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Controlled blasting design for efficient and sustainable underwater excavation: art meets science!

Underwater blasting, often known as submarine blasting, is used for a wide range of purposes. This includes harbor and channel widening, trench excavation for establishing oil and gas pipelines and communication cables, demolition operations, and substructure construction. Particularly, underwater rock blasting is the most difficult and least understood source of vibration, which may have a significant impact on the safety of neighboring buildings and structures, especially berthing structures.

Improvement strategies for accurate drilling and blasting in underground mining

Improvement strategies for accurate drilling and blasting in underground mining.pdf

Reducing the social risks of mine tailings management

Enviro Integration Strategies and O Trade have joined forces to develop a solution that allows mining companies to assess and mitigate the potential social risks associated with tailings storage facilities

Shared value: expanding the CSR continuum to restore trust in mining

Carly Leonida and Dr Jocelyn Fraser reflect on the potential of shared value to position mining as a catalyst for sustainable development, and the need to shift not just strategies but mindsets

From miners to material providers: making the energy transition a reality

Carly Leonida and Peter Bryant explore the challenges, opportunities and potential impacts on mining of the global shift towards a material intensive energy system

South Deep adding Nerospec neroHUB EMERST Level 9 collision avoidance technology

Gold Fields’ South Deep gold mine in South Africa continues to enhance its EMESRT Level 9 collision avoidance capability (technologies that actually intervene in terms of automated machine control to prevent or mitigate an unsafe interaction) in the form of an ongoing project with Nerospec company Nerospec OSCON, based in Bromhof, Randburg.

Recognition of a widespread Paleoproterozoic hydrothermal system in the southern McArthur Basin, northern Australia

The Paleoproterozoic hydrothermal system in the southern McArthur Basin, northern Australia, played a key role in the formation of the world-class clastic-dominant (CD)-type McArthur River Zn-Pb deposit, as well as several small-sized deposits nearby in this basin. However, the spatial scale of this hydrothermal system and its role in controlling mineralisation are uncertain. Such understanding is crucial for improving mineral exploration efficiency. In this study, we characterised the geochemis

Preparing the mining industry for a changing climate

How much carbon dioxide does the mining industry produce each year? How will climate change impact mining operations at a physical level? And, are we doing enough to halt it? asks Carly.

Remote technologies for mineral exploration

Remote Sensing of the Earth for mineral prospecting.pdf

Rare Earth Element in Indonesia

Indonesia is not a major producer of rare earth elements. However, that does not mean that Indonesia does not have the potential for rare earth element deposits. To understand the potential for rare earth element deposits in Indonesia, it is necessary to know the various types of rare earth element deposits. According to Castor and Hedrick (2006), there are 7 types of rare earth element deposits, namely Iron-UTJ deposits, carbonate deposits, laterite deposits, placer deposits, UTJ in alkaline ro

Covid-19 and Mining

My new edition of Title 30 has a nice page on Covid-19 and mining and I thought I would share. Courtesy of oshapdf.com

10 recent renewable projects and climate commitments by African mines in the last 6 months

Here is a round-up of 10 projects and climate commitments announced by African mining companies over the last six months.

Top 10 business risks and opportunities for mining and metals in 2022

According to EY’s latest report on the mining sector, opportunities for mining and metals companies will continue to outweigh risks in 2022. In brief For the first time in our annual report on the sector, mining and metals companies rank environment and social issues as their number one risk. Decarbonization is a major disrupter, dominating discussions and presenting both risks and opportunities. License to operate has lost the top spot it held for the past three years but is still seen as a

Pitt says Resources sector helps Australia’s economy weather the storm of COVID-19

Mining profits attained a record $55 billion, or close to $600 million per day in Q2, 2021 according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), despite lagging economies in other sectors.

Mining’s role in accelerating the hydrogen economy

Planetary Scale Intelligence for the Mining Super Cycle

Ever since the launch of Landsat 1 in 1972, remote sensing has been used by the mining industry to map surface geology and alteration minerals associated with ore deposits of interest. Despite its usefulness, mineral targeting workflows have struggled to scale beyond individual project areas. The repetitive pre-processing steps necessary to generate each image and the massive computing power required to map across large areas have been persistent bottlenecks to exploration...

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