Technical Abstracts
Abstracts of technical papers available in the SME Journal
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Rare earth elements in the global economy: Usage, recovery and the quest for supply security — A review
Rare earth elements (REEs) are essential inputs for modern technologies, including electric vehicles, permanent magnets, wind turbines, advanced electronics, energy…
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A systematic evaluation of localization signals in the advancing openpit mine Aitik
Modern high-performance mining operations are under constant review to improve efficiency, increase productivity and reduce environmental impact. This can be…
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From foundation to future: Revisiting AI integration in mining engineering education through current perspectives of students, educators and industry
The mining industry is rapidly adopting artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and autonomous systems to improve safety, productivity and…
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Iron ore tailings reprocessing by electrostatic separation plus two-stage froth flotation
Legacy iron ore tailings represent an underused domestic resource. This study shows that combining electrostatic separation with a two-stage (direct…
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Prospects of vanadium extraction from different secondary sources: A review
This work highlights the potential for vanadium extraction from secondary resources and explores the various extraction techniques being investigated, along…
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Improving mineworker safety using a mineworker administration shell
Despite rapid technological advancements in automated mining machinery, underground mineworkers remain highly vulnerable to severe environmental hazards, operating within fragmented…
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A greedy genetic hybrid heuristic for solving the openpit production scheduling problem
Openpit mine production scheduling (OPPS) is defined as “specifying the sequence of blocks extraction from the mine to give the…
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Enhancing quartz-amine flotation with oily bubbles
Oily bubble flotation is an improved flotation method that uses air bubbles covered with a thin film of oil. This…
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Rheological characterization of tailing pastes from ore mining
Reliable measurement of the yield stress of iron ore tailings is decisive for two practical problems faced by the mining…
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Advancements in rare earth elements leaching and separation process: A review
Rare earth elements (REEs) are essential components of modern technological advancements. With the growing industrial demand for these critical minerals,…
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