This volume contains peer-reviewed papers prepared as the event of the National Contact Point Secure, Clean and Efficient Energy under the support of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine. Selected papers in this volume cover a wide range of topics regarding non-traditional technologies in the mining industry and provide the most recent knowledge and achievement. Presented works together with scientific substantiation has an analytical justification and practical proof of the received results. We believe the volume will be essential reading for those in the related areas and will provide an inspiration for future studies and achievement.
The Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) of the U. S. Department of Energy commissioned the National Research Council (NRC) to undertake a study on required technologies for the Mining Industries of the Future Program to complement information provided to the program by the National Mining Association. Subsequently, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health also became a sponsor of this study, and the Statement of Task was expanded to include health and safety. The overall objectives of this study are: (a) to review available information on the U.S. mining industry; (b) to identify critical research and development needs related to the exploration, mining, and processing of coal, minerals, and metals; and (c) to examine the federal contribution to research and development in mining processes.
The book "All about Digital Transformation and Mining 4.0", is part of a series of 3 books that allows the reader, even if they are not a specialist, to understand the importance of innovation and digital transformation in the energy mining sector, as well as to know the jobs in mining innovation that are currently being worked on in the different areas of mining, the future that lies ahead, the methodologies that exist to lead the projects of tomorrow and the approach that companies could follow to be able to promote and foster cultural change within of their organizations towards a less traditional and more innovative culture.This book is divided into 5 chapters that describe in detail first of all general concepts of digital transformation, the importance of strategy and the benefits it brings in this new world where the company that does not transform and is more efficient does not survive . The second part describes more representative success stories of companies that are being digitally transformed and the direct benefits they have obtained by applying digital transformation strategies. In the third part, the value chain of the mining sector is described, stage by stage, giving general notions of the activities and processes that each stage comprises. In the fourth part of the book, it presents the general technologies and experiences of digitization in the mining industry and how applied technology has revolutionized and will revolutionize traditional mining, making it more competitive and efficient. Finally, in the fifth part, some general recommendations and conclusions are given.
The conferences on ‘Applications for Computers and Operations Research in the Minerals Industry’ (APCOM) initially focused on the optimization of geostatistics and resource estimation. Several standard methods used in these fields were presented in the early days of APCOM. While geostatistics remains an important part, information technology has emerged, and nowadays APCOM not only focuses on geostatistics and resource estimation, but has broadened its horizon to Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the mineral industry. Mining Goes Digital is a collection of 90 high quality, peer reviewed papers covering recent ICT-related developments in: - Geostatistics and Resource Estimation - Mine Planning - Scheduling and Dispatch - Mine Safety and Mine Operation - Internet of Things, Robotics - Emerging Technologies - Synergies from other industries - General aspects of Digital Transformation in Mining Mining Goes Digital will be of interest to professionals and academics involved or interested in the above-mentioned areas.
Over the past century, technology advances have had major impacts on mining practices and the nature of the mine and quarry sites in the United States. The evolution of current technologies, as well as the introduction of innovations, will continue and perhaps accelerate in the new century. Several industry objectives will drive future technology change, including lowering production costs, enhancing the productivity of workers and equipment, opening up new reserves and extending the life of existing ore bodies. Continuing to meet regulatory and stakeholder requirements in areas such as health and safety, environmental impacts, and land use. Between March and July 2000, the RAND Science and Technology Policy Institute conducted a series of in-depth, confidential discussions with key members of the mining community to elicit a wide range of views on technology trends in all sectors of the U.S. mining and quarrying industry. The discussions included 58 organizations engaged in coal, metals, aggregates, and industrial minerals production, as well as technology providers and research institutions. This report brings to light those technologies viewed by industry leaders as critical to the success of the industry currently, and critical technologies likely to be implemented between now and 2020.
This annual series of books includes scientific papers on mining profiles. This volume presents multiple aspects of mining technology implementation in several aspects: extraction of coal, iron, manganese, uranium and other ores. Capturing and utilization of coalbed methane by various methods including alternative ones, safety measures in mining, ecological aspects, etc.Specific attention is paid to intensification of mineral resources extraction processes by way of modernizing opening methods, development and mining methods depending on mining-geological conditions. Experimental results of stress-strain state rock massif forecast by means of computational experiments using recursive methods are also discussed. Any mining operations should finally result in adequate recovery of land surface and utilization of mining wastes using various environmentally friendly methods, thus, sufficient attention is paid to this scientific trend. Non-traditional methods of minerals mining are becoming more topical and of higher demand in the modern society. Hence, several papers/chapters are devoted to underground coal gasification and its subsequent processes. In addition, extraction technologies of gas hydrate, as a source of an abundant amount of natural gas, are thoroughly examined in this book, including implementation of gas hydrate technologies for mine methane utilizations with its following transportation in a solid state. Furthermore, attention is given to evaluation of economic efficiency of minerals mining by the proposed methods, their ways of enrichment, ecological aspects and the influence of mining production on the environment, innovational logistic solutions at mining enterprises, and also to perspectives of Ukraine‘s mining industry integration to the European standards.
Mining as a traditional sector where few change at the speed it deserves and that needs to go hand in hand with the emergence of new technologies, has made mining organizational cultures look for that magic formula to change their culture and make them more agile in adoption of new technologies, digital transformation and incorporating innovation in general as a substantial and priority tool for the most innovative industries.It is a long road to be able to reinvent yourself and be more agile, but the opportunity today is unique and it should not be missed to make that great change. Speaking of innovation, we can think of as the adoption of new and proven technologies, which, when incorporated into the traditional model of an old mining, can create that expectation of increased economic well-being that CEOs seek in mining companies, but beyond these Monetary benefits that could result from implementing an innovation approach in mining, a mining organization improves in all aspects such as safety, work environment, employee well-being and well-being in areas of influence where the mine works and operates. Innovation is transversal and benefits each integrated part of an organization.The mining industry generally does not compete, and this is where collaboration can be a key factor in developing and promoting the mining industry as a competitive sector based on innovation. There are already many success stories where companies are already working collaboratively on highly complex challenges with excellent returns on investment and generating value for the company itself. That is why this book tries to motivate and promote the long-awaited step-by-step change to a culture based on innovation, with practical examples and real experiences, which have served to clarify the path and vision of a path to innovation. mining.The most innovative industries are more competitive and more efficient, which is why mining as a sector, commonly located as a sector with low innovative potential, has every opportunity to be the leading sector in innovation and has already started the march to become.
Tech Mining makes exploitation of text databases meaningful to those who can gain from derived knowledge about emerging technologies. It begins with the premise that we have the information, the tools to exploit it, and the need for the resulting knowledge. The information provided puts new capabilities at the hands of technology managers. Using the material present, these managers can identify and access the most valuable technology information resources (publications, patents, etc.); search, retrieve, and clean the information on topics of interest; and lower the costs and enhance the benefits of competitive technological intelligence operations.
"The aim of this thesis is to investigate the alternatives to traditional drill and blast technology in the underground hard rock mining industry. Points to be covered include the range of application of such technology, the limitations, any required changes to current mining methods to allow these technologies to be applied, changes to mine planning and scheduling techniques and alternative drill and blast techniques that can be employed." -- Abstract.
