Our work in this area is aimed at understanding the properties of Australian coals which impact on market acceptance and emphasising the advantages of our coals over our competitors. The major markets for Australian coals are electricity generation and iron production.
ACARP has also published a series of whitepapers in this area:
Coal Nitrogen ReportInertinite ReportTrace Elements in CoalElectrostatic PrecipitationThe Hardgrove Grindability Index
Health and safety, productivity and environment initiatives.
Rocks in the ground are subject to a range of stresses. The stresses...
The Australian underground diesel vehicle fleet has evolved since di...
The primary aim of this project was to investigate the relationsh...
Safety, productivity and the right to operate are priorities for open cut mine research.
In the Australian coal mining industry, most guidelines for managing...
The purpose of this project was to estimate the rate of diffuse rec...
Increasing global restrictions on fluorine in product coal prompted ...
Maximising throughput and yield while minimising costs and emissions.
Conventional dry processing methods engage a single beneficiation de...
Optimising multi-sloped screens is often described as an art and the...
The objective of this project was to deliver a concise reference do...
Market acceptance and emphasising the advantages of Australian coals.
Coking coal quality is based on a number of indices which characteri...
The mechanism of coal oxidation has been studied by various research...
This project encompassed two key components:
Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from the production of coal.
This multi‐phase project is concerned with the mitigation of m...
Ventilation air methane (VAM) generally accounts for 50-85% of the t...
An alternative approach to high temperature oxidation of ventilation...
Step-change technologies aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Four Australian coals were trialled in the Siemens 5 MWth pilot scale ga...
The status of oxy-fuel technology for first-generation plant is indicate...
This report consists of a broad review of underground coal gasification,...
The relationship between mines and the local community.
The focus of this ACARP-funded project has been to identify a number...
The coal industry operates in the context of competing land-uses that sh...
This reports on issues surrounding economic assessment and analysis ...
National Energy Research,Development & Demonstration Council (NERDDC) reports - pre 1992.
Self Heating of Spoil Piles from Open Cut Coal Mines
Stress Control Methods for Optimised Development and Extraction Operations
Commissioned Report: Australian Thermal Coals - An Industry Handbook