Dr. Ray Williams (founder of Geogas) gave evidence at the Inquiry today. It was by far the best evidence given by any of the witnesses in this tranche. He gave…
Consultants/Researchers Cliff, Brady and Watkinson make the following comment in their Paper To provide guidance in developing these plans the then NSW Department of Industry and Innovation, issued a revised…
Developments in the Management of Spontaneous Combustion in Australian Underground Coal Mines by David Cliff (U of Q), Darren Brady (ex SIMTARS now a consultant) and Martin Watkinson (SIMTARS) This…
Well for nearly 2 days we have heard all the "Experts" profess their part of the theory. A small intense spontaneous combustion event that no one detected prior to the…
There is a saying that history repeats. How long till we hear anything else besides PUR driven spontaneous combustion has huge Industry Wide Implications Call me a cynic, but are…
This week we seem to led down the path that a small intense spontaneous combustion event that no one detected prior to the event suddenly flares to over the ignition…
Best Practice Guidance for Effective Methane Drainage and Use in Coal Mines is produced by the United Nations. Gas Drainage Guidelines UN 2016 A first edition was published in 2010…
http://mineaccidents.com.au/ Mark Parcell has been building a Website and Data Base for a number of years. If I am ever looking for Mining Disaster Information from anywhere in the world…
So far during the Grosvenor hearing we have heard nothing about any Spontaneous Combustion TARP being active and of additional actions beyond normal operating procedure being required, either before the…
https://www.qldminingcrisis.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/westcliff-incident-report-part-a.pdf During the current tranche of Grosvenor Mine Inquiry there has been mention of the relevance of the 1986 Westcliffe PUR fire that occurred on the 13th December to Grosvenor.…