Objective In today's coalmines many different components of plant are working together in complex interaction.Although many processes are already partly or fully automated, very often mine workers still have to manually intervene to direct the operation of plant, frequently impeded by poor visibility and high noise levels. Efficient operational control of the mining functions is not always possible under these conditions, with resulting production losses and costly maintenance work.Accidents associated with plant-worker interaction may occur more likely and emergency warnings may go unnoticed. Essentially, there is a need to greatly improve available communication, warning and condition monitoring systems. Programme(s) ECSC-COAL-STEEL-RTD C - Research Programme of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel Topic(s) TGC1 - Coal mining operation, mine infrastructure and management, unconventional use of coal deposits Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme Data not available Coordinator DEUTSCHE MONTAN TECHNOLOGIE GMBH EU contribution No data Address Am Technologiepark 1 ESSEN Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (3) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ASOCIACION PARA LA INVEST. Y EL DESAR. INDUSTRIAL DE LOS RECURSOS NAT. Spain EU contribution No data Address Alenza 1 28003 MADRID See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HULLERAS DEL NORTE, S.A. Spain EU contribution No data Address Avenida de Galicia 44 33005 OVIEDO See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MINES RESCUE SERVICE LTD United Kingdom EU contribution No data Address Leeming Lane South MANSFIELD NOTTINGHAMSHIRE See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data