(Extract from ABC Online, Aus)
The University of Western Australia (UWA) says its latest mining technology invention could improve safety conditions for miners around the world.
A high energy absorbing mesh is made of recycled scrap metal and is designed to act as a barrier to protect miners from underground rock blasts.
UWA will now collaborate with a company specialising in mining technology to market the product.
Inventor and university professor Yves Potvin says the technology could protect miners working in tough conditions in the Goldfields and Pilbara.
"In these conditions the normal ground support usually fails and that's how you get people getting injured or fatalities due to rock bursts," he said.
"So this new system, because it's stronger than normal mesh, would have a better chance to sustain these natural explosions."
Editor: Mark Freeman (mark.freeman@industry.nsw.gov.au)
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