Special reports

Ralf Hennecke, Nishen Hariparsad, Neil Alberts, D Scott Scovira, and Christiaan Liebenberg, BME, examine how smart technology can be successfully leveraged to improve sustainability and safety in the field of blasting and explosives.

Michael Hinton, Hitachi Energy, USA, highlights how intelligent energy management can provide electrification opportunities and create value for mining companies.

Helen Beatty (Partner), Leo Shaw (Senior Associate), and Thomas Papworth (Senior Associate) at Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, discuss the regulation and funding of deep-sea mining.

Jeff Keeling, Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Brokk Inc., outlines how electric demolition machines provide mining operations with safe equipment options.

Evolving technologies and environmental concerns have prompted mining companies to explore innovative, alternative methods to support — or replace — drill and blast. Surface miners have gained attention as a solution. These efficient, productive machines offer minimized environmental impact compared to traditional methods. See six ways they add to a mine plan.

Discover how Dassault Systèmes GEOVIA is empowering the mining industry with its innovative digital solutions, including Virtual Twin Experiences and newly introduced roles like Strategic Mine Planner and Underground Mine Designer. Learn about their commitment to sustainability, efficiency, and seamless integration between its traditional portfolio and the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

Global clean energy requires unprecedented mineral extraction. Without innovation, such efforts will increase mine haulage’s carbon emissions. First Mode’s hybrid electric vehicle retrofit is a uniquely low risk solution that can help ensure mining companies reduce and progressively eliminate their polluting outputs, but will our slow-to-innovate sector seize the moment?

Will Owen, Editor of Global Mining Review, conducts a Q&A with Gonzalo Otegui and David Rogers, McLaren Applied, to learn about the benefits provided by technologies brought over from motorsport to the mining industry.