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Investment costs comparison of shafts and declines

State-of-the-Art in Blind Shaft Drilling for Shaft Sinking in the Coal-mining Industry in China

Analysis of water irruption mechanism for west ventilation shaft lining at Pansan coal mine in China

About the Application of Conventional and Advanced Freeze Circle Design Methods for the Ust-Jaiwa Freeze Shaft Project

Application of TBM for driving declines shafts

Static calculations of the minig shaft linings in Poland

Construction of of shafts in the LGOM Copper Basin under specific conditions Sudetic Monocline - example of the SW-4 shaft

Ground freezing as a basic method of preparing the rocks for shaft sinking in hydrogeological conditions Sudetic Monocline

Modernization of mine hoist in terms of increasing the production capacity of the O / ZG Rudna Mine

Determinants of forecasting deformation in a shaft

Technology of shaft sinking in low-strength rocks and high natural hazards probabilities

Strategic considerations of shaft sinking realization in difficult geological and mining conditions

The new generation of machines for sinking and shafts deepening - a case study of the shaft GG-1

About the Author

Jerzy Kicki
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE: Lectures and classes for the Mining and Geoengineering Faculties on the following courses; 150 graduated MSc. Students.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: An Economic and Mining Engineer with more than 30 years of experience including: project evaluation, due diligence activity, pre and feasibility studies. Dr. Kicki made more than 200 industrial reports and large projects which were prepared and managed for Polish mining industry. From this list more than 100 are related to coal mining. He has managed diverse teams working on mineral property development and feasibility study, mine and plant operations.
ORGANIZATION EXPERIENCE: Deputy Dean of Mining Faculty at the University of Mining and Metallurgy (AGH), Chair of the Organizing Committee of School of Underground Mining (organized since 1992), Chairman of the World Mining Congress 2008,since 1996 head of Mineral Engineering Department in Polish Academy of Sciences- Institute of Mineral Economy and Energy.





Eugeniusz Jacek Sobczyk
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE: University of Lodz (1978-1982); master of science degree of geomorphology. Academy of Mining and Metallurgy in Cracow (1982-1986); engineer of geology and mining. Jagiellonian University in Cracow (1989-1990). Doctor’s degree of mining geology (2000). Qualifying as assistant professor of mining geology (2010).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Scientist in Mineral and Energy Economy Research Centre of Polish Academy of Sciences in Cracow since 1986. Working on management of coal reserves and on restructuring of the coal industry in Poland; evaluation of deposits and mining project. Member of the Polish Association of Mineral Asset Valuators. The valuator of mineral deposits (Co-author of the valuation of hard-coal deposits). He holds the title of European Geologist.


Paweł Kamiński
Research and teaching assistant at AGH University of Science and Technology in Cracow. Participant of many studies and projects, primarily related to underground mining, ventilation and underground construction.