How Technology Has Changed the Mining Industry
One of the most popular mining advancements that you can expect to see more of is the power of data on surrounding ecosystems and communities. With data-driven decisions helping companies to drive transformation faster, companies can expect efficiency through automation, reduced costs and improved responsiveness in all …
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Key Engineering Technologies to Achieve Green, Intelligent, …
Therefore, the integration of underground mining and mineral processing is an important measure to give full play to the comprehensive benefits of the green and efficient development of mineral resources. ... and the output and production efficiency of metal mineral products should be enhanced, thereby ensuring the effective supply of …
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Understanding technology in mining and its effect on the …
This paper takes its starting point in the fact that many mines have managed to improve its work environment, with regards to, for example, accident occurrence, while at the same time having stopped seeing improvements in these areas even in the wake of technology interventions. Technology projects in the mining industry continue to make …
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Orica to take the reins on Integrated Extraction Simulator …
Following a competitive selection process, Orica has been selected as the commercialisation partner for the Simulator, and will take the reins of the platform's growth strategy from July 2021, with plans for global expansion of the technology. Orica's interest was initially driven by IES's introduction of blast simulation into the mineral ...
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Quantifying the impact of mineralogical heterogeneity on
This study aims to quantify the impact of the spatial variability of the mineralogical properties of a uranium deposit on the CO 2 + O 2 ISL process of uranium-based on the well-documented reactive transport model. The methodological framework developed in this study includes the following stages as shown in Fig. 1.We first …
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(PDF) Structure of a Property Based Simulator for Minerals …
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Large-Scale Underground Mine Positioning and Mapping …
Various coal mine robots (CMRs) and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are implemented to explore unknown mines for improving the safety and efficiency of mining. It is challenging for CMRs and UAVs to achieve accurate positioning due to the absence of GPS, poor lighting conditions, and similar geometric features in complex mine scenes. …
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PowerRush: An Efficient Simulator for Static Power Grid …
Efficient power grid analysis is critical for modern very large scale integration design but is computationally challenging in runtime and memory consumption because of the increasing size of power grids. PowerRush is proposed as an efficient IR-drop simulator, which includes an efficient SPICE parser, a robust circuit builder, and a …
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Numerical investigation of underground reservoirs in …
The round-trip efficiency reaches 0.71 for a CAES scheme with air mass flow rates of 25 and 50 kg s − 1 in compression and expansion, respectively. The global efficiency is reduced down to 0.68 when the air mass flow rates increase up to 100–150 kg s − 1. Finally, we can conclude that the global efficiency and the power generation of A ...
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A dynamic simulation approach to support operational
In the underground mining industry, dynamic simulation can support various aspects of operational decision-making, including those related to the utilization of the equipment fleet. Its employment, however, is still relatively scarce, especially in small and medium-sized mining, compared to open pit mining [3], [4], [5] .
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Molecular Simulation of H2/CH4 Mixture Storage and …
The technique of the gas injection into underground reservoirs has been regarded as an efficient solution for the storage of various types of gas, ... kaolinite was used as a clay mineral for the pore modeling of underground gas reservoirs. Kaolinite is composed of a 1:1 layer structure of a Si–O tetrahedral sheet and an Al–O octahedral ...
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Efficiency assessment of underground biomethanation with …
Efficiency assessment of underground biomethanation with hydrogen and carbon dioxide in depleted gas reservoirs: A biogeochemical simulation July 2023 Energy 283(7609):128539
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Efficient hydraulic and thermal simulation model of the …
An efficient hydraulic and thermal simulation method that can simulate the natural gas production system is proposed. This method solves two systems of equations simultaneously, one for the production pipe network that uses the mass flow rate as the calculation parameter, and the other for the collection pipe network that uses the volume …
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Smart mining: How artificial intelligence can benefit the …
Goldspot Discoveries Corp uses artificial intelligence for improving mineral exploration by ingesting different data from which to discover potential gold deposit locations. The company, through AI, advanced analytics, and simulation modeling, has the potential to add more than $11 billion in additional value to the mining industry.
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(PDF) MINING DILUTION AND MINERAL LOSSES
Mining Dilution and Mineral Losses, An Underground Operator´s Perspective. As presented at the following conferences: 2018-06 Mining Tech Santiago Chile; Revised Underground Mining.
