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Recent developments in pumping systems in underground metalliferous mining

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Vutukuri, V.S., Singh, R.N. Recent developments in pumping systems in underground metalliferous mining. Mine Water and the Environment 12, 71–94 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02914801

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