NIOSH at CIM: great work as always

One must admire NIOSH. The quality of their technical work is impressive and the clarity of their conference presentations outstanding. This afternoon in the CIM technical session Innovative Mining Technology, we enjoyed presentations from NIOSH staff on underhand cut-and-fill mining, new support concepts for hard rock mines, dust control for mines, and characterization of nonometer and untrafine diesel aerosols in underground mines. Each was better than the last: chock full of intelligent thought, analysis, data, and useful information. All I can say is if any of these topics is of interest to you, get their papers via a CIM CD, or go to the NIOSH website and get the full reports. Your time will be well rewarded.