scholarly journals AI4R2R (AI for Rock to Revenue): A Review of the Applications of AI in Mineral Processing

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 1118
Author(s):  
Amit Kumar Mishra
Keyword(s):  
Review Paper ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Popular Science ◽  
Mineral Processing ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
Processing Industry ◽  
Holistic View ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Science Media ◽  
Applications Of Ai

In the last few years, jargon, such as machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI), have been ubiquitous in both popular science media as well as the academic literature. Many industries have tried the current suite of ML and AI algorithms with various degrees of success. Mineral processing, as an industry, is looking at AI for two reasons. First of all, as with other industries, it is pertinent to know if AI algorithms can be used to enhance productivity. The second reason is specific to the mining industry. Of late, the grade of ores is reducing, and the demand for ethical mining (with as little effect on ecology as possible) is increasing. Thus, mineral processing industries also want to explore the possible use of AI in solving these challenges. In this review paper, first, the challenges in mineral processing that can potentially be solved by AI are presented. Then, some of the most pertinent developments in the domain of ML and AI (applied in the domain of mineral processing) are discussed. Lastly, a top-level modus operandi is presented for a mineral processing industry that might want to explore the possibilities of using AI in its processes. Following are some of the new paradigms added by this review. This review presents a holistic view of the domain of mineral processing with an AI lens. It is also one of the first reviews in this domain to thoroughly discuss the use of AI in ethical, green, and sustainable mineral processing. The AI process proposed in this paper is a comprehensive one. To ensure the relevance to industry, the flow was made agile with the spiral system engineering flow. This is expected to drive rapid and agile investigation of the potential of applying ML and AI in different mineral processing industries.

scholarly journals Reviewing Truck Logistics: Solutions for Achieving Low Emission Road Freight Transport

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (17) ◽  
pp. 6714 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tommi Inkinen ◽  
Esa Hämäläinen
Keyword(s):  
Review Paper ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Academic Literature ◽  
Emission Efficiency ◽  
Freight Logistics ◽  
Viable Solution ◽  
Low Emission ◽  
Multimodal Transport ◽  
Road Freight ◽  
Environmentally Sound

Low emission logistics have become an expected and desired goal in all fields of transportation, particularly in the European Union. Heavy-duty trucks (HDTs) are significant producers of emissions and pollution in inland transports. Their role is significant, as in multimodal transport chains truck transportation is, in most cases, the only viable solution to connect hinterlands with ports. Diesel engines are the main power source of trucks and their emission efficiency is the key challenge in environmentally sound freight transportation. This review paper addresses the academic literature focusing on truck emissions. The paper relies on the preliminary hypothesis that simple single solutions are nonexistent and that there will be a collection of suggestions and solutions for improving the emission efficiency in trucks. The paper focuses on the technical properties, emission types, and fuel solutions used in freight logistics. Truck manufacturing, maintenance, and other indirect emissions like construction of road infrastructure have been excluded from this review.

scholarly journals How Mining Multinational Corporations Promote Women? Modus Operandi

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 119
Author(s):  
Nattavud Pimpa ◽  
Timothy Moore ◽  
Kabmanivanh Phouxay ◽  
Maliphone Douangphachanh ◽  
Outhoumphone Sanesathid
Keyword(s):  
Multinational Corporations ◽  
Equal Opportunity ◽  
Lao Pdr ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Social Practices ◽  
Modus Operandi ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Interpretive Approach ◽  
Key Participants ◽  
Expert Support

<p>The purpose of this study is to investigate approaches to the promotion of the involvement of women in the international mining industry. In order to identify approaches to promote women in international mining industry, the researchers adopted an exploratory, interpretive approach to work with mining MNCs in Lao PDR. We interviewed 10 key participants from two mining multinational corporations in Laos. Gender discourses were developed in order to comprehend ‘talk’ and ‘texts’ as social practices as well as the concepts of ‘women at workplace’ from the perspectives of both men and women. The results show that various approaches can be adopted to promote women. They include (1) encouragement of women, (2) promotion of equal opportunity, and (3) celebration of women and diversity. This study also confirms, in traditionally male-dominant industry such as international mining, management requires extra and specific gender-related expert support in order to effectively promote women’s participation in the workplace.</p>

scholarly journals Technospheric Mining of Mine Wastes: A Review of Applications and Challenges

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 686-706
Author(s):  
Bona Lim ◽  
Richard Diaz Alorro
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Sustainability ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Mineral Processing ◽  
Green Technology ◽  
Sustainable Chemistry ◽  
Mine Wastes ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Valuable Metals ◽  
Development Data ◽  
Processing Techniques

