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MINE FACE [16 records]

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Record 1 2025-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Risks and Threats (Security)
  • Land Mines
CONT

Mine risk education(MRE) is a preventive health and education initiative that seeks to save the lives and limbs of civilian adults and children who are either living with the threat of landmines or ERW [explosive remnant of war], or who are likely to face such a threat...

OBS

mine risk education; MRE: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Risques et menaces (Sécurité)
  • Mines terrestres
OBS

sensibilisation au danger des mines : désignation normalisée par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Blasting Work (Mining)
DEF

One who sets off blasts in a mine or quarry.

OBS

Determines positions and force of explosions required, and charges and sets off explosives to dislodge coal, ore, rock or other solid mineral from mine and quarry work face.

OBS

shooter: Term used in Australia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Travail aux explosifs (Exploitation minière)
DEF

Spécialiste affecté au tir des mines.

CONT

Le chargement et l'amorçage des trous de mines sont faits par le boutefeu ou sous sa surveillance directe.

Key term(s)
  • boute-feu

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Dangers and Mine Safety
  • Underground Mining
DEF

The sudden failure of walls or pillars in a mine caused by the weight or pressure of the surrounding rocks, and accompanied by a violent release of energy.

CONT

Rock bursts. In areas of very deep mining, as additional weight is supported by the pillars on the coal face, stresses may so build up that the yield point is reached. If the coal pillars, the roof, or the floor are able to yield gradually, the effects of the stresses are relieved by floor heaving, or by pillar or roof failure. Where the coal or the associated rocks are particularly strong and depths are much above average, these stresses may be relieved by rock bursts, which are relatively violent outbursts of the coal into the rooms and entries. Frequently, a large volume of gas(usually methane) is suddenly released during a rock burst in a coal mine.

OBS

for "coal burst" : Rock bursts and "coal bursts" in coal mines are generally designated by the term "bumps" or "bounces". A large proportion of these "bumps" or "bounces" are actually "coal bursts" due to fracturing of pillars and remnants and need not involve any fracturing of roof or floor rock.

OBS

for "air blast" : In former years rock bursts were sometimes referred to as "air blasts". This name originated from the fact that large quantities of rock loosened by some of the larger rock bursts displaced quantities of air, with the result that a blast of air passed through the mine workings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière (dangers et sécurité)
  • Exploitation minière souterraine
DEF

[...] dislocation des piliers de charbon soutenant le toit, avec projections de charbon et parfois soulèvement du mur, plus tendre, jusqu'à venir toucher le toit.

OBS

[Le coup de toit peut] mettre en danger l'outillage et le personnel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación minera (peligros y seguridad)
  • Explotación minera subterránea
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Record 4 2012-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Underground Mining
  • Mining of Organic Materials
DEF

A worker(as in a... coal mine) who actually works at the face as distinguished from one who serves in various supplementary capacities(as in mucking, loading, or hauling).

OBS

face (n.) [in French: "front de taille", or "front d’abattage"]: The exposed surface of an unbroken coal bed or ore deposit at the advancing end of the working place, where mining, winning or getting takes place.

OBS

faceman: term also used for a worker in a quarry.

Key term(s)
  • face-woman
  • face woman
  • coal face-worker

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Exploitation minière souterraine
  • Exploitation de matières organiques (Mines)
DEF

Mineur qui abat le charbon à front de taille.

OBS

On trouve aussi «abatteur en carrières» dans l'index de la Classification internationale type des professions, du Bureau international du travail à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ground-Drilling Facilities (Mining)
  • Underground Mining
  • Lining of Mineshafts and Passages
DEF

The horizontal roof member of a timber set on mine roadways, or a flat supported by props on the face.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations de forage minier
  • Exploitation minière souterraine
  • Revêtements des puits et galeries (Mines)
DEF

Pièce de soutènement horizontale, en bois, plaquée contre la couronne d'une galerie de mine et qui prend appui sur deux montants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones de perforación minera
  • Explotación minera subterránea
  • Revestimiento de los pozos y galerías (Minas)
DEF

Larguero superior de los bastidores con que se hace el encofrado de las minas.

