Low-cost sensors technologies for monitoring sustainability and safety issues in mining activities: advances, gaps, and future directions in the digitalization for smart …

C Cacciuttolo, V Guzmán, P Catriñir, E Atencio… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, monitoring aspects related to sustainability and safety in mining activities
worldwide are a priority, to mitigate socio-environmental impacts, promote efficient use of …

Technological and intellectual transition to mining 4.0: A review

O Zhironkina, S Zhironkin - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
Ensuring a sustainable supply for humankind with mineral raw materials and preventing fuel
and energy crises, minimizing human-made accidents and the negative impact of industry …

Digitalization of customer service in small and medium-sized enterprises: drivers for the development and improvement

ACF Costa, F Capelo Neto, M Espuny… - International Journal of …, 2024 - emerald.com
Purpose Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are fundamental to the
socioeconomic development of a country or region. They directly contribute to increasing …

Review of transition from mining 4.0 to mining 5.0 innovative technologies

S Zhironkin, N Ezdina - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The sustainable provision of mankind with energy and mineral raw materials is associated
with an increase not only in industrial but also in the ecological and economic development …

Mass-Balance-Consistent Geological Stock Accounting: A New Approach toward Sustainable Management of Mineral Resources

MU Simoni, JA Drielsma, M Ericsson… - Environmental …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Global resource extraction raises concerns about environmental pressures and the security
of mineral supply. Strategies to address these concerns depend on robust information on …

Orderliness in Mining 4.0

S Zhironkin, M Gasanov, Y Suslova - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mining of minerals is an important part of the technical sciences, for which the certainty and
unambiguity of terms and the correct application of definitions is an absolute requirement. At …

The State of Critical and Strategic Metals Recovery and the Role of Nuclear Techniques in the Separation Technologies Development

NR Kiprono, T Smolinski, M Rogowski… - Separations, 2023 - mdpi.com
The extraction of useful minerals or geological materials from the Earth's crust, most typically
from various sources, is crucial to a country's development and progress. Mineral-rich …

Development of Surface Mining 4.0 in Terms of Technological Shock in Energy Transition: A Review

S Zhironkin, E Taran - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The expansion of end-to-end Industry 4.0 technologies in various industries has caused a
technological shock in the mineral resource sector, wherein itsdigital maturity is lower than …

Soft Computing Application in Mining, Mineral Processing and Metallurgy with an Approach to Using It in Mineral Waste Disposal

N Herrera, M Sinche Gonzalez, J Okkonen… - Minerals, 2023 - mdpi.com
In the past two decades, the mining sector has increasingly embraced simulation and
modelling techniques for decision-making processes. This adoption has facilitated …

Digital technologies for energy efficiency and decarbonization in mining

O Asa'd, M Levesque - CIM Journal, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Several mining companies have set targets to decarbonize their operations by the year
2050. At the same time, there is pressure on the mining sector to increase the supply of …