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Scope

Standardization of:

  • specifications relating to specialized mining machinery and equipment used in opencast mines (e.g. conveyors, high wall miners, rock drill rigs and continuous surface miners) and all underground mining machinery and equipment for the extraction of solid mineral substances [e.g. road headers, continuous miners, rock drill rigs, raise boring machines, high wall miners, LHDs, mining auger boring machines, RMDSs (rapid mine development systems)]
  • recommended practice in the presentation of plans and drawings used in mine surveying
  • methods of calculation of mineral reserves
  • sustainable mining and mine closure
  • design of structures for mining industry.
  • special refuge/rescue chambers
  • shaft boring machines.

Excluded:

  • foundation machines [e.g. piling, diaphragm walling, earth boring, jetting, grouting, drill rigs for soil and rock mixture (ISO/TC 195)]
  • aggregate processing machines (e.g. screening, crushing)
  • equipment and protective systems to be used in explosive atmospheres (IEC/TC 31)
  • hand-held rock drills (ISO/TC 118)
  • earth-moving machinery (by ISO/TC 127)
  • geotechnics (ISO/TC 182)
  • tunnel boring machines (TBMs) and associated machines and equipment (ISO/TC 195).

Quick links

Sustainable Development Goals

This committee contributes with 14 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

3
Good Health and Well-being
4
Quality Education
8
Decent Work and Economic Growth
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
69

Published ISO standards *

of which 63 under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 82

15

ISO standards under development *

of which 10 under the direct responsibility of ISO/TC 82

29
Participating members
25
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/TC 82/SC 7 Sustainable mining and mine closure Subcommittee
ISO/TC 82/SC 8 Automated and autonomous mining systems Subcommittee
ISO/TC 82/JWG 1   Joint ISO/TC 82 - ISO/TC 127 WG : Rock drill rigs Working group
ISO/TC 82/TF 3   Roadheader Working group
ISO/TC 82/TF 4   Shaft borer Working group
ISO/TC 82/TF 5   Lithium-ion traction battery power in underground mines Working group
ISO/TC 82/TF 6   Underground mine backfill reticulation system Working group
ISO/TC 82/TF 7   Tracer test methods Working group
ISO/TC 82/TF 8   Guideline for slope stability Working group
ISO/TC 82/TF 9   Guidelines for mine safety management Working group
ISO/TC 82/TF 10   Reactive polymer materials in mining Working group
ISO/TC 82/WG 4   Structures for mine shafts Working group
ISO/TC 82/WG 5   Mobile underground machines Working group
ISO/TC 82/WG 8   Terminology Working group
ISO/TC 82/WG 9   Operator enclosures Working group
ISO/TC 82/WG 10   Mine hoists and mine winders Working group
ISO/TC 82/WG 11   Mining methods Working group
ISO/TC 82/WG 12   Mine Cable Hook Working group

Joint working groups under the responsibility of another committee

Reference Title
ISO/TC 23/SC 19/JWG 12 Joint ISO/TC 23/SC 19 - ISO/TC 127/SC 3 - ISO/TC 82 WG: Cybersecurity engineering
ISO/TC 127/SC 2/WG 22 Joint ISO/TC 127/SC 2 - ISO/TC 82 - ISO/TC 82/SC 8 WG: Autonomous machine safety
ISO/TC 127/JTF 1 Overlap and differences in the work for traction batteries between TC 127 and TC 82

Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 82

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 82:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 1 Screw threads ISO
ISO/TC 127 Earth-moving machinery ISO
ISO/TC 127/SC 2 Safety, ergonomics and general requirements ISO
ISO/TC 127/SC 3 Machine characteristics, electrical and electronic systems, operation and maintenance ISO
ISO/TC 195 Building construction machinery and equipment ISO
ISO/TC 195/SC 3 Drilling and foundation machinery and equipment ISO
ISO/TC 298 Rare earth ISO
ISO/TC 333 Lithium ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 82

ISO/TC 82 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
IEC/TC 69 Electrical power/energy transfer systems for electrically propelled road vehicles and industrial trucks IEC
ISO/TC 23/SC 2 Common tests ISO
ISO/TC 100 Chains and chain sprockets for power transmission and conveyors ISO
ISO/TC 111 Round steel link chains, chain slings, components and accessories ISO
ISO/TC 127 Earth-moving machinery ISO
ISO/TC 127/SC 2 Safety, ergonomics and general requirements ISO
ISO/TC 127/SC 3 Machine characteristics, electrical and electronic systems, operation and maintenance ISO
ISO/TC 195 Building construction machinery and equipment ISO
ISO/TC 199 Safety of machinery ISO
ISO/TC 298 Rare earth ISO
ISO/TC 333 Lithium ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)

Acronym Title Category
EWRIS European Federation of Wire Rope Industries A
GMG Global Mining Guidelines Group A
ICMM International Council on Mining and Metals A
EC - European Commission European Commission B
WCO World Customs Organization B

Organizations in liaison (Category C)

C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group

Acronym Title Category
AIHA American Industrial Hygiene Association C
ITA/AITES International Tunnelling and Underground Space Association C
Date Month Location TC/SC Note
30-4 November-December 2026 Stockholm (Sweden) ISO/TC 82 **

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

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