

The Role of Mining in a Transition to a Clean Economy Moving the Conversation Forward. Very few forums manage to bring together the disparate interests of industry, academia, labor, politics, and environmentalism, yet such a multi-stakeholder approach is the only way of effectively resolving complex problems and creating …



One approach is to look at risk and issues not in isolation, but to consider how they manifest themselves as forces shaping the future of the mining industry. Whereas risks vary from year to year (evidenced by the emergence of infectious diseases as one of the Forum's top risks in a matter of months), forces endure over a longer …





You Mentioned The Goldeneye Project. Please Tell Us Briefly About It. GoldenEye is a three-year H2020 project funded by the European Commission. The project aims to build an AI-based platform for monitoring and analyzing mine sites across the European Union to make the exploration of minerals more cost-effective and efficient …



The mining industry is like any other manufacturing industry in that it utilizes sophisticated and productive machinery, along with digitization, so that it can prosper by increasing productivity while decreasing costs. Development in mining technology is ongoing throughout the world, notwithstanding India. Operational monitoring and control …









The sector will be expected to move at a faster pace, despite its traditional reputation as a long lead-time, highly capital-intensive industry. As metals will undoubtedly play a crucial role in keeping the planet within a 1.5°C warming scenario, producers of metals commodities will need to undertake the following: (Re)build a growth agenda.



Although mining is a cornerstone of the South African economy (), it generates copious amounts of dust. 1 The dusts may be toxic since they may also be contaminated with various toxic metals.For this reason, the prevalence and severity of occupational diseases in the mining industry depends on the ores mined, the …



Introduction. Mineral wealth is an important asset that can be used to stimulate or enhance economic growth and spur infrastructure development, including the building of schools, hospitals and road networks.1 Mining has played a substantial role in the development of Ghana, which is second only to South Africa in terms of gold …



Artificial intelligence algorithms backed by X-ray data and color sensors are already being used in the mining industry to improve the quantity and quality of the mineral exploration process. Deep neural networks, a subset of AI, can improve the quality of the ore and reduce mining costs by significantly enhancing picture and speech …



The information in the document is targeted at mining exploration and project directors, professional geologists, geochemists and metallurgists, quality control supervisors, quality assurance managers, mine operations managers, process plant managers, environmental compliance co-ordinators, and other individuals involved in mining exploration ...





The mining industry has a critical need for processing algorithms that can take advantage of current parallel-processing technologies. Currently, the processing of seismic data can take many hours or days. ... chemical analysis, and physical characterizations. ... Iron precipitation has played an important role in many chemical reactions. The ...







Chemistry is a powerful tool in the mining kit, with chemical extraction and separation of ores proving effective in a number of cases. ... While the mining industry has not historically been known for its radical innovations and digitalisation, chemistry has long been used by operators for extraction and separation tasks, with new innovations ...



We begin with an examination of how sustainability and sustainable development goals have been adopted by the mining industry over time. Two major themes emerge from review of the literature. ... is a sustainable feedstock option for chemical ... recycling rates, among others. Materials flow analysis will have a …





Of course, harnessing technology also means training employees and hiring new staff with advanced skillsets to fill a variety of new roles. Data scientists are needed to develop sophisticated analytics models to identify improvement levers. If a mining company is using an agile development approach, other skills and roles are needed.





Paragraph 46 of the JPOI called on governments to: (a) support efforts to address the environmental, economic, health, and social impacts and benefits of mining, minerals, and metals, including workers' health and safety; (b) enhance the participation of stakeholders to play an active role throughout the life cycles of mining operations ...





This work aims to review waste management in the mining industry of metals ores, coal, oil and natural gas. It includes an analysis and discussion on the possibilities for reuse of certain types of wastes generated from mining activity, and discusses the benefits, disadvantages and the impact of waste management on the …







The chemicals industry has a critical role to play in addressing the world's energy and sustainability challenges and needs to find a way to deal with its lagging innovation. Historically, industry leaders, investors, and start-ups have tended to see each other as competitors rather than partners and have avoided collaboration.


