Innovation in the Mining Industry: Technological Trends and …

Improving productivity to overcome natural factors such as decreasing ore grades, deeper deposits, and harder rock mass, combined with an increasing …

Assessing of Losses and Dilution Impact on the …

The conditions of declining gold grade in the ore, increasing depth of excavation, and de-creasing unallocated stock of deposits make it necessary to develop efficient solutions for the mine-to-mill process, …

Depletion, technology, and productivity growth in …

Figure 2 reveals that rising resource quality (ore grade) had a clear positive impact on copper section productivity from 1974 to 1975 to 1998–1999, as removal of "grade effect" (known here as depletion …

Mining productivity and the fourth industrial revolution

40 Citations. 3 Altmetric. Explore all metrics. Abstract. Rising productivity, alongside exploration, is the principal means by which mining can combat resource …

The influence of ore grade decline on energy consumption …

With this example, we can see that the decline in ore grade in gold mines could soon reach a point where gold production becomes unaffordable from an energy …

Limit of recovery: How future evolution of ore grades could …

This study aims to examine the energy costs associated with extracting Ni, Co, and PGMs as ore grades in mines decrease. Previous research has explored the …

Productivity in mining operations: Reversing the downward …

The surge in demand for metals and minerals in the early 2000s quickly translated into much higher prices and, with it, much increased miners' profitability. Boosting production volumes became the industry's top priority. Mining companies worldwide largely lost sight of …

The influence of ore grade decline on energy consumption …

In this regard, the current research focuses on the pretreatment of refractory gold ore and investigates the effect of microwave power, the role of additives, and water …

Assessing of Losses and Dilution Impact on the Cost …

Abstract: The conditions of declining gold grade in the ore, increasing depth of excavation, and de-creasing unallocated stock of deposits make it necessary to develop efficient …

Productivity at the mine face: Pointing the way forward

Prices and equity valuations have risen—albeit from low levels—for commodities including copper, gold, iron ore, and zinc. But the industry's fundamentals …