Current South African coal pillar research

Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 7-10

  Madden, B J ^a   Canbulat, I ^a   York, G ^a  

^a CSIR Division of Mining Technology   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COAL DEPOSITS; COAL MINES; DESIGN; PILLAR EXTRACTION; SAFETY FACTOR;

CURRENT RESEARCH; UNDERGROUND WORKINGS;

ROOM AND PILLAR MINING;

EID: 0031680877     PISSN: 0038223X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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