The concept of mining or extracting valuable metals and minerals from technospheric stocks is referred to as technospheric mining. As potential secondary sources of valuable materials, mining these technospheric stocks can offer solutions to minimise the waste for final disposal and augment metals’ or minerals’ supply, and to abate environmental legacies brought by minerals’ extraction. Indeed, waste streams produced by the mining and mineral processing industry can cause long-term negative environmental legacies if not managed properly. There are thus strong incentives/drivers for the mining industry to recover and repurpose mine and mineral wastes since they contain valuable metals and materials that can generate different applications and new products. In this paper, technospheric mining of mine wastes and its application are reviewed, and the challenges that technospheric mining is facing as a newly suggested concept are presented. Unification of standards and policies on mine wastes and tailings as part of governance, along with the importance of research and development, data management, and effective communication between the industry and academia, are identified as necessary to progress technospheric mining to the next level. This review attempts to link technospheric mining to the promotion of environmental sustainability practices in the mining industry by incorporating green technology, sustainable chemistry, and eco-efficiency. We argue that developing environmentally friendly processes and green technology can ensure positive legacies from the mining industry. By presenting specific examples of the mine wastes, we show how the valuable metals or minerals they contain can be recovered using various metallurgical and mineral processing techniques to close the loop on waste in favour of a circular economy.

scholarly journals Challenges and opportunities for development of the Vietnam mineral processing in the XXI century

2021 ◽  
Vol 62 (3b) ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Luan Van Pham ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Workplace Safety ◽  
Mineral Processing ◽  
Operating Costs ◽  
Monitoring And Control ◽  
Processing Industry ◽  
Environmental Friendliness ◽  
Mineral Mining ◽  
Particle Processing ◽  
Processing Plants

Mineral mining and processing Industry of Vietnam is facing a number of huge challenges at present, but there are also great opportunities for its growth in the future. Mineral processing plants need to make breakthrough improvements in the process designing, technology and equipment utilisation in order to meet requirements of the new era. These challenges force our miners and mineral processing operators to constantly make efforts in researches and to bring best solutions to improve plant operations to ensure the requirements of safety, market demands, product quality, sustainable development and environmental friendliness. Specifically, the issues that need to be addressed urgently are capacity and quality of the workforce, tailings treatment, fine particle processing, ores of low washability, recovery rate increase and maximisation of recoverable valuable minerals, environmental issues and workplace safety monitoring and control, maximasation of production efficiency and reduction of operating costs. This report presents the current key challenges of the mining and mineral processing industry in order to help professionals and policy makers in the field of mineral mining and processing to bring rational directions for action initiate appropriate studies and improve management methods; to help mineral processing plants in improving the production efficiency and recovery of valuable minerals; to reduce operating costs and to become environmentally friendly and to develop sustainably.

scholarly journals Scientific topics in digital reality

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 177-183
Author(s):  
Ekaterina V. Yakubovich
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Scientific Community ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Popular Science ◽  
Online Information ◽  
Scientific Journals ◽  
Electronic Industry ◽  
Scientific Publications ◽  
Internet Resources ◽  
Science Media

The article presents the results of a study of more than two hundred scientific Internet resources, a significant part of which are the sites of scientific journals that have a printed version. The remaining resources are electronic industry and popular science publications, online information portals, community accounts in the blogosphere, social networks, and instant messengers. It is shown that these media products form a modern digital reality. The article presents the results of a study of more than two hundred scientific Internet resources, a significant part of which are the sites of scientific journals that have a printed version. The remaining resources are electronic industry and popular science publications, online information portals, community accounts in the blogosphere, social networks, and instant messengers. Based on the results obtained, it is shown that these media products in a special way form the modern digital reality, complicate and improve it. The creators and authors of scientific publications are journalists specializing in the field of popular science problems, scientists - representatives of the scientific community, as well as web users. The article raises the question of using a systematic approach (a complex of natural science, humanitarian and technological) when creating media resources of the scientific direction as the basis of informative-subject models of scientific and popular science media, complicating and qualitatively improving it. The creators and authors of scientific publications are also journalists specializing in the field of popular science problems, scientists - representatives of the scientific community, as well as web users, which reflects one of the modern trends in the development of media. The article raises the question of using a systematic approach (a complex of natural science, humanitarian and technological) in creating scientific media resources. This will be the basis of substantive-subject models of scientific and popular science media.

scholarly journals State Governance of Coal Mining Industry towards Sustainable Development in Vietnam

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thi Khanh Ly CHU ◽  
Ngoc Huong Quynh PHAM ◽  
Tu Phuong PHAM ◽  
Quynh Nga NGUYEN
Keyword(s):  
Mineral Resource ◽  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Economic Development ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Coal Mining ◽  
Mining Industry ◽  
Mineral Processing ◽  
Coal Mining Industry ◽  
State Governance ◽  
Improve State

Coal is one of the most precious mineral resource, mining and mineral processing contributesto the economic development. In Vietnam, coal mining industry is economically profitable. However, thisindustry shows several disadvantages such as low productivity, wasting resources, negative environmentalimpact. Therefore, the State of Vietnam need to improve the coal mining governance to raise revenues,avoid wasting resources and meet the requirements of sustainable development. The paper aims toevaluate State governance of coal mining industry in Vietnam, and shows the advantages anddisadvantages of this governance. Therefore, this paper proposes the strategies and solutions to improvecoal mining governance in Vietnam towards sustainable development. The structure of the paper includes:(i) Literature review of the importance and requirements of state governance of coal mining industrytowards sustainable development; (ii) State governance of coal mining industry in Vietnam; (iii) Proposalsto improve State governance of coal mining industry towards sustainable development in Vietnam.

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