CSIRO has allocated more than $3m in funding to help the Australian coal industry to reduce its environmental impact and improve safety.
The Australian Coal Association Research Program (ACARP) funding package will support several CSIRO research projects to develop safer and more efficient technologies.
Leader of CSIRO’s ‘Maximising the Value of Mining’ research Theme, Dr Hua Guo, says the projects will cover a range of issues that are of particular importance to the industry.
The research will focus on developing navigation and automation systems, improving dust control, and measuring the performance of low-density explosives for open cut operations.
The funding will also support projects to improve gas drainage, reduce coal mine greenhouse gas emissions, and reduce the effect of longwall mining on groundwater systems.
Dr Guo says the new work will enable CSIRO to make a “significant contribution to the international competitiveness and sustainability of Australia’s mining industry and the nation’s long-term prosperity”.
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