[HTML][HTML] Dry laboratories–Mapping the required instrumentation and infrastructure for online monitoring, analysis, and characterization in the mineral industry

Y Ghorbani, SE Zhang, GT Nwaila, JE Bourdeau… - Minerals …, 2023 - Elsevier
Dry laboratories (dry labs) are laboratories dedicated to using and creating data (they are
data-centric). Several aspects of the minerals industry (eg, exploration, extraction and …

[HTML][HTML] Moving towards deep underground mineral resources: Drivers, challenges and potential solutions

Y Ghorbani, GT Nwaila, SE Zhang, JE Bourdeau… - Resources Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Underground mining has historically occurred in surface and near-surface (shallow) mineral
deposits. While no universal definition of deep underground mining exists, humanity's need …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated and intelligent remote operation centres (I2ROCs): Assessing the human–machine requirements for 21st century mining operations

M Shimaponda-Nawa, GT Nwaila - Minerals Engineering, 2024 - Elsevier
The futuristic view of smart mines is the attainment of automated self-governed mines
without human intervention throughout the value chain. However, reality entails a hybrid …

Machine learning-based delineation of geodomain boundaries: A proof-of-concept study using data from the Witwatersrand Goldfields

SE Zhang, GT Nwaila, JE Bourdeau… - Natural Resources …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Machine-aided geological interpretation provides an opportunity for rapid and data-
driven decision-making. In disciplines such as geostatistics, the integration of machine …

Seismic imaging of the gold deposit and geological structures through reprocessing of legacy seismic profiles near Kloof–Driefontein Complex East Mine, South Africa

N Mutshafa, MSD Manzi, M Westgate, I James… - Geophysical …, 2023 - earthdoc.org
Two legacy reflection seismic profiles were acquired in 1988, north of the Kloof–Driefontein
Complex East Mine in the West Rand goldfield (South Africa), for the purpose of gold …

[PDF][PDF] Seismic imaging of the gold deposit and geological structures through reprocessing of legacy seismic profiles near Kloof-Driefontein Complex East Mine, South …

RJ Bourdeau, L Linzer - researchgate.net
Two legacy reflection seismic profiles were acquired in 1988, north of the Kloof-Driefontein
Complex East (KDC East) Mine in the West Rand goldfield (South Africa), for the purpose of …