Mining industry – the present and the future: part I

11 September 2008
The Medium Hall A, Auditorium Maximum of the Jagiellonian University (33 Krupnicza str.)

Chairman: Pekka SARKA
Secretary: Piotr Saługa

9.00 - 9.15 a.m.
Tadeusz Pindór, Leszek Preisner
World Coal Sector Restructuring due to Sustainable Development

9.15 - 9.30 a.m.
Zygmunt Z. Fuginski, Askar Enikiev
Increased demand for coal - growing market for deposit evaluations and mine design services in Russia

9.30 - 9.45 a.m.
Majcherczyk Tadeusz, Małkowski Piotr, Niedbalski Zbigniew
The effects of rock mass pressure regarding „in situ" research

9.45 - 10.00 a.m.
Dietmar Plum
Planning of High Performance Plowing Faces based on Cutting Resistance measurements

10.00 - 10.15 a.m.
Petar Hrzenjak, Ivan Cotman, Zlatko Brisevac
Geotechnical investigation for designing underground natural stone mines

10.15 - 10.30 a.m.
Antoni Kidybiński, Eugeniusz Krause
Current developments in coal and gas outbursts research aimed at assessment and limitation of the hazard in mines

10.30 - 10.45 a.m.
A. Nicola King, B. Maryna Mohr-Swart, C. Herman Cornelissen
Water treatment at mine closure: the changing role of mining

10.45 - 11.00 a.m.
Teodor Winkler, Mark Dudek, Dariusz Michalak, Jarosław Tokarczyk, Łukasz Jaszczyk
Knowledge Based Forming of Safe Work Environment in Mining

11.00 - 11.15 a.m.
Elizabeth Benson-Stott, James Stott, Dadirai Gara
Identity, Culture and Psychological Health of today's Miners & Their Families