In this latest contribution to the Capitalism in Africa debate series, Benjamin Rubbers presents the main ideas of the recently published book Inside Mining Capitalism: The Micropolitics of Work on the Congolese and Zambian Copperbelts.Resulting from a collective research project, the book invites us to look at the mining projects that have been developed …

The mining industry globally is responsible for significant energy consumption, and is an important source of greenhouse gas emissions. Considering that future mineral demand is likely to increase and that the final energy consumption per unit mass of mineral extracted (energy intensities of mining) is also forecast to increase as a result of a decrease in mineral …

Innovation is a process through which organizations change in response to or in anticipation of an increasingly competitive and dynamic global business environment (e.g., Pitt & Clarke, 1999).Innovation combines the organization's skills and knowledge with the needs of customers and users outside or inside the organization in a novel way (e.g., Renko, Carsrud, …

Explore the Industry section, where technical articles delve into Construction, Mining and Aerospace, highlighting innovations, challenges and opportunities. Designed to offer insights into the evolution toward efficiency, sustainability and technological advancement, this area highlights the path of innovation and progress in the industrial arena.

Electrifying mines could double their electricity demand. Meeting the renewable-electricity demand for mines by 2050 requires significant capital expenditures and infrastructure improvements. Mining has a critical role to …

The mining industry is important for the world economy because it provides the necessary resources to produce goods and services; however, it is essential to provide job security to workers because they are the ones who carry …

Secondly, it demonstrates how mining projects are assembled amid capitalism, "co-produced" by actors inside and outside mining companies amid profoundly asymmetric power relations. Their assemblage relies on multiple government techniques; it demands continual work and investment from a range of actors at different geographical scales.

The mining industry employs nearly 72,000 women out of a workforce of 475,500 people, which equates to 15%. While the number seems low, consider that no women were employed in the sector before 1998 by law. The growing participation of women in mining will be encouraged by the transition of our industry into a modern, safe, and healthy

The 'age of the operator' The story of how Freeport-McMoRan learned to rely on an AI model as much as the intuition of veteran mining engineers and metallurgists might not raise eyebrows outside the tech industry.. For mining companies, though, it illustrates a quiet but profound shift into an era we think of as the "age of the operator," when the best-run …

The number of commercial-scale Bitcoin mining operations in the U.S. has increased sharply over the last few years; there are now at least 137.Similar medical complaints have been registered near ...

the mining industry has made to the economic health, well being, and security of the U.S. throughout its history is unquestioned. Mining is critical to the U.S. economy. Figure 1-1. U.S. …

Three cross-industry trends are converging to trigger far-reaching changes within the mining workforce. First, the nature of work itself is evolving, with an increasing focus on automation, algorithms, and a growing need to be digital savvy—resulting in an estimated one in 16 (more than 100 million) workers globally needing to find a different occupa­tion by 2030. 1 …

As is known, mining expansion is the dominant driving force of ecosystem conversion, generating a wide variation inside and outside mining concessions (Scullion et al., 2014). Except transverse profiles mentioned above, hence, it is believed that economic level closely to mining industries can be well coupled with land use characteristics.

Introduction. Africa endows about a third of global reserves of natural resource of metals and minerals [].The continent is currently hosting about 700 active industrial mines and many more are planned, partly in response to the global transition toward a low-carbon future [1, 2].Large-scale extraction projects are important drivers for the economic development of low- …

Manitoba and project funding from numerous governments inside and outside Canada, United Nations agencies, foundations, the private sector and individuals. ... force to meet the human capital requirements of the mining industry (Step 2). With labour supply and demand established, local content goals for employment in the mining sector can then ...

Diversity is higher outside than inside the mining area when compared inside the mining area. While a majority of species were observed in cultivated and early secondary growth forest habitats ...

An early effort in this regard was provided by Alistair MacDonald in his report Industry in Transition – A Profile of the North American Mining Industry (MacDonald 2002). …

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Knowing precisely which way is north can be crucial in the mining industry, in oil and gas surveying, and for a variety of autonomous vehicle applications."We have a new, north-seeking MEMS [micro-electromechanical system] gyro, with a completely revised MEMS design," said Tronics Product Marketing Manager Pierre Gazull, speaking at InterGEO 2024 in Stuttgart.

The working assumption inside the industry is that if disapproval becomes too intense there is a chance that members of the community will interrupt mining activities. This is what I refer to as ...

In a statement to Inside Climate News, ERCOT said, "currently, the crypto mining industry represents the largest share of large flexible loads seeking to interconnect to the ERCOT System."

Inside the Mining Convention Where Industry Toasts Its Disastrous Growth I, a lifelong environmentalist, attended Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada 2020 to learn how the industry is ...

forefront of the debate, exploring ways in which the industry can transform from the inside for the outside. In this paper, we examine the potential for circularity in the EUR sector – specifically in Metals and Mining – in GCC nations, the benefits circularity . could bring to EUR companies and outline the six steps that organisations

The second is Transformation in Mining, in which leaders from industry and business share insights on transformation and leadership. The third module is Leadership for 21st Century Mining, which aims to empower …

24. Surveyor National average salary: $73,189 per year Primary duties: Surveyors examine areas of land, prepare construction sites for laborers and establish property boundaries by taking accurate measurements. They conduct site surveys, create sketches and maps of these surveys and work alongside contractors and engineers.

Several industries, including manufacturing and business services, have experienced a steady improvement in productivity and efficiency over the last 25 years. This pace of improvement is, however, not seen in the mining industry, where productivity has largely remained steady (Exhibit 1). While the ten largest …

Previous industry efforts to push for a similar change had stalled. But this time, Agarwal would get what he wanted. In early 2022, after a series of closed door meetings, India's environment ministry loosened regulations to allow mining companies to increase production by up to 50 percent without needing to hold public hearings, which many in the industry …

Strong public support for ecologically friendly practices has greatly increased the pressure on businesses to adopt sustainable practices both inside and outside the mining sector. The future of green mining looks promising, driven by technological advancements and industry trends gaining traction among larger mining companies.

Based on Deloitte's experience, companies can reduce their energy consumption by 15-20% in existing mines through an effective energy management program, and up to 50% in new mines by rethinking the mine design with energy …