I love putting together this annual roundup article.
There are a handful of topics that reliably make the top 10 reads every year (hello tailings and AI) while others, like education and communication, are more of a surprise. Either way, it’s interesting to see what has captured the imagination of the Intelligent Miner community and compare that list to the previous year’s (here’s the 2023 article).
So, without further ado, here are the 10 Intelligent Miner articles published in 2024 that received the most interest.
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1. Mining needs a makeover. Our future depends on it
Despite the mining industry’s enhanced focus on responsible tailings management, high-risk projects are still being advanced. It’s time we all took a greater interest in how transition minerals are produced, writes Dr David Williams
2. Take two: why mine tailings are worth another look
Carly Leonida looks at the growing interest in mine tailings recovery and reprocessing as a source of future-critical minerals and metals
3. Welcome to the age of smart mineral exploration
Carly Leonida and friends explore the potential impacts of data-enabled technologies on the future success of mineral exploration
4. Tell a tale of mining: how strategic communications could change the industry’s future for the better
Carly Leonida and Briana Clark explore how good storytelling could help makeover the mining industry’s reputation and foster more widespread trust
5. How to successfully adopt AI technology in mining
AI proponent, Nermina Harambasic, explains the necessary considerations and steps for mining companies wishing to get the most from their AI deployments
6. Transition planning: mine closure for the 21st century
With a little imagination and careful planning, the end of extraction needn’t mean closure for mines today. Carly Leonida and Dr Pete Whitbread-Abrutat explore ways that ‘holes in the ground’ can continue to generate value
7. Mining education 2.0 – time for change
Aarti Soerensen speaks with Ben Lepley and Prof. John Steen to discuss raising awareness, improving accessibility, and ramping up ambition for change in mining education to address the industry’s talent gap
8. Open innovation: the mining industry’s superhighway for new ideas
Zane Prickett from Unearthed and Chris McFarlane of South32 join Carly Leonida to discuss the value that open innovation can bring to mining companies and the ingredients needed for success
9. Mining, natures most unexpected guardian
It’s not often that the mining industry can be held up as an example of environmental excellence. But, when it comes to managing biodiversity, there’s a rare chance for companies to shine. Carly Leonida and Kyle Knopff discuss current challenges and opportunities
10. Putting the energy transition at the heart of mining and metals supplies
From investors to miners, metals producers to recyclers, businesses up and down raw material value chains are working to capitalise upon the opportunities that the energy transition offers. Carly Leonida investigates