Brake control strategy reducing after-stop conveyance oscillations / Klaus Kacy -- "Nx2" configuration for a mine hoist multi-channel braking system / Klaus Kacy -- Winding rope life and safety on incline winders / Malcolm Greenway -- Extending traditional limits in shaft steelwork design / Geoff J. Krige, Christo Croeser -- Improving inspection and maintenance of old vertical mine shafts / Geoff J. Krige, David Blitenhall -- Design of overwind arresting systems / Rodney Hamilton -- Hoisting by float chamber / Ross Guenther -- A case study with rope life record of 54 mm ropes operating on a South African double-drum rock winder / Kevin Willemse, Bodo Schmitz -- Overview of shaft sinking methods / A.E.A. Northcote -- Minimizing coincident peaking in a multi-hoist mine system / Julian B. Fisher -- Reduction of network peak power and power swing demand in mine hoist applications / Borje Johansson -- Life assessment and life extension of the U62 winder motor at Xstrata Mount Isa Mines / Bob Kyte, Ron Scollay -- Induction motors and PWM drives -- the ideal solution for large hoist applications / Simon W. Mulley -- The use of Koepe winders for the sinking of a deep vertical shaft / G.L. du Plessis [and others] -- Emergency braking system for use with steel mine shaft guides / Andre du Preez, Steve Hill -- Influence of high airflow velocity on the balance rope behaviour / Graeme Medhurst, Steve Grobler, Greg Connolly -- High-speed load-out conveyors / Michael J. Peden -- Compensating sheaves -- are they necessary? / Bob Townsend -- Hoisting equipment cost estimation in underground mines / Ahmad Reza Sayadi [and others] -- Improving safety and efficiency of mine hoisting / Darrell Gillis, Phil Joggerst, Mike Beus -- Innovative techniques and methodology at the Lake Mead intake #2 connection modifications / Greg Cowley, Boodie Hurd, Michael Feroz -- Impala platinum no. 16 shaft project to hoist in excess of 3 Mt of ore per annum / Wendy Naysmith, Socrates Vakalis -- Safety and efficiency benefits of automated Koepe winder rope handling systems as employed on the Impala Platinum no. 16 and 17 shaft projects / Timothy G. Keegan -- Friction hoisting in North America -- a historical perspective / Tim Gartner, Paul Henri -- The role of simulation in ground handling optimization at the Grasberg Block Cave Mine / Iain Ross [and others] -- Understanding underground ore handling and shifting bottleneck identification using discrete-event simulation / Kim Hindle, Valerie Limmer -- Lift and production rate characterisation of hoists and belt conveyors for underground mass mining / J.C. Spreadborough -- Motorized rail cars -- models to estimate comparative capital and operating costs / Scott A. Stebbins -- Optimizing the balance rope weight -- a method to increase the practical hoisting distance for single conveyance friction hoists / Tim Gartner, Borje Johansson, Sigurd Grimestad -- Radial pressure damage analysis of wire ropes operating on multi-layer drum winders / Gerhard Rebel, Roland Verreet.