The mining industry, often overlooked and undervalued, is a key enabler of the modern world. Technological advancements, such as computers, smartphones, and infrastructures, would not exist if

Mining activities, including prospecting, exploration, construction, operation, maintenance, expansion, abandonment, decommissioning and repurposing of a mine can impact social and …

The Siberian Coal Energy Company, one of the largest coal mining companies in Russia with a production of 106 million t in 2019, estimates that the demand for energy coal will decline by 14% to 72 million t in 2020 on the domestic market, but will increase to between 82 and 83 million tpy in 2021/2022.

1. Introduction. CBAs, a key element of broader Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, have emerged as the primary means by which mining companies promise benefits to communities hosting their operations in exchange for access to, and exploitation of, local mineral resources.

Mining companies across the world are rapidly adopting the latest automation technology to modernize their operations. In four of Rio Tinto's iron-ore mines in Australia, for example, the ...

Inspired by these successes, mining companies can seize the opportunity to unlock the benefits of continuous improvement. This article explores how adopting a culture of operational excellence could be the key to continuous and lasting improvement in the mining industry, and the steps mining companies can take to achieve a world …

Those are the 5 benefits of using ERP software to manage your business. Managing the mining business manually certainly takes a long time. Large companies themselves are the reason why it takes a long time to manage them. This is what makes mining companies need HashMicro mining ERP software.

Improving Mining Benefits for Communities. When well-managed, solid mineral and hydrocarbon resources offer a real opportunity for countries to achieve …

Mining operations require advanced equipment, machinery, and processes to extract and process mineral resources efficiently. As a result, mining companies invest in research and development, leading to the development of cutting-edge technologies. Collaboration between mining companies and technology firms has been instrumental in driving ...

From his fieldwork interviews, Odell has learned that the development of mines within communities can offer benefits. Mining companies typically invest directly in communities through employment, road construction, and sometimes even by building or investing in schools, stadiums, or health clinics. Indirectly, mines can have spillover …

The mining sector has long been an area of focus for IISD. Since 2015, the institute has hosted the Secretariat of the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF) which supports more than 80 nations in advancing their sustainable development goals through effective laws, policies, and …

Innovation plays a critical role in the mining industry as a tool to improve the efficiency of its processes, to reduce costs, but also to meet the increasing social and environmental concerns among communities …

Process mining software can help organizations easily capture information from enterprise transaction systems and provides detailed — and data-driven — information about how key processes are ...

Additionally, an important argument can be made that asteroid mining would reduce the prevalence of inhumane or otherwise illegal practices surrounding human mining operations. This would especially impact artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) operations, operations that are not managed by larger mining companies.

The Siberian Coal Energy Company, one of the largest coal mining companies in Russia with a production of 106 million t in 2019, estimates that the demand for energy coal will decline by 14% to 72 …

communities to accept mining on their doorstep,they must see some realizable benefits over and above being compensated for loss or other impacts.Second,for mining to contribute to the goals of sustainable development at the community level,it must provide a net benefit to the affected community.Sustainable

The current big challenge to uranium mining companies is to organize mining and milling in a way that the radiation safety and environmental protection, including after mine remediation, are included in the commodity prices, and to avoid contaminated legacy sites. ... should incorporate the assessment of negative impacts and societal …

Mining companies are exposed to several unique risks including fluctuations in commodities prices, geopolitical factors where mines are located, and finding lucrative geological areas to stake a ...

The purpose of landfill mining. Landfill mining operations extract and reprocess materials from older disposal sites. On the simplest level, the ultimate aim of the process is to "mine" landfills for recyclables or reusable materials which can then be refined or sold as is to the scrap markets. This practice has generally been employed as a …

This benefit of data mining allows a company to create value with the information they have on hand that would otherwise not be overly apparent. Though data models can be complex, they can also ...

For Indonesian mining company Petrosea, the stakes involved in digital transformation were nothing less than survival. Industry changes, increased regulatory requirements, and society's pushback on mining's environmental footprint had culminated in what President Director Hanifa Indradjaya calls "an existential threat" for the company.

Annual Survey of Mining Companies, 2023 — Published on May 14, 2024 This report presents the results of the Fraser Institute's 2023 annual mining survey, which assesses the impact of mineral …

Evidence from the boom in large-scale gold mining in three countries in Africa suggests that mining communities experience on average positive, but limited welfare gains in the near term. The benefits that come from opening a mine (or mines) are mostly transmitted through the normal functioning of markets, primarily through labour …

An inflection point for the mining industry. We believe that the mining industry is at an inflection point, in which digital technologies have the potential to unlock new ways of managing variability and …

Mining companies reap huge benefits extracting valuable minerals, but often at a cost to surrounding communities and the environment. Regulating these activities mainly depends on national …

However, a number of Western mining companies continue to operate in Zimbabwe including Rio Tinto Mining Company and New Dawn Mining Corporation, though they have scaled down operations. ... A critical issue with regard to the socio-economic benefits of mining in Zimbabwe is beneficiation. Mineral beneficiation is a …

Unlike most mining companies, the supplier sector holds in high priority the innovation agenda. A survey conducted on 432 firms from the Mining Equipment ... The implementation of these cyber-physical systems should bring a series of benefits, such as productivity increase by the automation of production and decision-making processes, …

What happens after the mine dries up? From his fieldwork interviews, Odell has learned that the development of mines within communities can offer benefits. Mining companies typically invest …

Mining companies who survived the crash reaped profits in 2023 and early 2024. But a new challenge emerged this April: a technical update to Bitcoin called the halving, which slashed miners ...

Mining's contribution to sustainable economic development in developing countries has been the subject of much debate in recent years. This debate comes amidst dramatically increasing levels of investment in new and existing "mining countries", which has been driven by investment liberalization and strong demand for minerals in the …