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Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya posted a blog post

CLASSIFICATION OF MINERAL DEPOSITS AND RAW MATERIAL RESOURCES

. Author of classification is Ph.D. Natalia Petrovskaya

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The road to mining in 2050

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Jorge Cirett posted a blog post

The Mining and Exploration News in Mexico: Highlights on the Third Week of October, 2019

During the 42nd week of the year (October 14th to October 20th, 2019), at least 29 press releases were announced by companies working in Mexico. ON MEXICO ISSUES, The Congress dominated by Morena approved a bill dramatically changing the rules od op…

Anthony Walker commented on Anthony Walker's blog post InSAR use in Tailings Dam Monitoring

"Hi Steve, we are building it into a solution of ours to assist with Tailings Dam Monitoring - we have found the technology great but the day-to-day ease of use a problem; I think we have this sorted now! Anthony"

Steve Barnett commented on Anthony Walker's blog post InSAR use in Tailings Dam Monitoring

"HI Anthony, I know some guys who use it and are developing a business model around it.
Where does your interest come from"

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Approach to Estimating Shaft Costs

Posted by Brad Terhune, LG on April 20, 2019 at 1:14am

Hi Everyone...I posted this in the Shaft Sinking Group but thought it might get a lot more exposure and potential input here.

I work for a group that conducts mine cost estimating and we would like to begin updating an article that we publish regarding the costs to sink shafts. Currently, we provide pre-feasibility level estimated costs for a number of diameters (or rectangular dimensions) based on low, medium and hard Uniaxial Compressive Strengths. …

Most time consuming aspects of Operations

Posted by Niel Knoblauch on October 8, 2018 at 12:25pm

Those involved on commercial minerals processing and metallurgical operations: what are the things that consume most of an operator's/metallurgist's time & energy on a daily, weekly and/or monthly basis?

This question is broad on purpose. Speak from your experience as much as possible.

Thank you in advance!

Trolley Feasibility

Posted by Gertjan Bekkers on December 23, 2018 at 8:19pm

Hello all,

Just signed up with the group and kudos to Harald for setting this up.

Interested to see if any group members have experience with operating or the technical evaluation of trolley assisted haulage. I am interested in evaluating the technology for our project, but relevant experience seems hard to find.

Looking forward to your replies

What's the biggest change coming in the mining industry?

Posted by Xavier Evans on October 19, 2018 at 9:38am

Hi all - what's the biggest thing that will change over the next 15 years in mining? I'm doing some research with the largest survey into innovation in mining, would love to hear your thoughts on what's going to change in your operating environment: stateofplay.org/survey-2018

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Futuristic Mining Ecosystem

Posted by Dr Kash Sirinanda on September 24, 2019 at 6:18am

Futuristic Mining Ecosystem

I explain 6 futuristic themes for sustainable mining operations;

Seamless Connectivity
Autonomous Things
Artificial Intelligence
Immersive Experience
Digitized Workforce
Integrated Ecosystems

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Mining and Smart Spaces: The Next Evolution

Posted by Adrian Large on September 11, 2019 at 4:42am

Smart spaces are the inevitable evolution of workplaces in the mining and resources industry. While it will become comprehensively pervasive through the workplace, they are personalised to individuals, and embody how workplaces will ultimately harness and interact with vast datasets and technology. While the universe was created by several fundamental forces, the smart space is formed by the collision of accelerating technologies leveraging from one another and peaking at the same time. …

Connectivity still a peeve in 2019 for African mines: Where to focus?

Posted by Fabrice Fosso on July 8, 2019 at 4:26pm

The mining industry is so colossal that I thought it would be genuine to set off the first among several conversations not in terms of sectors (crushing, maintenance, drilling, processing, tunneling, underground mining, etc.), but connectivity, for what it is worth, which I believe is one of the most sensitive aspects in mining as it touches all those sectors.

I want to be more specific here, otherwise, this discussion…

Digitalization in Mining industry

Posted by Andrzej Misiak on July 5, 2019 at 2:28pm

Digitalization is a very popular buzz word these days. So trendy that there is a risk to digitalize for the sake of digitalization.

How to avoid this pitfall? When it is a must and when is it just a nice to have gadget? Should we go for a cloud? Make infrastructure…

Diesel-Less Mining - a viable alternative to fossil fuels.

Posted by Gary Vermaak on November 21, 2018 at 10:30am

The mining industry consumes billions of liters of diesel and heavy fuel annually. Fuel and power are two of the biggest input costs and for remote mines, unreliable power grids and long distances from major ports or fuel refineries can be a logistical nightmare.

As the costs of renewable are already competitive with coal fired power stations,we need to ask how mining, as a sustainable industry and as the commodity supplier to the growing electric vehicle industry can make a difference…

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Future of Mining Americas returns to Denver with the focus on digitization, innovation and the future workforce

Posted by Laurence Allen on September 11, 2019 at 11:30am

The Future of Mining Americas conference takes place at the Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel from October 21-22 with a strategic focused commercial and…