Mining Industry Challenges
A portfolio of key challenges and focus areas in the mining sector.
Explore Mine Operator Challenges
Discover the pressing challenges faced by mine operators today, from increasing production capacity to reducing environmental impact. Each challenge represents an opportunity for innovation and improvement in the mining industry.
Monte Carlo Simulation Planning
Active
MICA Network is sourcing risk-based simulation solutions to identify processing bottlenecks, prioritize interventions, and move from reactive problem solving toward strategic plant efficiency planning.
Tailings Dewatering
Active
Removal of water from mill tailings to produce denser slurry, paste, or low‑moisture cake. Objective is to recover water for reuse, improve storage stability, shrink footprint, and reduce closure liabilities.
Rehabilitation Efficiency and Cycle
Active
The operator is seeking equipment and/or hardware systems to improve rock bolting and rehab efficiency, including muck handling, belt drift ground rehab processes below, beside, and above the beltline. Beltlines can be supported from the floor or hung from the ceiling.
Reimagining Material Movement in Underground Mining
Completed
This initiative aims to identify, evaluate, and eventually pilot new material movement technologies that reduce operational cost, improve energy efficiency, and prepare for future high-tonnage demands (e.g., 5,000+ tonnes/day by 2030).
Mining Hoist Rope Cable Visual Inspection
Completed
Glencore INO sought a technological solution that can perform real-time visual inspections of hoist ropes.
Dryer Exhaust
Completed
A novel particulate collection device for potash dryer exhaust.