Underground                                       Underground

Health and safety, productivity and environment initiatives.

Open Cut                                          Open Cut

Safety, productivity and the right to operate are priorities for open cut mine research.

Coal Preparation                                  Coal Preparation

Maximising throughput and yield while minimising costs and emissions.

Technical Market Support                          Technical Market Support

Market acceptance and emphasising the advantages of Australian coals.

Mine Site Greenhouse Mitigation                   Mine Site Greenhouse Mitigation

Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from the production of coal.

Low Emission Coal Use                             Low Emission Coal Use

Step-change technologies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Mining and the Community                          Mining and the Community

The relationship between mines and the local community.

 

©2010 Australian Coal Association Research Program

2010 Calendar


March

Priority Setting & Strategy Meetings


Apr 17

Call for Proposals (Announcement in Paper and distribution of Newsletter)


May 19

Closing Date for Short Proposals


July

Short Proposal Selection Meetings


August 4

Call for Full Proposals


Sep 8

Closing Date for Full Proposals


October

Full Proposal Selection Meetings


December (mid)

Researchers advised of Proposal Outcomes


* This timetable is subject to change.

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Recently completed projects

Underground

C15013Monitoring the Effect...

The aim of ACARP C15013 was to develop methods and tools to assist the ....

C17009Application of the Ge...

Through previous ACARP projects C11037 (Hatherly et. al, 2003) and ....

C15016Effects of Mine Water...

Seepage of water from aquifers into the workings of coal mines often ....

Open Cut

C16034Managing Microorganis...

One of the major challenges to rehabilitating land that has been ....

C17030Interim Report: An Ov...

This report provides an overview of the biodiversity policies and ....

C15044Assessment of Seasona...

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Coal Preparation

C18010Options For Sink / Fl...

Float and sink testing is the standard laboratory method for ....

C17046Working Effectively w...

A Handbook is provided with this report.  

 

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C13052Benchmark For Dry Ben...

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Technical Market Support

C14075Integration Of Light ...

This report presents a new coal analysis method which is based on ....

C17053Quality of Australian...

The very popular coal reference book 'Queensland Coals', ....

C14074Mineral Matter Reacti...

Some cokes appear to be particularly susceptible to weakening in the ....

Mine Site Greenhouse Mitigation

C14079The Oxidation of Meth...

One of the key challenges facing the Australian coal industry is to ....

C17058Gas Emission Expert M...

The ACARP 2008 project C17058 entitled 'Gas emission expert ....

C18009Adsorption-based Enri...

This report briefly examines the application of adsorption technology ....

Low Emission Coal Use

C17060BGasification of Austr...

Four Australian coals were trialled in the Siemens 5 MWth pilot scale ....

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The status of oxy-fuel technology for first-generation plant is ....

C18007Review of Underground...

This report consists of a broad review of underground coal ....

Mining and the Community

C15026The Response of the A...

Over the last two decades, sustainable development has emerged as the ....

C14047Assessing the Cumulat...

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This ACARP project was designed to identify communication strategies ....