Innovation plays a critical role in the mining industry as a tool to improve the efficiency of its processes, to reduce costs, but also to meet the increasing social and environmental concerns among communities and authorities. Technological progress has also been crucial to allow the exploitation of new deposits in more complex scenarios: …
A recent set of sweeping US laws have already kicked off a boom in proposals for new mining operations, minerals processing facilities, and battery plants, laying the foundation for domestic ...
In this issue: new blasting technology, the UK's role in rare earths and the prospect of green steel. The moving of earth is perhaps the most fundamental process in mining, so any innovations in the sector are likely to have a profound effect on mining operations. In recent years, Orica and LKAB have collaborated on a new form of wireless ...
Credit: Zoonar and Alamy Stock Photo. Chinese authorities are rushing to rescue 21 miners trapped at the Xinjiang coalmine in Hutubi County, in the west of China, after the mine flooded over the weekend. According to state-owned newspaper Global Times, 29 miners were trapped when flooding hit the mine during upgrade works, …
This paper investigates the complex relationship that exists between new technology in the mining industry and the effect of this technology on the industry's …
The El Teniente New Mine Level project will access approximately 2.02 billion tonnes of ore reserves (grading 0.86% copper) lying deeper at about 350m below the existing undercut level of the mine. The expansion project received environmental permit in March 2011 and construction started in October 2011. It is expected to create around …
The South African mining industry has consistently increased the size of its workforce, from 406,994 in 2001 to 453,543 in 2018. This has led to a parallel increase in the tax paid by mining companies to the national government, from $1.21bn in 2010 to $1.56bn in 2018, according to the country's Minerals Council.
Trans. Nonferrous Met. Soc. China 22 (2012) 740 746 Safe mining technology of undersea metal mine PENG Kang 1,2, LI Xi-bing 1,2, WAN Chuan-chuan 1,2, PENG Shu-quan 1,2, ZHAO Guo-yan 1,2 1. School of Resources and Safety Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China; 2. Hunan Key …
When mine dewatering pumps break down, production can be disrupted. This paper explores solutions based on continuous improvement methodologies for dewatering underground mines. By procuring pumps within a hire agreement, rather than through purchase or lease arrangements, miners can test new-generation dewatering pumps and …
The Syama mine in Mali was originally developed by BHP as an open cast gold mine in the 1980s, but since being taken over by Resolute Mining in 2015, it has undergone some extraordinary changes as it prepares to become the first purpose-built automated mine in the world. "Most automation journeys start with existing underground operations and ...
Investment in autonomous mining technology is on the rise, with major projects such as Chilian Codelco's El Teniente underground mine expansion – the world's largest – opting for autonomous fleets. Heidi Vella takes a look at the projects betting big on digitisation and automation and asks whether the technology is finally making its mark.
Credit: Jan Mallander from Pixabay. US company Energy Fuels is expected to start production at two additional uranium mines in Colorado and Wyoming this year. The new mines, known as Whirlwind and Nichols Ranch, could raise Energy Fuels' uranium production to more than two million pounds (lb) of triuranium octoxide (U₃O₈) per year by …
In February 2019, the Norwegian Government officially gave the green light to the construction of a copper mine within the Arctic Circle, close to Norway's northerly point. The mine, owned by Norwegian company Nussir ASA will be the largest copper mine in the country once it is completed, with estimated reserves of 72 million tonnes of …
China has stepped up oversight over workplace safety in the mining industry, and using advanced technologies is part of such efforts. Mineral-rich …
Huawei plans to use the Intelligent Mining Innovation Lab as a place to continue innovating with partners and making breakthroughs in technologies that can …
Over the five years to 2021, production from China increased by a CAGR of 23% and is expected to drop by a CAGR of 3.18% between 2022 and 2026. GlobalData …
Martin Kabwelulu, Minister of Mines of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), has said that the country's new mining code, which was passed into law in March despite protests from large mining companies, cannot be questioned. The new mining code has been criticised by members of the Mining Promotion Initiative, …
New Century Resources has pledged to reach 50% Indigenous employment at its zinc mining operations in Queensland – the largest pledge of its kind seen in the country's mining sector. Scarlett Evans looks at industry-wide efforts to boost Indigenous integration, and asks what more needs to be done to ensure that the modern Australian …
Brief History of Mining. The history of mining technology started with using simple tools for extraction. These included digging by hand or using stone tools. While these were the only methods of mining at the time, the process was slow and highly inefficient as it took so long. However, manual mining tools were soon replaced by a more ...
The Tashkura region within the mine produces high-quality phosphorite. The gold mine is estimated to hold more than 150Moz (4,000t) of resources. Mining at Uzbekistan's Muruntau gold mine. The Muruntau gold mine employs open-pit mining and heap leach processing. Gold mining is conducted using a truck and conveyor ore …
Internet of Things, an emerging network technology based on the convergence of wireless technologies, micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) and the Internet, can potentially transform the mining industry by creating new ways of maintaining mine safety and productivity. The technology involves connecting machines, fleet and people with …
Results included 8.5m of 4.38% copper, 0.87g/t gold and 32.7g/t silver and 3m of 5.66% copper, 0.29g/t gold and 4.6g/t silver. Stavely Minerals believes that the use of a specific high-grade structurally-controlled mineralisation model applied at Butte and Magma is what prompted the success in the first diamond holes drilled.
India's cabinet approved the mining reforms at a cabinet meeting in January 2021 chaired by Modi. The winners, simply, are mining companies. These reforms are largely targeted at streamlining the processes and opening up more sites in India to mine, while also levelling the playing field between private enterprise and state-owned …
New mineral deposit discoveries are declining, as is the ore grade. Therefore, identifying viable new mines and determining the economic feasibility of extracting a known resource is becoming increasingly difficult. This has led to a shift to more underground mining and remote deposits, resulting in longer haul distances and labour …
image credit: Ivanhoe mining. Canadian miner Ivanhoe Mines reported yesterday that its Kamoa copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) achieved a new production record in its first quarter of 2022, recording production of 55,602 tonnes in the period.Kamoa Copper milled 1.08 million ore tonnes during the quarter, at …
Côté gold min e, Ontario. FIRST PRODUCTION: H2 2023. COST: Approx US$1.6 billion. MINE LIFE: 18 years. MINE TYPE: Open pit. Iamgold and its 30% partner at the Côté gold project in northern Ontario, …
Monday 22 April 2024 16:00. Max Luedtke, ABB, Switzerland, explains how connected engineering innovations such as truck electrification, gearless conveyor drives, and ventilation on demand are helping mine operators balance productivity with sustainability as they transition to the all-electric mines of the future.
According to a report from the Senate inquiry into the rehabilitation of mining and resources projects published in March 2019, the cost of rehabilitating all major abandoned mine sites in Australia would run into billions of dollars. While the industry challenges the actual number (estimates put it at more than 50,000 abandoned mines ...
Frieda River Project is located in the provinces of Sandaun and East Sepik in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the biggest copper and gold deposits found in the Asia-Pacific region. The mine is jointly owned by PanAust (80%) and Highlands Pacific (20%). PanAust acquired the majority stake earlier held by Glencore in August 2014, becoming operator ...
Switch to clean energy. The mining burden of new energy technologies is smaller than that of fossil fuels, according to a new report. Political fights over mining …
Launched in 2018 by the Prospecting Secondary Raw Materials in the Urban Mine and Mining Wastes consortium, a pan-European alliance of banks, technology firms, and geological institutions, the project collates waste information from across the continent to offer new mining opportunities that may otherwise have gone ignored.