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Record 6 2005-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Protective Clothing
  • Demolition (Military)
CONT

... a lighter demining suit, called the Humanitarian Demining Ensemble(HDE), that offers basic protection against mine blast to the frontal torso, face, head, ears and hands.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vêtements de protection
  • Destruction (Militaire)
CONT

[...] une tenue de déminage plus légère appelée «tenue de déminage à des fins humanitaires» qui assure la protection de la poitrine, du visage, de la tête, des oreilles et des mains contre le souffle des mines.

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Operations
DEF

The exposed surface of coal or other mineral deposit in the working place where mining, winning, or getting is proceeding.

OBS

forebreast; wall face : Scottish terms for the working face of a mine.

PHR

Life of face in terms of distance, passage of a face under an observation line, rise, standing, stationary, strike, vertical projection of face length.

Key term(s)
  • face of stope
  • stoping face

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière
DEF

Dans un chantier, la surface du minerai sur laquelle on se livre à des travaux d'abattage.

OBS

Un front de taille, ou d'abattage, désigne en général un chantier de grande extension (longue taille, gradin de carrière) tandis que le front d'avancement, ou d'attaque, désigne plutôt un chantier de creusement de galerie.

PHR

Front de taille dégagé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación minera
DEF

Superficie frontal en la cual se arranca el mineral.

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Record 8 2005-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Operations
  • Underground Mining
DEF

Wall or end of a mine tunnel or excavation at which work is progressing.

OBS

"forehead" is a Scottish term for the face of a mine.

PHR

Increment of face advance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière
  • Exploitation minière souterraine
DEF

[...] extrémité de l'ouvrage minier où se trouve l'équipe de travail.

CONT

Front d'attaque d'une galerie en creusement [...]

OBS

Un front de taille, ou d'abattage, désigne en général un chantier de grande extension (longue taille, gradin de carrière) tandis que le front d'avancement, ou d'attaque, désigne plutôt un chantier de creusement de galerie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación minera
  • Explotación minera subterránea
DEF

En una cantera, superficie frontal que se explota.

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Record 9 2004-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
CONT

Mobile mine-site extraction technology is expected to be a key breakthrough of the future. Mobile extraction operations located near the mine face would allow the direct return of waste sand back to the mine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
CONT

On prévoit déjà, dans un avenir rapproché, une importante percée en ce qui concerne la mise au point d'une technologie autorisant l'extraction-séparation au moyen d'installations mobiles intégrées. L'utilisation de telles installations à proximité du front de taille permettrait le retour immédiat des sables résiduels à la mine.

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mine Warfare
  • Naval Mines
  • Demolition (Military)
DEF

In naval mine warfare, a minefield which is replenished to maintain its danger to the enemy in the face of counter-measures.

OBS

sustained attrition minefield: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre des mines
  • Mines marines
  • Destruction (Militaire)
DEF

En guerre des mines sur mer, champ de mines d'attrition que l'on rafraîchit pour qu'il reste dangereux pour l'ennemi malgré les contre-mesures prises par ce dernier.

OBS

champ de mines d'attrition entretenu : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Guerra de minas
  • Minas marinas
  • Destrucción (Militar)
DEF

En guerra naval de minas, campo de minas que se repone continuamente para mantener el grado de peligro a pesar de las contramedidas de éste.

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Record 11 2000-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Blasting Work (Mining)
DEF

A term applied to the method of blasting in which large charges are fired in small adits or tunnels driven, at the level of the floor, in the face of a quarry or slope of an open-pit mine.

OBS

Coyote blasting is best adapted to faces from 80 to 175 ft. high, where the surface is irregular and where a large tonnage of rock is to be broken at one blast. In high banks, the use of supplementary churn drill holes, about one-third the depth of the face, gives a more regular line of break.

