The two-day group meeting will be held at CSIRO’s Queensland Centre of Advanced Technologies (QCAT) officein Brisaben, on March 10-11.

Papers will include:

Scott Thomson and Matt Stockwell, CRCMining: Drilling Technologies for Soft & Low Permeability Coals

Peter Hatherly, University of Sydney: Integration of Seismic Data for Mine Planning

Linlin Ge, University of NSW and Chris Rizos, University of NSW: Monitoring Ground Subsidence with Space Geodetic Techniques

Ian Wood and Grant Roberts, Subsurface Imaging P/L: Resistivity for Coal Seam Mapping

Gary Fallon and Peter Hatherly, University of Sydney: Geophysical Assessment of Fracture Grouting

Sheng Xue, CSIRO Exploration & Mining: Locating Underground Heatings with Surface Radon Detecting Technique

Scott Thomson, Coalbed Concepts Pty Ltd and Peter Hatherly, University of Sydney: Comparative Study of In-Seam Surveying Technology

Steve Fraser and Joan Esterle CSIRO DEM: Automated Mineralogical Logging of Coal and Measure Core

Basil Beamish, UQ: Optimising the Assessment of Spontaneous Combustion Propensity

Steve Hearn and Natasha Hendrick, Velseis: Integrated P-wave / PS-wave Seismic Imaging for Improved Geological Characterisation of Coal Environments

Joan Esterle, CSIRO DEM and Meredith Malone, Ray Williams: Assessing Spatial Variability of Gas Parameters for Gas Emissions Estimates

Peter Fullagar, Fullagar Geophysics: Quality Appraisal for Geophysical Borehole Logs

David Humphreys, SkillPro Services: Validation of Spontaneous Combustion Parameters for Modelling of Behaviour

Jonathon Ralston, CSIRO DEM: Forward Looking Radar for Early Sensing of Ground Conditions

Mark Colwell, Colwell Geotechnical Services: ADRS – Analysis and Design of Rib Support

Ken Mills, SCT Operations: Hydraulic Fracturing for Gas Recovery and Its Impact on Subsequent Coal Mining

Those interested in attending the workshop should contact Claire Avenell at 07 3327 4163 or claire.avenell@csiro.au