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W4-5 Physics in Mining, a Career Perspective and Technology (DIMP/DIAP) | La physique dans l'exploitation minière: perspective de carrière et technologie (DPIM/DPIA)
- Daniel Cluff
The mining industry is often viewed as comprised of rough and tough characters, but in the rapidly changing environment of modern mining such innovations robotics and the advent of other highly technological solutions are revolutionising the industry and consequently the demand for highly qualified staff such as physicists. In this communication three career physicists outline their...
Cryogenics is a mature industry serving a wide spectrum of industries from welding to space. In this paper a cryogenics concept, capable of providing chilling and ancillary services for deep mining is described.
As mining projects get deeper they also get hotter, a Cryogenic Energy Storage system provides the economies of scale infrastructure that allows for the cryogen supply for chilling...
Mines, especially deep underground mines, are engaged in producing the metals that feed the global economy. With a continuously increasing global population and expanding material aspirations of this population, the long-term demand for metals is strong. But the resources that were easy to access have been extracted, and remaining ore grades are declining. Ore is either deeper and more...
