Mining, Volume 5, Issue 3

As the global shift toward renewable energy accelerates, large-scale energy storage is essential to balance intermittent supply and growing demand. While conventional Pumped Hydro Storage remains dominant, Underground Pumped Hydro Storage (UPHS) offe...

The depletion of shallow coal reserves necessitates a shift from open-pit to underground mining, increasing the need for safe and efficient backfill systems. However, traditional backfill materials—especially cement—are costly and environ...

A barrier pillar between the surface and underground mining sections provides a critical buffer zone in the transition from the boxcut highwall to underground sections by isolating stress fields from underground sections and preventing them from affe...

The Super-long Gravity Heat Pipe (SLGHP) is an efficient geothermal energy utilization technology that can transmit thermal energy by fully utilizing natural temperature differences without external energy input. This study focuses on the high-altitu...

Underground mining operations face increasing challenges due to their complex and hazardous environments. One key difficulty is ensuring real-time safety monitoring and disaster prevention. Traditional monitoring systems often suffer from delayed dat...

This study evaluates the capabilities of the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) and Hyperion remote sensing sensors for mapping ophiolitic sequences and identifying manganese mineralization in the Bela Ophiolite re...

Detecting surface mineral indicators with high spatial precision remains a significant challenge in mineral exploration, particularly in remote or geologically complex regions such as Eastern Kazakhstan. This study addresses this challenge by integra...

Mining (1) operations in remote areas (2) face significant challenges related to energy supply, high fuel costs, and limited infrastructure. This study investigates the potential for achieving energy independence (3) and resilience (4) in such enviro...

The purpose of this work was to obtain specialized enrichment cultures from an original extreme acidophilic consortium of extremely acidophilic microorganisms and to study their microbial community composition and biotechnological potential. At tempe...

Occupational heat stress represents an increasing challenge to safety and operational performance in underground mining, where elevated temperatures, humidity, and limited ventilation are common. This study proposes an integrated framework to analyze...

Accurate prediction of the coal abrasive index (AI) is critical for optimizing coal processing efficiency and minimizing equipment wear in industrial applications. This study explores tree-based machine learning models; Random Forest (RF), Gradient B...

The use of high-pressure grinding rolls (HPGRs) is increasing in the ore industries as advanced technology is available for this type of comminuting. There are important parameters in these devices, which have many effects on productivity. One of the...

This study presents a methodology developed in collaboration with the Colombian National Mining Agency, aimed at enhancing the economic and productive activity of small-scale miners in Colombia through the promotion of associativity. Despite persiste...

The present study aimed to estimate the contribution of the mining and mineral processing steps of lithium concentrate production in Brazil to the Global Warming Potential (GWP100) using an LCA perspective. No previous national study was identified t...

A case study of designing a waste dump was conducted for the iron mine located in the Bulacan area, Philippines. Iron ore mines generate a relatively high amount of waste, and at the study mine, the constrained waste dumping area of 3 hectares necess...

Dust emissions from unpaved haul roads in open-pit coal mining pose a significant risk to air quality, health, and operational efficiency of mining operations. This study integrated real-time field monitoring with numerical simulations using ANSYS Fl...

Technological advances are prompting mining companies to explore new options to enhance the efficiency of activities such as drilling, blasting, ventilation, and the loading and hauling of ore and waste. The emergence of digital environments, such as...

Geometallurgy is an approach that utilizes predictive models that can support business decisions, mitigate risks, and enhance production efficiency. To develop an accurate geometallurgical model, it is essential to understand the behavior of each lit...

In this study, we model a solution surface, with each point having nine components using artificial intelligence (AI), to optimise the effects of ground vibration during blasting operations in an open-pit diamond mine. This model has eight input para...

In a dynamic global market, platinum-group metals (PGMs), particularly palladium, are in high demand across various industries due to their unique properties. Palladium plays a crucial role in environmentally friendly technologies, such as catalytic...

Real-time mining (RTM) has become increasingly significant in response to the growing need for sustainable mineral resource extraction, driven by global population growth and technological progress. This innovative approach addresses critical challen...

This study was conducted on a copper porphyry deposit located in Espinar, Cusco (Peru), with the objective of developing and comparing predictive models for processing capacity in SAG grinding circuits. A total of 174 samples were used for the JK Dro...