Safety first with VAM

Gerry Hamaliuk and Djoko Corovic of technical consulting group Smart Mine Solutions discuss ventilation air methane, and the recovery and utilisation of emissions

03 August 2010
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Ventilation air methane (VAM) is a waste product of coal mining, and the relative value of the CH₄ produced is considerably lower than that for produced coal.

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