Contents: Vol. I. Key note Address: 1. Mineral Resources : innovative solutions for exploitation and expansion/Partha S. Bhattacharyya. 2. Mining in Iran : priority and ambitions/Abbas Parwaresh. Coal mining technology in China: 3. Application of Chinese sublevel caving techniques in Russian coal mine under complicated geological conditions/Dai Qiuliang and Qin Yijun. 4. China Longwall Mining Technology and Rock Strata Control Theory/Yan Shaohong. 5. The development of coal preparation in China/Zhao Shuyan. Mineral resources in India: 6. Solid Fossil fuel - present scenario and future prospect in India/Gautam Mukhopadhyay. 7. Indian coal sector - status and perspective/S. Chaudhuri. 8. Mineral resources of India and its future prospects/B. Chattopadhyay, S.K. Biswas and P. Tarafdar. 9. An overview of Indian non-coal mineral sector/C.P. Ambesh. Development of coal beneficiation: 10. Dry jigging coal : advantages and limitations/Richard Snoby, R.Q. Honkar and Richard Weinstein. 11. Optimizing beneficiation of Indian non coking coal with proven technologies/Gurudas Mustafi. 12. Gainful utilization of washery rejects/A.K. Singh and V.K. Sahay. Development of mineral processing: 13. New generation crushers/Martin Wetter and Satyabrata Misra. Development of mineral industry: 14. Iron ore : a potential raw material for iron and steel/A.L. Kundu. Application of it, business and investment opportunities in mining: 15. Investment opportunities in Indian coal industry/Shashi Kumar. 16. Issues logistics for development of north eastern coalfields/Debasish Sarkar and Deepa Kumar K. Modern underground coal mining technology: 17. Road map for underground mechanisation/David Johnson and Nirmal Dutta. Biographical sketch of authors and technical committee members.
Vol. II. Development of mineral processing and coal benefician: 1. Cross calorific value - a guide to optimum washing of power coals/Chandan Das and Kalyan Sen. 2. Online X-ray Elemental analysis of coal and bulky minerals/Albert Klein. 3. New trends in coal preparation in India and latest developments in global coal beneficiation technologies/A.B. Chatterjee. 4. Significance of bulk sampling for beneficiation test work for process plant design in Iron Ore Mine/Suman K. Sit, R. Mukherjee, M.V.S Rao and R.K. Upadhyaya. 5. Brief study of coking coal beneficiation at BCCL and CCL - at the changed scenario of requirement of SAIL/B. Rai, G. Senapati and R. Tiwari. 6. Uncertainty based scheduling for grade control using conditional simulation and genetic algorithms/B. Samanta, K.V. Raj and A. Bhattacherjee. Modern underground coal mining technology: 7. Application of Highwall Mining in India/R.P. Ritolia and A.K. Debnath. 8. Highwall mining - a techno-economic solution for safe extraction of blocked coal/B.N. Pan and Robert Stein. 9. Life expectancy of powered supports - the Indian experience/S.K. Sarkar. 10. Practices of under ground coal mining technologies an evolutionary trend at SECL/B.K. Sinha, M.L. Gupta, N. Kumar and S.K. Jena. 11. Underground mining technology - today and strategic planning in South Eastern Coalfields Limited, CIL/M.P. Dikshit. 12. Stowing with bottom ash in GDK.6A incline - a case study/Sheshu Kumar Reddy and Arvind Kumar. 13. Introduction of short longwall mining at SECL - a case study/B.K. Sinha, M.L. Gupta, M. Mishra and S.K. Jena. Development of mineral industry: 14. Strategy for geophysical exploration for deeper Uranium deposits/Bimalendu B. Bhattacharya and Shalivahan. 15. Uranium Resources of India : exploitation and expansion/R. Gupta. 16. Underground iron ore mining in India : an eco-friendly option/V.K. Jain and D. Vidyarthi. 17. Thrust for development of Iron Ore mines - a key mineral of Goa/A.K. Ghoshal and Ranjan Sahai. 18. Contribution of mining equipment manufacturers to mining industry/M. Poongavanam. Innovative technology for opencast coal mining: 19. Mega Projects of NCL - energising India/V.K. Singh, A. Baijal and P.D. Rathi. 20. Lignite Mining in India - an overview/V. Ravikumar and R. Deivam. 21. Utilising simulator training technology within the earthmoving industry to improve safety and productivity - immersive technologies/Al Haroun. 22. Challenges for opencast coal mining - improving operating effectiveness through innovation and technology/A.K. Debnath, H.S. Walia, N.R. Halder, A.K. Mishra and R.K. Sharma. 23. Safe blasting practice for OC mines over developed fiery galleries/A. Prabhakar Reddy, V. Chandra Mouli, V. Srinivasa Rao and N.R. Thote. Prospect of coal bed methane, underground gasification and coal liquefaction: 24. Prospects of coal bed methane in India/T. Kumar. 25. Coal derived methane/A.B. Das Gupta. 