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.

 

©2012 Australian Coal Association Research Program

2012 Calendar


March

Priority Setting & Strategy Meetings


April 14

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


May 16

Closing Date for Short Proposals


July

Short Proposal Selection Meetings


August 1

Call for Full Proposals


September 5

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

C17011AFC Chain Reliability...

An ongoing trend in longwall mine planning is to demand longer, higher ....

C18018Design, Certification...

Two geophone assemblies have been developed and accredited as ....

C14027Interim Report: Activ...

ACARP Project C14027 extension, Active Explosion Barriers, has been ....

Open Cut

C20020Theory of Constraints...

This research project was commissioned to investigate the feasibility ....

C15033ESFC-Based Trigger Le...

Project C15033 involved detailed theoretical and fieldwork-based ....

C17024Load, Haul, Dump (LHD...

This project has developed a computer-based system for the study, ....

Coal Preparation

C19041Sampling From High Ca...

Sampling from the discharge of high capacity vibrating screens, ....

C18039Tailings Management T...

Handling fines rejects, stabilising tailings dams with a high ....

C19045Small Diameter Cyclon...

In the Hunter Valley (HV), coal preparation plants often discard ....

Technical Market Support

C19050Development Of A Synt...

Sulphur is a key parameter in the trading of coal and it is therefore ....

C19053INTERIM REPORT Measur...

The force that a coal exerts on the coke oven walls can have ....

C18045Coal Quality Testing ...

The Australian export thermal seaborne coal market has grown ....

Mine Site Greenhouse Mitigation

C20005Guidelines for the Im...

The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007(Act), the ....

C19005Towards An Optimal Ga...

This report describes an approach for estimating fugitive gas emissions ....

C18048Developing a Procedur...

With the introduction of the National Greenhouse and Energy Act 2007 ....

Mining and the Community

C16036Cumulative Impacts: A...

This report is available free of charge, please email ....

C16027Assessing Housing and...

The focus of this ACARP-funded project has been to identify a number ....

C15026The Response of the A...

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