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Exploring Underground Compressed Air Energy Storage …
This paper presents a numerical modeling study of coupled thermodynamic, multiphase fluid flow and. heat transport associated with underground compressed air energy storage (CAES) in lined rock. caverns. Specifically, we explored the concept of using concrete lined caverns at a relatively shallow. depth for which constructing and …
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Mining Training Companies and Mining Simulation Solutions
Mining simulator training sees mining companies use simulators to train operators quickly and cost-effectively, in a safe and controlled virtual environment. Mining operators can gain the required skills and familiarise themselves with the mine site without physically being there. Simulators can virtually recreate dangerous environments and ...
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MINING DILUTION AND MINERAL LOSSES AN …
Figure 4 : Evaluation of Mineral Losses Figure 4 is an evaluation of mineral losses for a specific mining condition. The value for mineral loss is higher than can be found in reference texts, but in fact some of the numbers are aggressive. The sill pillar is narrow and the unfavourable geometries around the post pillars would have to be looked …
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Mineral and metallurgical processing industry
Design and optimize the mine-to-market process . Our advanced software applications for ore characterization, mass balance engineering and mineral processing simulation assist you every day to increase profitability and efficiency.. In particular, our process simulator USIM PAC offers the advantage of modeling and simulation in a …
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A dynamic simulation approach to support operational
In the underground mining industry, dynamic simulation can support various aspects of operational decision-making, including those related to the utilization of the equipment fleet. Its employment, however, is still relatively scarce, especially in small and medium-sized mining, compared to open pit mining [3], [4], [5].
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The mining value chain: A hidden gem | McKinsey
The mining value chain— which includes everything from extracting raw material to delivering products to customers—is the backbone of the industry. Companies that manage their value chain well can establish a significant source of competitive advantage and value creation. By contrast, those that neglect their value chain are likely …
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Minerals | Free Full-Text | Digital Twins with Distributed …
It is estimated that mining accounts for 6% of the global energy consumption. Grinding is the most energy-demanding process, accounting for 32% of the mine's energy consumption, followed by haulage (24%), underground mine ventilation (9%) and digging (8%) [].The grinding efficiency is many times as low as 1% and depends strongly on the …
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Reality check: augmented and virtual …
Sector scorecard. GlobalData predicts that the revenue from IoT in mining will grow to reach $1.9 billion by 2025, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.2% between 2020 and 2025. Ensure …
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The next generation of mining simulation
The Integrated Extraction Simulator (IES) is the result of a substantial commitment by the Cooperative Research Centre for Optimising Resource Extraction (CRC ORE) to produce a next-generation mining simulator that integrates all mining and mineral processing activities starting from drill and blast, and proceeding through the …
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Efficient simulation of groundwater solute transport using …
This allows for the efficient simulation of solutes in complex boundary aquifer systems. The governing equation is discretized in space using the finite volume method to ensure flux conservation both locally and globally. ... The simulation is also performed for 10 days with fixed time step size of 0.1 days. The simulated results by two models ...
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Carbon dioxide storage through mineral carbonation
Natural mineral carbonation is most efficient in mafic ... The resulting concentrated CO 2 stream can either be stored underground or used as a ... Numerical simulation of low temperature ...
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CO2 capture and mineral storage: State of the art and future …
The principle, development status, limitation factors and challenges of in situ/ex situ mineral carbonation are described. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is of a crucial significance for realizing the goals of the Paris Agreement to slow down the global warming. The complex CO 2 capture and mineral storage materials exhibit rapid …
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Reduction of Fragment Size from Mining to Mineral …
A notable fact is that the energy efficiency of conventional milling is only about 1%, as mentioned in Sect. 1. An earlier experimental study indicated that about 80–90% of the energy input of a ball mill was used in heating the material (Schellinger 1951, 1952), and a recent study showed that over 75% of the electrical energy was used to …
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Stability analysis of underground mine hard rock pillars via
Many pillars remain in underground mines when the room-and-pillar mining technique is used. The pillars can protect the equipment and ensure the safety of workers during the deep mining of solid mineral resources, where structures are left between two or more underground openings (Li, Zhou, Wang, & Liu, 2017).Therefore, proper pillar …
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Advanced Analytics for Mine Materials Handling | SpringerLink
The monorail transport in underground mines is energy efficient, suitable for long-distance transport, has a high tonnage production per shift, can operate alone or in combination with trackless systems, and can be mounted on the floor or the ceiling. ... Analysis of conceptual transport methods using discrete event simulation. Minerals 6 (3 ...
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