Bio
Festus Animah is a PhD student at the Mining and Minerals Engineering department at Virginia Tech. He obtained his master's degree in Sustainable Mining at T.U. Freiberg in Germany. He has research interests in mine health and safety, ventilation and sustainable development of critical minerals. His current work is focused on the monitoring and control of respirable coal mine dust to enhance miner safety. In the past, he worked at the AngloGold Ashanti Obuasi mine in Ghana and DMT Mining GmbH in Germany.

Company/Organization
Virginia Tech

Current Position
PhD student

Country
United States (Virginia)

1. Effect Of Auxiliary Scrubbers On Respirable Coal Mine Dust Particle Size And Composition

2. Recovery Of Respirable Dust From Fibrous Filters For Particle Analysis By Scanning Electron Microscopy

1. Technical Session 5A: Mine Dust Monitoring And Control I - 20 Jun, 2023