Technological advances aim to improve sustainability

Owing to the possible presence of hazardous methane gas during coal mining, it is common practice to monitor methane levels at operational mining sections. As such, mining monitoring systems company Monitech’s Hazardous Area Control System was introduced to coal mining fifteen years ago and it has been continually developed according to customers’ needs and advancements in technology, making it a mainstay of the industry, Monitech GM Renier Rautenbach tells Mining Weekly. By law, a methane monitor must be installed on and interlocked to the coal mining machine to prevent production from continuing if the presence of methane above a predetermined level is detected.