Muruntau Gold Mine

The Tashkura region within the mine produces high-quality phosphorite. The gold mine is estimated to hold more than 150Moz (4,000t) of resources. Mining at Uzbekistan's Muruntau gold mine. The Muruntau gold mine employs open-pit mining and heap leach processing. Gold mining is conducted using a truck and conveyor ore …

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New advances in automatic shearer cutting …

Volume 40, Issue 1. https://doi/10.1177/052060. Contents. PDF / ePub. More. Abstract. Automatic mining technology is the ideal path and the …

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Understanding technology in mining and its effect …

This paper investigates the complex relationship that exists between new technology in the mining industry and the effect of this technology on the industry's …

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SafeAI: autonomous vehicles and future mines

This enables mining and construction companies to convert their existing vehicles and fleets and make their job sites significantly safer and more productive. SafeAI's autonomous kit includes both hardware and software components. In terms of hardware, SafeAI attaches a multimodal sensor suite — including LIDAR, radar and cameras — to ...

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The future of mining in South Africa

The South African mining industry has consistently increased the size of its workforce, from 406,994 in 2001 to 453,543 in 2018. This has led to a parallel increase in the tax paid by mining companies to the national government, from $1.21bn in 2010 to $1.56bn in 2018, according to the country's Minerals Council.

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India's new mining reforms explained

India's cabinet approved the mining reforms at a cabinet meeting in January 2021 chaired by Modi. The winners, simply, are mining companies. These reforms are largely targeted at streamlining the processes and opening up more sites in India to mine, while also levelling the playing field between private enterprise and state-owned …

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Moving earth: the new issue of MINE is out now

In this issue: new blasting technology, the UK's role in rare earths and the prospect of green steel. The moving of earth is perhaps the most fundamental process in mining, so any innovations in the sector are likely to have a profound effect on mining operations. In recent years, Orica and LKAB have collaborated on a new form of wireless ...

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New Century begins tailings flotation and production at zinc mine

Credit: New Century Resources Ltd. Australian base metal development company New Century Resources has started the tailings flotation activities required to produce rougher zinc concentrate at its mine in Queensland. According to the company, the first production of concentrate from the project shows the initial proof-of-concept for large-scale ...

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Iron ore in China

Over the five years to 2021, production from China increased by a CAGR of 23% and is expected to drop by a CAGR of 3.18% between 2022 and 2026. GlobalData …

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Sizing up Syama: the world's first fully automated mine

The Syama mine in Mali was originally developed by BHP as an open cast gold mine in the 1980s, but since being taken over by Resolute Mining in 2015, it has undergone some extraordinary changes as it prepares to become the first purpose-built automated mine in the world. "Most automation journeys start with existing underground operations and ...

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Coal India to open new mines and expand others as …

Indian state-run company Coal India will begin operations at five new coal mines and expand the capacity of at least 16 existing mines to help meet growing demand for the fossil fuel, the company's chairman, P.M. Prasad, told reporters on Wednesday. Anticipated record output from the company is set to boost coal inventories at power …

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Copper, fjords, reindeer and controversy: inside Norway's new arctic mine

In February 2019, the Norwegian Government officially gave the green light to the construction of a copper mine within the Arctic Circle, close to Norway's northerly point. The mine, owned by Norwegian company Nussir ASA will be the largest copper mine in the country once it is completed, with estimated reserves of 72 million tonnes of …

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Today's mining news updates from around the world

Monday 22 April 2024 16:00. Max Luedtke, ABB, Switzerland, explains how connected engineering innovations such as truck electrification, gearless conveyor drives, and ventilation on demand are helping mine operators balance productivity with sustainability as they transition to the all-electric mines of the future.

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New mining finds across Australia

Results included 8.5m of 4.38% copper, 0.87g/t gold and 32.7g/t silver and 3m of 5.66% copper, 0.29g/t gold and 4.6g/t silver. Stavely Minerals believes that the use of a specific high-grade structurally-controlled mineralisation model applied at Butte and Magma is what prompted the success in the first diamond holes drilled.

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Frieda River Copper and Gold Project, Papua New Guinea

Frieda River Project is located in the provinces of Sandaun and East Sepik in Papua New Guinea. It is one of the biggest copper and gold deposits found in the Asia-Pacific region. The mine is jointly owned by PanAust (80%) and Highlands Pacific (20%). PanAust acquired the majority stake earlier held by Glencore in August 2014, becoming operator ...

