The innovation process in mining: Integrating insights from …

Innovations in the mining sector have the potential to address decreasing access to resources, lessen environmental impact, increase production and improve …

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Our analysis showed how mining innovation spurs on the mining production life cycle and value chain. In particular, recent mining innovation focused on exploration and refining technologies. However, …

Productivity in mining operations: Reversing the downward …

Worldwide mining operations are as much as 28 percent less productive today than a decade ago, according to new McKinsey research. The results from McKinsey's new MineLens Productivity Index (MPI), which adjusts for declining ore grades and mine cost inflation, show that the pronounced decline in productivity is evident …

The Recent Technological Development of Intelligent Mining …

1. Introduction. Intelligent mining, which is based on mechanized and automatic mining methods and which combines informatization with industrialization, has brought about a revolution in the coal industry [1].This new technology can carry out mining automatically by intelligently perceiving the circumstances around the work face, …

Racing Toward a Digital Future in Metals and Mining

That's a huge deficit, especially considering the enormous benefits digital technology can bring to the sector. By accelerating digital transformation, metals and mining players can boost throughput, simplify processes, lower costs, improve metal recovery and yield, and reduce supply chain complexity. It's not easy to pull off, but a …

Sustainable Solutions Informed by Innovation

Just like the good judgment exercised in 's corporate management, frontline capabilities need to be honed by accumulating wisdom and tackling new challenges. "We take great pride in the development of our team members. We aspire to offer technical expertise to meet the demanding requirements of our industry."

7 insights to help mining prepare workforce for the future

We are pleased to share key insights from a concise sector-specific analysis on the future of work for the industry. Published by ICMM, the Future of Jobs in Mining and Mining Regions: Sector Briefing draws on important research undertaken in the Forum's Future of Jobs 2020 Report.

Barriers and enablers of technology adoption in the mining …

Innovation and technology adoption in mining. Innovation in mining is fundamentally different from innovation in many other industries (Shook, 2015). …

Behind the mining technology transformation

McKinsey Metals & Mining published a 2015 paper that predicted a technology-enabled transformation of the mining industry. …

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Mining industry challenges: Five initiatives for CEOs | McKinsey

As an example, at the end of November 2021, the premium of green nickel was quoted at 3 to 4 percent on the London Metal Exchange. 5 "Metals industry needs regulation or framework to make 'green' sales viable: Miners," S&P Global, December 10, 2021. Additionally, miners should optimize for integrated value to cover carbon and …

How digital innovation can improve mining productivity

Substantial capabilities of robotics in enhancing industry …

Many of these data can be formatted, submitted regularly and often backed up for data consistency and availability. Based on detailed performance results, companies are encouraged to make more efficient choices. In Industry 4.0, industrial robotics technologies improve innovation and enable unparalleled efficiency levels.

Advances in coal mining technology and sustainable mining …

Kecojevic (Bise, 2013) provided a detailed representation of various mining systems used in surface coal and surface overburden (Figs. 8.1 and 8.2).Download: Download full-size image Figure 8.1. Coal mining systems in surface (Bise, 2013).Download: Download full-size image Figure 8.2. Overburden mining systems …

Developing selective mining capability for longwall …

The ongoing need to deliver improved safety, productivity and environmental benefit in coal mining presents an open challenge as well as a powerful incentive to develop new and improved solutions. This paper assesses the critical role that enabling technologies have played in the delivery of remote and automated capability for …

Climate risk and decarbonization: What every mining CEO …

The mining industry has only just begun to set emission-reduction goals. Current targets published by mining companies range from 0 to 30 percent by 2030, far below the Paris Agreement goals. 2 Limiting climate change will require a significant reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions between 2010 and 2050: a 41 to 72 percent …

Intelligent transformation and sustainable innovation capability

We investigate the impact of intelligent transformation on sustainable innovation capability, and decode the underlying mechanism in terms of human capital structure and technological diversification. We find that intelligent transformation has a positive impact on enterprises' capability to sustain innovation, both for innovation …

Top 10 electric mining tools (and companies that use them)

6: Haul Trucks. Electric haul trucks not only ensure less exhaust emissions on site, but also less noise due to being powered by electricity. The trucks also make working conditions safer for human workforces on account of some of them being self-driving (autonomous).

How to Advance Sustainable Mining | International Institute …

Mineral deposits, especially when scarce or present in large quantities, improve a country's investment attraction internationally. Mining generally requires a large labour force, thus providing many job opportunities, such as in construction at start-up (2–4 years) and in thousands of manual-intensive jobs.

Understanding the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies in …

This literature review-based research is undertaken to identify how Industry 4.0 technologies can help to improve environmental sustainability. It also details the capabilities of Industry 4.0 in dealing with environmental aspects. Twenty major applications of Industry 4.0 to create a sustainable environment are identified and …

The Effect of Marketing Agility to Marketing …

Innovation Capability of Retail Company of Spare Parts for Heavy Equipment Coal Mining in East Kalimantan Mawardi Sukardi1, Saida Zainurossalamia ZA2, ... COVID-19 crisis puts a sharp focus on marketers' need to be ready to change and be flexible on the fly when things change. The study conducted by (Kalaignanam et al., …

Longwall automation: trends, challenges and opportunities

As shown in Fig. 1, the shearer is in centre view, mechanised roof supports are to the left and right, and both are embedded in coal (hatched) and host strata (dots).The direction of mining is to the left. 1.4. Need for improvement. Despite the productivity associated with longwall mining, the operational environment presents many hazards to …

Productivity at the mine face: Pointing the way forward

The basis for MPI is the well-established Cobb-Douglas production function used to measure productivity in national economies. We have adjusted the function so that we can measure productivity in mining operations. MPI comprises four elements: physical mining output, employment at the mine site, the value of assets at the site, and …

What Hardware Do I Need to Mine Bitcoin? [Bitcoin Mining …

In this comprehensive guide, we'll dive deep into the essential hardware requirements for mining Bitcoin efficiently and effectively. We understand that diving into crypto-mining can be overwhelming, so we've broken it down into simple terms and explain everything a beginner needs to know about setting up their very own cryptomining rig.

The Future Of Mining | Technology

mining—from fully autonomous mines with driverless vehicles and robotic machinery to innovation that can reduce waste by repurposing mining byproducts for other …

BEML: Achieving indigenous capabilities in heavy machinery …

Shantanu Roy CMD BEML India: "In the areas of mining and construction and rail equipment, BEML has attained an indigenization level of over 90%. On metro cars, our present indigenization level is at around 65% and efforts are on to achieve further indigenization. In the defence equipment category, we have achieved more than 90% …

Sustainable mining solutions

Mining i s essential for the world's energy transition and o ur technologies help enable the sustainable mine of the future. By utilizing the competence of our people, w e are driving development and adoption of mining and excavation solutions for automation, digitalization and electrification, all of which increase productivity and profitability and …

Rethinking mining strategies among the top-10 global …

Deloitte's "Tracking the Trends" annual mining report, now in its 11th edition, outlines how the challenges and opportunities the industry faces and proposes way to adapt to fast changes ...

Can two-way foreign direct investment promote green innovation …

From the estimation results of Model (3), when manufacturing green innovation capability is the explanatory variable, the estimated coefficients of lnttc and lntwf are both significantly positive, indicating that the two-way FDI coordinated development will enhance manufacturing green innovation capability by promoting …

Alluvial Gold Mining Technologies from Ancient Times to …

This article provides a comprehensive and chronological account of the technological advancements in alluvial gold mining. Gold has been a highly prized commodity throughout history and has played a significant role in humanity's economic and cultural progress. The primitive methods of extracting gold from riverbeds were carried …