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.
This report describes the measurement of coal (and rock) properties ...
The aim of Stage two of project C24015 was to develop a roof support...
The spontaneous combustion of coal remains a hazard in underground c...
Safety, productivity and the right to operate are priorities for open cut mine research.
Damage to the tops of coal seams caused by incorrect blast stand-off...
This project builds on the opportunity identified through Project C2...
The release of salts from spoil piles has the potential to affect su...
Maximising throughput and yield while minimising costs and emissions.
In this project a process for the continuous, selective agglomeratio...
Considerable quantities of fine coal are disposed of as part of the ...
In 2015 project C23054 investigated and reviewed the Australian Stan...
Market acceptance and emphasising the advantages of Australian coals.
Stage I of this project established a reliable and repeatable proces...
In this project, researchers pinpointed issues relating to the use o...
STAGE 1 REPORT
The key objectives of this stage...
Mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from the production of coal.
The connection of a ventilation air methane (VAM) abatement plant di...
Australia's fugitive emissions in 2015 were 41 Mt CO2-e (representin...
This multi‐phase project is concerned with the mitigation of m...
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