New Challenges and Visions for Mining

Selected papers from the 21st World Mining Congress and Expo, Cracow (Congress) and Katowice, Poland, 7-11 September 2008

Jacek Sobczyk, Jerzy Kicki

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040894903
• Subtopic: Civil Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

'New Challenges and Visions for Mining' contains selected papers from the 21st World Mining Congress & Expo (Kraków and Katowice, Poland, 7-11 September 2008), and will be invaluable to academics, professionals and engineers working in mining and rock mechanics.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Organization
• Global Commodity Outlook – Implications for the Mining Industry
• Global Trends Impacting on the Mining Industry
• The Long-Run Availability of Mineral Commodities
• Minerals Planning Policies and Supply Practices in Europe
• International Standards for Reporting of Mineral Resources and Reserves – Status, Outlook and Important Issues
• Rock Engineering for Deep and High Stress Mining: Risks, Research, Implementation and Regulation
• Sustainable Development of Global Mining Industry – Progress towards Sustainability since New Delhi Declaration
• Investing in Junior Mining Shares... What Risk? What Reward?
• Intelligent Mine Implementation
• Environmental Management – from Mineral Exploration to Mine Closure
• The Future of Coal – A USA Perspective
• The Role of Coal in Europe
• Outlook on Chinese Coal Industry Development Strategy
• Review of the Coal Mining Industry in the UK 2008
• Trends and Perspective of the Polish Mining Industry
• World Coal Sector Restructuring Due to Sustainable Development
• Increased Demand for Coal – Growing Market for Deposit Evaluations and Mine Design Services in Russia
• Symptoms of Rock Pressure: In Situ Research
• Planning of High Performance Plowing Faces Based on Cutting Resistance Measurements
• Open-Pit to Underground Mining – Where Is the Optimum Transition Depth?
• Geotechnical Investigation for Designing Underground Natural Stone Mines
• Current Developments in Coal and Gas Outbursts Research Aimed at Assessment and Limitation of the Hazard in Mines
• Water Treatment at Mine Closure: The Changing Role of Mining
• Knowledge Based Creation of Safe Work Environment in the Mining Industry
• Identity, Culture and Psychological Health of Today’s Miners and Their Families
• Worldwide Construction Raw Materials Statistics
• Recent Developments in World Mining Production – A New Iron Age?
• Coalbed Methane and Coal Mine Methane as a Clean Energy Source in Asian Region
• Mineral Potential of Turkey
• Open Cast Mining in Kazakhstan Under Market Conditions
• NIOSH Research for Monitoring and Controlling Methane at U.S. Underground Coal Mining Operations
• New Trends of Reducing Greenhouse Gases Emissions and Environmental Impact of Coal Mining Industry
• Current Situation and Challenges Facing the Canadian Metal Mining Industry
• Deep-Ocean Exploration of Metals Ore Deposits Controlled by the International Seabed Authority: Selected Aspects of the Present State and Possible Mining
• Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Multivariate Statistical Analysis (MSA) in Evaluating Mining Difficulties in Coal Mines
• Current Problems and Outlooks for the Underground Mining of Deposits in Serbia
• Application of the NSCD Method to the Stability Analysis of Jointed Rock Masses
• Structural Transformation in the Turkish Mining Industry
• The FAMUR Group – Meeting the Challenges of 21st Century Mining
• Author Index