26. CBM- a new frontier to energy security/Y. Gangadhara Rao. 27. Deep Coalgas Reservoirs - can they really serve as a source of Methane and repository for CO2/Satya Harpalani and Abhijit Mitra. 28. Coal : a source of clean energy/B.N. Prasad and A.V. Sahay. 29. Prospects of coal bed methane, underground coal gasification and liquefaction in India/Mrinal K. Ghose. Health and safety issues of mining industry: 30. Mine closure concepts in Indian mining sector/A. Santharam, S.P. Goyal and C.P. Ambesh. 31. Fiber optic methane and strain sensors for mines/V. Kumar. 32. A conceptual model to control water flooding in Makarwal Coalfield, Pakistan/Muhammad Saleem Khan and Muhammad Mansoor Iqbal. 33. Coal mine water : characterization and utilization/Siddharth Singh, A.K. Singh, G.C. Mondal, T.B. Singh and B.K. Tewary. 34. Appraisal of laying railway track over old worked out underground coal mines/Aditya Kumar Patra, Santosh Kumar Ray, Achyuta Krishna Ghosh, Sandip Oraon, Amar Prakash, Chandrani Prasad and Nitin Wahne. 35. Explosions in coal mines - causes and possible remedies/Santosh Kumar Ray, Aditya Kumar Patra and Achyuta Krishna Ghosh. 36. Controlled blasting techniques - means to mitigate adverse impact of blasting/Partha Das Sharma. Green mining, environmental and social issue: 37. Chemical, microbiological and geological aspects of acid mine drainage and its control aspects/Gurdeep Singh. 38. Rich lands, poor people : the socio-environmental challenges of mining in India/Chandra Bhushan. 39. Mining coal by Singareni collieries in an eco-friendly way/M.G. Prasad. 40. Role of R&R policy for the improvement of societal environment in Green Field Coal Mine Projects in India/Ashutosh Roul. 41. Mitigating social and environmental consequences of coal mining in India/B. Dayal and S.K. Dubey. 42. Numerical modeling for stability analysis of development roadways for the use of continuous miner at Jhanjra Colliery, ECL (India)/A. Kushwaha John Loui P. Satyendra K. Singh and A. Sinha. 43. Review of pre-decision considerations of EIA follow-up in open cast coal mines in India/Urmila Jha Thakur, Thomas Fischer and Asha Rajvanshi. Health and safety issues of mining industry: 44. Safety statute for expanding Mining Industry of India/Surendra N. Padhi. 45. Research and development for safety in coal mining/Amalendu Sinha. 46. Non-destructive testing of mining ropes : technical and economical aspects/Alexander Mironenko. 47. Damage of structures due to blast induced vibrations in mining areas/P.K. Singh, M.P. Roy and A. Sinha. 48. Pillar stability during underground mining of complete thickness of a thick coal seam in single lift/Rajendra Singh, Arun Kr. Singh, Prabhat Kr. Mandal and Rakesh Kumar. 49. Maintaining safety standards of dragline dumps of Jayant OCP - a success story/Indrajit Roy and Baday Dey. Application of it, business and investment opportunities in mining: 50. GPS based truck dispatch system at Jayant Mines of NCL/V.K. Singh, S.K. Sinha and A. Baijal. 51. Innovation - an answer to high growth in coal sector/S.N. Katiyar and Vijay K. Sinha. 52. Captive mining - importance in future Indian coal sector scenario/D.K. Biswas. 53. Underground mine economics under threat - future strategy to overcome/A.K. Debnath. 54. Hierarchical structuring of mine project selection decision with sustainability issues/Kampan Mukherjee. 55. Emerging business opportunities in Indian coal sector/Gautam Dhar and Sagar Sen. 56. SAP: software solutions for the mining industry enabling the mining business efficiency/Nikhil Chaturvedi.
"Asia possesses the largest share of mineral resources in the world, much of which remains untapped. The mineral industry has to gear up and accelerate its pace to meet the increased demand of raw materials for the development of key industries in the Asian economy.
The mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India (MGMI) which is the oldest Institute of its kind in Asia is hosting the second Asian Mining Congress on the theme Mineral Resources in Asian Countries : Innovative Solutions for Development and Expansion to focus on the prospects of Mineral Development in Asia.
The Proceedings of the Congress are compiled in two volumes covering 70 Technical Papers presented by eminent experts on different facets of development of technology for mining, mineral processing, environmental and social issues, health and safety issues, business and investment opportunities and other topical subjects presented in the Congress.
Apart from contributions by eminent experts from Indian Mineral Industry, there are useful contributions from other Asian countries such as China, Iran, Pakistan, Russia, Thailand etc. The proceeding volume is enriched by valuable contributions by experts from Australia, Germany, U.K., USA etc."
