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Following exerted pressure from the Department and greater recognition by Mines of the hazard of elevated methane levels, substantially more effort and investment had been made into methane drainage capacity and efficiency. This was clearly increasing the amount of gas drained, decreasing operational downtime by early intervention to avoid exceedances rather than cutting to trigger trip events. Most importantly risk was being reduced.

  • July 18, 2021

Between the 6th and 8th of January there were Five (5) methane HPI’s in the Tailgate of LW 102. The first when the Longwall had retreated 29m and the last…