Table of contents
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PREFACE
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1 Equipment, safety and environment
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KEYNOTE: Design and development of service and maintenance concepts for automatic mining systems
U. Kumar
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Automation applied to a rapid roadway development system for underground coal mining
D. Hainsworth, D. Reid, R. McPhee, J. Ralston, P. Corke &
G. Winstanley
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Artificial neural network method of rock mass blastability classification in mine engineering
H. Jiang, W. Xu & S. Xie
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Numerical simulation of failure process when cutting
inhomogeneous rocks - Influence of rake angles
S.-Q. Kou, H.-Y. Liu & C.-A. Tang
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Mine communication and information for real time risk analysis
C. Mallett, G. Einicke & P. Glynn
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Developing real-time diagnostics for cutting heads on
underground mining machines
J. Steele, M. Ozbay & B. Miller
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Approach and method for risk analysis of a large-scale
mine automation systems
R. Tiusanen
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2 Material flow automation
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Australian mining automation research at the Commonwealth
Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
J. Cunningham, P. Corke, D. Hainsworth, G. Einicke &
I. Gibbs
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Use of advanced technology in mastering mine material flow
T. Puhakka & T. Soikkeli
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Automatic data acquisition in a primary mobile crushing unit
E. Satola & K. Nieminen
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3 Structural modelling
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Evaluation of a catastrophic flood gravel deposit via geostatistical nethods
D. R. Hack
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3D structural modelling of Kutemajärvi and Pampalo gold deposits in Finland
E. Laine & M. Peltoniemi
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4 Mine planning
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Capacity model for room & pillar operations with continuous miners
A. Bayer & K. Nienhaus
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The quality control system at the Pargas Mine
G. Hakkarainen
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Simulation of scheduling strategies in cut-and-fill
S. Haugen & S. Koivisto
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Using OptiMineTM simulation tool for mine layout
designing for AvestaPolarit Chrome Kemi underground mine
V. Kainulainen, E. Lindeman & A. Ruotsalainen
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Economical optimization of mine production
O. Leinonen
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Planning procedure improvements by data management systems
T. Oberndorfer
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Mine-wide communication system
J. Raimoaho
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Modern computer applications in mining using Surpac Vision
P. Somervuori & N. Middleton
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LHD loading: Moving from tele-operation to automation
J. Steele, C. Debrunner, T. Vincent & M. Whitehorn
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Development of a short term scheduling tool for the Aitik open-pit mine using simulation
A. van Wageningen, A. Renström & H. de Ruiter
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5 Database management
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An integrated database management system for laboratories
of Mining Engineering Department at KAU using micro computer
M. Aljuhani & A. Fadol
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The utilisation of databases and three-dimensional models
in design process by the City of Helsinki
J. Korpi
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Perspectives of the International Rock Excavation Data
Exchange Standard for future mine and machine automation
C. Müller
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6 Advanced control applications
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Computer use in the mineral industry in Saudi Arabia
M. Aljuhani & H. Meriky
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Operator control architecture
G. Danko
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Image analysis based control of zinc flotation
J. Miettunen, J. Kaartinen & J. Hätönen
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Computer applications related to shotcreting in mining
P. Syrjänen & J. Tenhunen
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PREFACE
This volume comprises the proceedings of the 4th
Regional Symposium on Computer Applications in the
Minerals Industries, Regional APCOM 2001, arranged by
Helsinki University of Technology, Rock Engineering, in
Tampere, Finland, 3-5 September 2001.
The first APCOM Symposium was held 40 years ago. Since then the computer
applications in the minerals industries have grown
remarkedly. The complex nature of minerals production
processes together with continuously increasing
computing power have made computer applications an
inevitable part in all of minerals industry.
During the last years Regional APCOM Symposia have been held to
better scope with the regional needs. The first of them
took place in Bled, Slovenia, in 1994. Our Regional
APCOM 2001 is the fourth in the series. We have got 31
excellent papers from 12 countries representing most of
the aspects in minerals industry.
The papers herewith published are divided into following six themes:
Theme 1. Equipment, safety and environment
Theme 2. Material flow automation
Theme 3. Structural modelling
Theme 4. Mine planning
Theme 5. Database management
Theme 6. Advanced control applications
Finland is one of the
leading countries in telecommunication and computing.
Our minerals industry, too, has worked heavily to bring
intelligence in the processes and machinery. It has
invested during the last ten years more than 15 million
euros in R & D in automation and intelligence in
minerals industry. I feel that the papers here presented
give an excellent cross-section of the state-of-art in
minerals industry computer applications.
Prof. Pekka Särkkä
Chairman of the organizing committee
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