Special reports

Jaume Cazorla Milla, Microdrones, UAE, provides an inside look at the workflow for drone-based LiDAR at a coal mine.

According to SRK Consulting, the dire state of the global economy may be prompting a considerable number of preliminary economic assessments being published.

New Leaf Technologies is witnessing growing interest among large mining companies to move away from traditional training in favour of e-learning programmes.

World Gold Council data has shown that gold ETFs saw inflows for the ninth consecutive month in August, albeit at the slowest pace for 2020.

Ship loaders of BEUMER Group handle ships quickly – without loss of material and with minimal dust emissions.

October 13th marks a decade since the end of the longest underground entrapment in history. A cave-in at the San Jose copper-gold mine in Copiapó left 33 miners trapped 2300 ft below ground, for 69 days.

Andrea Trivella, Tesmec, Italy, lays out a system for size gradation control being used at a mine site in the Ivory Coast.

The global bauxite mine production is expected to be marginally affected by the temporary suspension of mines due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to GlobalData.

Mark Palmer, MST Global, Australia, goes through the four steps needed for a successful digital transformation underground.

The World Gold Council has released highlights of July gold-backed ETFs.

Dr Bandar Hajjar, Islamic Development Bank, writes on the future of the mining and construction industry across a number of the bank’s member countries, such as Guinea and Morocco.

Shirley Webber, Head of Natural Resources at Absa, explains why mining companies could take up to 6 months to recover production from post COVID-19 shutdowns.

World Gold Council has recently released new data for June and 1H20 gold ETF flows.

Kristin Stires, Hitachi, details how the company’s Virtual Instructor-Led Training experience allows technicians to attend training from any location.

Steven Chopade and Shaheen Mulani, QY Research, India, give an overview of the mining industry in South America.