Contents: I. Underground mining (I): 1. An experience on longwall operation at Kumda group of mines, SECL/C.L. Shrivastav, M.P. Dikshit and O.P. Singh. 2. An overview on the effect of variation of district size on the overall performance of Indian underground coal mining operation/N.C. Dey. 3. Design of strength of a cemented backfill for bulk filling in open stopes for pillar extraction – a case study/D. Kumbhakar, C.N. Ghosh, Prashant, P.K. Mandal, Rajib Kr. Ghosh and Shekhar Suman. 4. Emerging trends in face machamization of underground coal mines in India with particular reference to SECL (coal India)/D.K. Mitra. 5. Igneous intrusives in coal seams and their impact on mechanized method of mining with reference to Jharia coalfield/S.R. Ghosh, P.R. Paul, R.K. Jain and B.C. Sarkar. II. Underground mining (II): 1. Improvement of stowing rates in Deulbera and Talcher collieries of Talcher area, MCL/C.N. Ghosh, Shekhar Suman, Rajib Kr. Ghosh, P.K. Mondal, D. Kumbhakar and Prashant. 2. Introduction of continuous miner technology into Indian coal mines/Eur Ing J.J. Leeming. 3. Parallel drilling—a better method for longer pull in underground coal mines/S.K. Mandal and M.M. Singh. 4. Underground coal mining – a challenge/S.P. Mathur. III. Opencast mining: 1. Blast design in environmentally sensitive opencast coal mines/A.K. Mishra. 2. Failure analysis of walking mechanism of a mechanical dragline using three dimensional finite element modelling: a cast study/D. Deb, K. Pathak, A.K. Verma and S.S. Rath. 3. High-tech opencast coal and lignite mining – Indian and global scenario/Y.P. Bajaj and A.P. Malik. 4. Highlights of R & D activities for improving blasting productivity of opencast mines in India/R.N. Sharma. 5. Slope stability study for dragline highwall at a coal mine/V.K. Singh. 6. Waste dump outside opencast coal mine causing instability of top soil benches of quarry/Indrajit Roy, B.N. Basu and J.K. Mishra. IV. Environment and beneficiation: 1. Environmental challenges—coal industry perspective/Abhiram Sharma. 2. Mitigation of social impacts in opencast mines as experiences in coal India/B.C. Bhattacharya. 3. Dry beneficiation of non-coking coal for the industry/J.P. Panda. 4. Non-coking coal beneficiation in India/A.K. Sen. V. Challenges before mining industry: 1. Coal business in India – a major challenge in 21 century/Suvendu Bose. 2. Developing an asset management business philosophy – an emerging challenge for Indian mining enterprises/Chinmoy Sarkar. 3. Emerging challenges in mining industry: a strategic analysis/Diwakar Thakore. 4. Estimation of the Translog cost function in a mining unit – a case study/S.S. Gupte. 5. Identification of strategic issues related to Indian coking coal sector in a liberalised environment/Bholanath Sarkar and Kalyan Kumar Guin. 6. Need for private sector participation in Indian coal industry/Saumen Ray. 7. Selection of appropriate technologies for Jharia coalfield – a challenge/S. Dasgupta and D.K. Biswas.
"This publication covers 26 technical papers in 296 pages authored by experts which were presented in the MGMI International Conference on Emerging Challenges in Mining Industry held on 26-27 September 2003. The main topics covered are underground mining technology, opencast mining, environmental management, mineral beneficiation and challenges to mining industry.
MGMI, which is providing useful service to the mineral industry since 1906, has brought out this publication for the benefit of practicing mining engineers, administrators, policy makers, consultants, academicians, research scientists etc. This will provide direction to the mineral industry for meeting the challenges of the competitiveness in the emerging business scenario of tomorrow."
