World
Philipp Martin, Mark Becker and Martin Junker,
RAG Mining Solutions, Germany.
Underground Mine Planning
76 Keeping The Shape
Ulrich Langosch and Alexey Shalashinski, DMT GmbH & Co.,
Germany.
83 On The Road To Developing Coal Mines
Ry Stone, Golder Associates Pty Ltd.
Drilling & Blasting
90 New Dimensions
Ian Bell, Motion Metrics International Corp., Canada.
94 Blast Off
Atlas Copco, USA.
General Interest
99 Planting The Roots For Land Rehabilitation
Henk Lodewijks, Anglo American, South Africa.
