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Abstract
Use of GIS in underground Mining for optimization
Dr. Lalan Kumar
Scientist
Central Mining Research Institute,
Email: lalan_cmri@yahoo.com
Sri J K Viswakarma
Project Officer
Bharat Coaking Coal Limited(BCCL)
Sri Vijay Singh
Superintendent of Mines
Northern Coal fields Limited (NCL)
The use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) as a powerful tool to analyze and display data is gathering momentum in the mining industry. This capability is here applied to a series of layers of a CAD drawing and associating a table of attributes to the various features of the drawing in an effort to consolidate both components into a useful tool for management.
This application of GIS in underground mining concentrates in four technical areas: land ownership and mineral claims, exploration management, production, and mine safety. The benefits of consolidating and archiving claim data and the ability to georeference property maps defined in local coordinates into state coordinate system is of paramount importance to a land and exploration manager. In the production area, GIS facilitates the optimal siting and querying of service installations relative to production centers to meet the production parameters. In mine safety, the siting of refuge chambers relative to production centers is optimized and areas of potential safety concern are identified utilizing GIS’s proximity analysis. The same applies to finding the shortest route to emergency exits and preparation of maps to facilitate the prompt evacuation of mine personnel.
GIS offers multiple applications in the mining industry with tools to gather, compile, process, display, analyze, and archive extensive volumes of data. GIS’s analytical features facilitate the integration of communications across departmental boundaries in a modern mining organization.
Keywords: GIS, CAD, underground mining, mineral claims, exploration, production, mine safety.
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