Technical and Geoinformational Systems in Mining ─ Proceedings of the School of Underground Mining, Dnipropetrovs'k/Yalta, Ukraine, 2-8 October 2011

New trends of mineral deposits mining in the world consist of intensifying and concentration of mining operations. This is achieved with the help of new technical equipment that is more reliable, having greater service life and more available power. Consideration is given to quantity reduction of stopes and development workings together with their geometrical dimensions growth; also length increase of longwalls and extraction panels is examined.

Innovative technologies helping to increase technical-economic indices, extraction volume, working efficiency and safety rules are presented in the book. Specific attention is given to unmanned mineral extraction technologies development using electro-hydraulic management systems of machinery. Plough systems are examined for coal extraction from thin and very thin seams (ranging from 0.8 to 1.2 m of thickness with gaining of stable daily output equal to 2.5-3 thousand tons).

Analytical models describing geomechanical interaction between "massif-support" system elements are presented, finite-element method use for research and simulation of stress-strain state around stopes and development workings at coal, ore and other mines are also given.

The borehole underground coal gasification technology is introduced with receiving technical gas for electricity generation, and syngas for usage in the chemical industry. Also research of gas hydrates and development of technologies for their extraction from the Black sea bottom is further scrutinized in this book.

Prof. Volodymyr Bondarenko is the Head of the Department of Deposit Mining of the National Mining University of Ukraine, Academician of the Academy of Engineering Sciences of Ukraine, Honoured Scientist of Science and Engineering and Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in the Field of Science and Technology.
Volodymyr Bondarenko is a famous specialist in the field of underground mining of coal and ore deposits and author of a scientific discovery in mining providing new fundamental knowledge describing artificial diagenesis of sedimentary rocks and their influence on rock massif state around openings.
Prof. Bondarenko is the chairman of the Methodological Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Ukraine.
He is one of the authors of "Development strategies of coal industry of Ukraine until 2030 as part of a single work "Strategy of energy development of Ukraine until 2030" and founder of the International School of Underground Mining. The School’s format – holding annual international scientific and practical conferences with presence of well-known specialist-miners from the Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Germany and other countries.

20 candidate dissertations and 6 doctoral dissertations have been defended under the direction of Volodymyr Bondarenko and he is author of 245 scientific works, including 15 textbooks, tutorials and monographs, 37 patents are registered in his name, 33 scientific articles have been pubished internationally in recognized publications in Germany, England, USA, Canada, Poland and Russia.