OBS

coyote-hole blasting: American term for quarry blasting in chambers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail aux explosifs (Exploitation minière)
DEF

Méthode de sautage qui consiste à creuser une galerie à flanc de montagne, à y placer des explosifs et à procéder au sautage.

CONT

Abattage par grands fourneaux.- Cette méthode consiste à creuser au pied de la carrière normalement à la paroi d'une galerie de 1 à 2 m² de section et d'une profondeur égale au moins à la moitié de la hauteur du front, et ensuite à l'extrémité de celle-ci et à angle droit, deux galeries de même section au fond desquelles on place des charges importantes d'explosif qu'on isole par des bourrages soignés [...]

Key term(s)
  • abatage par grands fourneaux

Spanish

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Record 12 2000-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Underground Mining
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
CONT

The primary mining method will be mechanized cut-and-fill with captive equipment ...

OBS

cut-and-fill mining: A stoping method in which the ore is excavated by successive flat or inclined slices, working upward from the level as in shrinkage stoping. However, after each slice is blasted down all broken ore is removed, and the stope is filled with waste up to within a few feet of the back before the next slice is taken out, just enough room being left between the top of the waste pile and the back of the stope to provide working space.

OBS

mechanized : Term descriptive of a mine that has a high percentage of machinery for all steps of mining and handling of coal or other mineral product from the face to the mine working place to the coal tipple or other mineral treatment plant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière souterraine
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
OBS

abattage par chambre remblayée : Exploitation par tranches montantes remblayées. Dans ce mode d'exploitation, le minerai est abattu par tranches horizontales prises en remontant. Le minerai abattu est évacué au fur et à mesure. Dès qu'une tranche est épuisée, le vide est comblé avec un volume équivalent de remblai qui sert à la fois de soutien pour les épontes et de plateforme de travail pour l'abattage de la tranche suivante.

Spanish

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Record 13 1999-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Dangers and Mine Safety
  • Lignite, Graphite and Coal Mining
DEF

The sudden issue of gases, chiefly methane(sometimes accompanied by coal dust), from the working face of a coal mine.

Key term(s)
  • outburst of gas
  • gas outburst

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation minière (dangers et sécurité)
  • Exploit. de charbons fossiles autres que la tourbe
CONT

Dégagement instantané de gaz.

Spanish

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Record 14 1999-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
DEF

A mine locomotive operated by electricity drawn from overhead conductors. Small grooved wheels are held in contact with the conductors and the current passes down a trolley arm to the motor. It is very efficient where heavy loads are hauled up relatively steep gradients. In British coal mines, their use is restricted to approved intake airways not nearer than 274 metres to a working face. Their high cost and stringent conditions of use have discouraged their more rapid application.

OBS

trolly: variant of trolley.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
CONT

Locomotives électriques à trolley. La locomotive à fil aérien et trolley - tige flexible en acier fondu munie d'une roulette ou autre contact glissant ou roulant qui transmet le courant du câble conducteur d'électricité au moteur - peut varier en poids de 4 à 25 tonnes. Toutes ses parties sont à l'abri de l'humidité et les moteurs ainsi que les contrôleurs de commande sont enfermés.

Spanish

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Record 15 1998-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mine Passages
  • Mining Operations
DEF

A small timber, round, half-round or square-cut, used close to the working face in mine galleries, generally as a temporary support... between floor and roof.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Galeries et soles (Mines)
  • Exploitation minière
DEF

Pièces de bois servant de support pour le plafond des galeries souterraines.

Spanish

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Record 16 1997-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mine Ventilation, Heating and Lighting
DEF

The quantity of air required to maintain adequate ventilation of the mine. This quantity will depend on(1) the length of the face room in production;(2) the average distance from the shafts to the faces;(3) the gas emission rate;(4) the depth of the workings, and(5) the volumetric efficiency of the mine ventilation.

OBS

Subject-test CANMET-METALLURGY

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ventilation, chauffage et éclairage des mines

Spanish

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