Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Coal Mining Disasters in New Zealand, Pike River Mine, Brunner Mine Disaster, Kai Point Mine, Stockton Mine, Cypress Mine, Tyneside Mine. Excerpt: The Pike River mine, operated by Pike River Coal Ltd (NZX: PRC, ASX: PRe, is a new coal mine located 46 km east of Greymouth in the West Coast Region of New Zealand. It is to start production in early 2008, and expected to produce around 1 megatonne of coal per year for around 20 years, making the mine the second-largest coal export mine in the country, as well as the largest underground coal mine of the country. The coal of the mine is described as "New Zealand's largest known deposit of high fluidity and quality hard coking coal" (a type of in high demand for iron smelting), and is expected to earn around NZ$170 million in export income annually. However, various setbacks occurred during late 2007 and early 2008, delaying the start of coal production. While mine operators were originally confident that production would still start in 2008 (having reached within 400 m of the coal seam in early 2008), in mid 2009 the mine was still not producing at expected levels - with the target of the first 60,000 tons of coal to be shipped having slipped again, to early 2010. The mine operators noted that technical difficulties with several mining machines were to blame for the delays, which also forced the company to ask for an extension from its financiers. The mine has a development and consenting history going back to the 1970s, with the first geologists and surveyors having explored the area in the 1940s. Located in a region that already has a long history of mining activity (for coal and gold), the mine, located 46 km north-east of Greymouth, is located on Crown land administered by the Department of... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=13387880We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Coal Mines in New Zealand: Coal Mining Disasters in New Zealand, Pike River Mine, Brunner Mine Disaster, Kai Point Mine, Stockton Mine. To get started finding Coal Mines in New Zealand: Coal Mining Disasters in New Zealand, Pike River Mine, Brunner Mine Disaster, Kai Point Mine, Stockton Mine, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
30
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1157802621
Coal Mines in New Zealand: Coal Mining Disasters in New Zealand, Pike River Mine, Brunner Mine Disaster, Kai Point Mine, Stockton Mine
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Coal Mining Disasters in New Zealand, Pike River Mine, Brunner Mine Disaster, Kai Point Mine, Stockton Mine, Cypress Mine, Tyneside Mine. Excerpt: The Pike River mine, operated by Pike River Coal Ltd (NZX: PRC, ASX: PRe, is a new coal mine located 46 km east of Greymouth in the West Coast Region of New Zealand. It is to start production in early 2008, and expected to produce around 1 megatonne of coal per year for around 20 years, making the mine the second-largest coal export mine in the country, as well as the largest underground coal mine of the country. The coal of the mine is described as "New Zealand's largest known deposit of high fluidity and quality hard coking coal" (a type of in high demand for iron smelting), and is expected to earn around NZ$170 million in export income annually. However, various setbacks occurred during late 2007 and early 2008, delaying the start of coal production. While mine operators were originally confident that production would still start in 2008 (having reached within 400 m of the coal seam in early 2008), in mid 2009 the mine was still not producing at expected levels - with the target of the first 60,000 tons of coal to be shipped having slipped again, to early 2010. The mine operators noted that technical difficulties with several mining machines were to blame for the delays, which also forced the company to ask for an extension from its financiers. The mine has a development and consenting history going back to the 1970s, with the first geologists and surveyors having explored the area in the 1940s. Located in a region that already has a long history of mining activity (for coal and gold), the mine, located 46 km north-east of Greymouth, is located on Crown land administered by the Department of... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=13387880We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Coal Mines in New Zealand: Coal Mining Disasters in New Zealand, Pike River Mine, Brunner Mine Disaster, Kai Point Mine, Stockton Mine. To get started finding Coal Mines in New Zealand: Coal Mining Disasters in New Zealand, Pike River Mine, Brunner Mine Disaster, Kai Point Mine, Stockton Mine, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.