Filho, W et al. recently released a journal paper looking at the legal aspects of deep seabed mining (DSM) and the environmental risks it poses. The paper also suggests key issues miners will need to consider to significantly lower the environmental effects of DSM.
There is a need to physically extract or handle mining equipment, but the industry is increasingly making use of intelligent automation in the form of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and robotic process automation (RPA) to improve operations.
By Kerry Taylor-Smith
15 Oct 2021
Cutting-edge predictive safety systems are being developed for mining to anticipate accident rates based on a set of working conditions. Machine learning algorithms trained on safety data accurately predict injury statistics. These systems are still in their infancy, but mine operators are becoming increasingly invested in the technology.
By Brett Smith
15 Oct 2021
Many challenges face the mining industry in the 21st century. This article will discuss how mechanized development technology is being used to solve these challenges, and what the future holds for the field.
By Reginald Davey
14 Oct 2021
New research by a team of scientists from the University of Oxford has identified a potentially abundant new source of useful metal like copper, which we need more of in order to decarbonize the economy. Sustainable metal extraction from the underground volcano would incur minimal energy costs while capturing geothermal energy at the same time.
By Ben Pilkington
14 Oct 2021
Scientists believe they have found a solution that has the potential to significantly reduce the volume of mining waste entering our ecosystems each year.
By Sarah Moore
13 Oct 2021
Mining operators are particularly interested in highly stressed areas of rock, as these regions can be the source of dynamic failure. When the level of stress exceeds the strength of the rock structure, it can lead to different kinds of collapses and bursts of rock. A better approach than using physical methods is to use seismic tomography.
By Brett Smith
11 Oct 2021
Increasingly, the mining industry has been turning to autonomous systems to address labor and safety issues. AZoMining takes a closer look at the systems being used and their applications.
By Brett Smith
11 Oct 2021
The mining industry is beginning to look to heavy-duty battery electric vehicles to replace its fleets of diesel-powered machines.
By Ben Pilkington
3 Aug 2021
Discover the role of bulk ore sorting in the reduction of water and energy.