mining
SPOTLIGHT: Can cutting-edge sustainable solutions for smart cities also be used to shape smarter mines?
Michelle Hohn explores the win-win opportunities that could arise from collaborations between two future-critical sectors
Securing mining operations: cybersecurity perspectives for a digitally-driven sector
Peggy Bell interviews three top cybersecurity experts on how the mining industry’s digital evolution is…
Switch-on switch-off mining: a key to unlocking Europe’s critical mineral potential?
Aarti Sörensen speaks with Kathryn Moore about her pioneering work in mobile, small-scale mining solutions…
Blockchain: the key to unlocking trust in mineral value chains
Aarti Sörensen spoke with Tanya Matveeva about the transformative potential of blockchain in enhancing trust,…
SPOTLIGHT: A surgical approach to extraction could address many of mining’s biggest challenges
The world needs a faster, more flexible and lower-capital path to produce essential metals and…
Swarming towards new ways of mining
Carly Leonida explores the possibilities that swarm intelligence and robotics might offer the mining and…
SPOTLIGHT: 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…
How can predictive and prescriptive maintenance influence skills needed at mining operations?
Peggy Bell explores the human impact of data-enabled mine maintenance regimes
Mining’s electric challenge: managing end-of-life EV batteries
Aarti Soerensen discusses the need for effective battery lifecycle management in the face of rapid…
Mining, nature’s most unexpected guardian
It’s not often that the mining industry can be held up as an example of…
How to make mining nature positive
Dr Ian Hudson, Head of Nature and Land at Anglo American, outlines what it takes…
Transition planning: mine closure for the 21st Century
With a little imagination and careful planning, the end of extraction needn’t mean closure for…
“Mining is the most basic of all human endeavours and yet we live in a world where people don’t know where things come from”