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Building over former mines: a new guide for the UK

The UK Coal Authority and the Construction Industry Research and Information Association recently released a new 500-page guide to help those building on or remediating land previously used for mining. We spoke with Coal Authority mining consultant and information manager Dave Parry about the value of the new guide and the details …

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History of Mining Technology | American Mine Services

Brief History of Mining. The history of mining technology started with using simple tools for extraction. These included digging by hand or using stone tools. While these were the only methods of mining at the time, the process was slow and highly inefficient as it took so long. However, manual mining tools were soon replaced by a more ...

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On the hunt: the new technologies changing mineral exploration

Launched in 2018 by the Prospecting Secondary Raw Materials in the Urban Mine and Mining Wastes consortium, a pan-European alliance of banks, technology firms, and geological institutions, the project collates waste information from across the continent to offer new mining opportunities that may otherwise have gone ignored.

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Rehabilitating Australia's mines

According to a report from the Senate inquiry into the rehabilitation of mining and resources projects published in March 2019, the cost of rehabilitating all major abandoned mine sites in Australia would run into billions of dollars. While the industry challenges the actual number (estimates put it at more than 50,000 abandoned mines ...

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Future of mining: eight bold industry predictions

The future of mining: eight bold industry predictions. The mining landscape is changing. The industry's deeply ingrained conventional views of the mining sector that served companies so well in the past are no longer likely to succeed in the future. Talal Husseini February 8, 2023. Share this article.

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Muswellbrook Coal to open new mine at Castle Rock

MetalsTech gets underground mining licence extension in Slovakia. It is estimated that the mine can produce 15 million tonnes of thermal coal a year for approximately 30 years. ABC News has said the company is expecting to begin construction on Castle Rock open cut mine in 2019. Muswellbrook Coal Company is …

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How do we get coal? New technologies to …

New technologies to extract a crucial resource. Coal is one of the cheapest and most reliable sources of energy, and as demand soars new technology will be crucial. With global demand for coal widely …

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New mining frontiers: from the ocean floor to space

New mineral deposit discoveries are declining, as is the ore grade. Therefore, identifying viable new mines and determining the economic feasibility of extracting a known resource is becoming increasingly difficult. This has led to a shift to more underground mining and remote deposits, resulting in longer haul distances and labour …

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China Automating Mines to Improve Safety as Coal Output …

YULIN, China (Reuters) - China is pushing automated technology to improve the safety and efficiency of its coal mining industry, the world's largest, which …

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Seven ways new technology will impact the …

Disruptive technology has been changing the face of mining, with labour and other impacts, since mining began. But the coming wave is different in quality and speed than anything we have seen before. 2) Technology is …

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Intelligent Mining Innovation Lab Opens in Taiyuan, …

Huawei plans to use the Intelligent Mining Innovation Lab as a place to continue innovating with partners and making breakthroughs in technologies that can …

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New advances in automatic shearer cutting technology for …

In recent years, with more and more attention paid on automatic mining technology and equipments, the corresponding applications in thin seam working face have been made great progress in China, such as panel 44305 in Yujialiang Coal Mine, panel 4602 in Yangcun Coal Mine, panel 1001 in Huangling Coal Mine and panel …

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New Generation Approaches for Mine Dewatering

When mine dewatering pumps break down, production can be disrupted. This paper explores solutions based on continuous improvement methodologies for dewatering underground mines. By procuring pumps within a hire agreement, rather than through purchase or lease arrangements, miners can test new-generation dewatering pumps and …

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Mine 2023: The era of reinvention | PwC

Mine 2023: 20th edition. The world's big mining companies must find a new formula for success. The era of critical minerals has arrived, and it's the most momentous change the industry has seen in decades. Miners can no longer depend on yesterday's portfolios and practices to create value in this newly dynamic and fiercely competitive ...

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Energy Fuels to start production at two new uranium mines

Credit: Jan Mallander from Pixabay. US company Energy Fuels is expected to start production at two additional uranium mines in Colorado and Wyoming this year. The new mines, known as Whirlwind and Nichols Ranch, could raise Energy Fuels' uranium production to more than two million pounds (lb) of triuranium octoxide (U₃O₈) per year by …

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Kick-starting Australia's sapphire industry: read

New Century Resources has pledged to reach 50% Indigenous employment at its zinc mining operations in Queensland – the largest pledge of its kind seen in the country's mining sector. Scarlett Evans looks at industry-wide efforts to boost Indigenous integration, and asks what more needs to be done to ensure that the modern Australian …

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Across China: Technology leads renowned mine site …

China has stepped up oversight over workplace safety in the mining industry, and using advanced technologies is part of such efforts. Mineral-rich …

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