This edited volume contains research results presented at the 12th International Symposium Continuous Surface Mining, ISCSM Aachen 2014. The target audience primarily comprises researchers in the lignite mining industry and practitioners in this field but the book may also be beneficial for graduate students.

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• Conti® MegaPipe a New Dimension in Closed-Trough Belt Technology.- Maintenance of belt conveyor systems in Poland an overview.- Development of an expert system for the prediction of the performance of bucket-wheel excavators used for the selective mining of multiple layered lignite deposits.- Optimizing of sampling of lignite deposit using geostatistical methods - a case study.