The potential for a sector like mining, which relies on the extraction of finite resources, to ever genuinely be sustainable.
Guiding us through, experts Craig Guthrie, Robert Pell and Fabio Novelli breakdown the aspects at stake: ESG to legislation, environmental impact of production, and life cycle assessment.
A thorough analysis of the main issues surrounding the subject necessary for the future of mining and the planet
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- The sector is undergoing a significant phase of digitization and automation. For example, a controller in Finland is able to control a drilling rig in Latin America.
- Working together with a blockchain company could make it easier to track metals and aluminium cans from the mine to the market.
- Ensuring that we produce the required raw materials sustainably will assist in having the most effective, long-term low carbon economy.
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Frik Els is the executive editor of MINING.COM, the world’s premier source of news and opinion on mining and metals with a weekly readership of more than 200,000 industry professionals across the world.
Frik has focused his writing and public engagements on the green energy transition and the raw materials needed to meet climate goals and combat global warming. He created the EV Metal Index providing insights into the greatest disruption to the auto and extractive industries in a century.
Dr. Andrew Jacob Petruska is currently a tenured Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Director of the Robotics Interdisciplinary Graduate Program at the Colorado School of Mines, Golden, that he joined in 2016.
Awarded an NSF IGERT Traineeship during his PHD to study noncontact magnetic manipulation, he developed the first real-time reconfigurable magnetic manipulation system.
His current research focus has pivoted to perception, state estimation, and control in GPS denied environments for applications ranging from underground mining, search for rescue, and on-orbit manufacturing, to lunar construction, navigation and mining.
With a family tradition in the OTR sector that goes back to 155 years ago, Chris Rhoades started his career by working on tire tracking programs.
He then joined BKT in 1999 as Senior Product Manager, Technical Solutions, and used his expertise to develop a new technology: SPOTech. It is a cutting-edge monitoring system that collects data on haul truck activities by means of GPS systems, GoPro cameras and accelerometers for improving productivity, efficiency, and operating conditions within mining sites or quarries.
With 24 years’ experience in BKT, he is now BKT Tires' US Vice-President for OTR. He's passionate about partnering with customers and dealers to leverage solutions to reduce their total cost of ownership.
