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    The document is a glossary of mining terms from RPMGlobal's Mining for Non Miners course. It defines over 100 terms commonly used in the mining industry. The course provides non-mining professionals with an understanding of operational mining practices and exposure to mining terminology to improve industry knowledge and interactions with mining staff. It is ideal for those needing effective working relationships or peripheral contact with the mining industry.

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    The document is a glossary of mining terms from RPMGlobal's Mining for Non Miners course. It defines over 100 terms commonly used in the mining industry. The course provides non-mining professionals with an understanding of operational mining practices and exposure to mining terminology to improve industry knowledge and interactions with mining staff. It is ideal for those needing effective working relationships or peripheral contact with the mining industry.

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    Glossary of

    Mining Terms

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    A
    Abutment - in coal mining:
    1. the weight of the rocks above a narrow roadway is transferred to the solid coal along the
    sides, which act as abutments of the arch of strata spanning the roadway;
    RPMGlobal’s Mining for Non Miners (MFNM) course provides 2. the weight of the rocks over a longwall face is transferred to the front abutment, that is, the
    solid coal ahead of the face and the back abutment, that is, the settled packs behind the
    a platform of understanding for participants from non-mining
    face.
    backgrounds. The course is interactive and designed to give
    Abutment Pressures - when an opening is created in a coal seam, the stress that was present before the
    participants an experience of the operational practices pivotal opening was created is re-distributed to the adjacent coal pillars that are left. The areas within the remaining
    to the mining industry. During the course, participants will coal where the vertical stress is greater than the average are called abutments and hence the stresses in
    those areas are called abutment pressures.
    also gain exposure to common terminology used in mining,
    giving a greater level of industry knowledge and confidence Acid Deposition or Acid Rain - refers loosely to a mixture of wet and dry ‘deposition’ (deposited material)
    from the atmosphere containing higher than ‘normal’ amount of nitric and sulphuric acids. The precursors
    with interacting with core mining staff. or chemical forerunners of acid rain formation result from both natural sources, such as volcanoes and
    decaying vegetation, and man-made sources, primarily emissions of sulphur and nitrogen oxides resulting
    from fossil fuel combustion.
    MFNM is ideal for those who are looking to achieve effective
    Acid Mine Water - mine water that contains free acid, mainly due to the weathering of sulphide rock types.
    working relationships with core mining staff or who have
    peripheral contact with the mining industry. Active Workings - any place in a mine where miners are normally required to work or travel and which are
    ventilated and inspected regularly.

    Adit - a nearly horizontal passage from the surface by which a mine is entered and dewatered. A blind
    Visit our website to find out more and register. horizontal opening into a mountain, with only one entrance.
    www.rpmglobal.com/training or call +61 7 3100 7200
    Advance - mining in the same direction, or order of sequence; first mining as distinguished from retreat.

    Advance Longwall - the longwall advances away from the mains roads and ‘creates’ access roads in the
    form of a main gate and tailgate (supply gate or sewer gate).

    AIMEX - Asia-Pacific International Mining Expo.

    Air Split - the division of a current of air into two or more parts.

    Airway - any passage through which air is carried.

    Anemometer - instrument for measuring air velocity.

    ANFO (Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil) - an explosive made by mixing ammonium nitrate and fuel oil.
    AN (Ammonium Nitrate) -a component of the widely used explosive ANFO.

    Angle of Dip - the angle at which strata or mineral deposits are inclined to the horizontal plane. In most
    localities, earth movements subsequent to deposition of the strata have caused them to be inclined or folded.

    Angle of Repose - the maximum slope at which a heap of any loose or fragmented solid material will stand
    without sliding or come to rest when poured or dumped in a pile or on a slope.

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