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Focusing on the Future – How Rio Tinto Is Shaping Modern and Sustainable Mining
Rio Tinto is the second largest mining company in the world. It was founded in 1873 and operates in 35 countries, with its headquarters in London/UK. Its 49,000 employees are focused on finding the metals and materials that the world needs. In 2021, its sales totaled 63.5 bn US$. Managing…
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Digital to the Core – E2E Optimization of Mining Operations
TDigitalization touches every aspect of the mining value chain – from excavation to transport to benefaction to how minerals are stored and handled. As an end-to-end (E2E) digitalization partner for the mining industry, Siemens Minerals, Erlangen/Germany, offers a complete digital portfolio – some main elements of which are highlighted here.…
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Smart Repositories – BGE Goes Digital
The Federal Company for Radioactive Waste Disposal (Bundesgesellschaft fĂĽr Endlagerung BGE), based in Peine/Germany, is in charge of, among other things, the conversion of the former Konrad iron ore mine into a repository for low to intermediate level radioactive waste and the decommissioning of the Asse II mine, after retrieval…
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The Gomer Slate Mine of MAGOG GmbH & Co. KG – from Roofing Slate to Slate Veneer
Slate has been used for many centuries as a natural building material, primarily for roofing purposes, and during this time the slate mining industry has left its mark on entire landscapes. In Germany slate mining has been practised at many different locations, these including the Harz mountains, the Franconian Forest,…
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Development of a Platform Demonstrator – an Experience Report
Das Forschungsprojekt ARTUS zielte auf die Entwicklung von Systemen fĂĽr die ganzheitliche Umsetzung eines vollständigen Belade-Entlade-Zyklus durch eine autonome Sonderfahrzeugflotte ab. Eine Herausforderung hierbei ist der Aufbau einer Kommunikationsinfrastruktur fĂĽr Bergbauumgebungen und die Sicherstellung benötigter Maschine-zu-Maschine-Kommunikation (M2M). Dieser Artikel präsentiert Projektinhalte und Forschungsergebnisse des Institute for Advanced Mining Technologies (AMT)…
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ARTUS: Decentralised Communication of Mobile Mining Machines
The ARTUS research project aimed to develop systems for a holistic implementation of a complete loading-unloading cycle conducted by an autonomous fleet of special-purpose mining vehicles. A key challenge in developing such systems is providing the communication infrastructure and ensuring technical capabilities to fulfil needs for machine-to-machine communication (M2M). This…
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Theory and Practical Experience of a Digital Twin for Optimal Operation and Maintenance of Belt Conveyors
Alarge part of the bulk material transport in mining is carried out by belt conveyors. This will increase in the future. The correct design, operation and maintenance are of decisive importance for their economic operation. Recent developments such as the use of a digital twin of the conveyor can make…
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IBERIA – In Situ Determination of Metal Concentrations
EOre grade control is often based on geochemical sampling of boreholes cores or detritus. Limitations of this method include a single assay result representing a certain borehole depth, bias generated by sampling of the material and the delay in the delivery of results which can take days or even weeks,…
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Post-Mining as an Example of Economic Evolution. Explanatory Elements in the Work of Helmut Arndt.
Every mining operation and mine site will, as such, come to an end one day and so will transition to the post-mining era. That is simply part of the economic evolution. As for the post-mining sector, which it has long neglected, conventional economic science still finds it hard to accept…
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Targeting a Low-Carbon Economy Using China as an Example: The Pros & Cons of a Shift from Coal to Renewables
Climate neutrality is a global goal that requires the high integration and use of renewable energies to ensure such a transition. In this regard, China in particular, as the largest mining country in the world, is at the forefront of renewable energy production, both through hard coal and rare earths.…
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