Introduction Accurate prediction of mineral grades is a fundamental step in mineral exploration and resource estimation, which plays a significant role in the economic evaluation of mining projects. Currently available methods are based either on geometrical approaches or geostatistical techniques ...

Introduction In open pit mining rotary core drilling is the most widely used method of subsurface investigation. For pit slope design, it helps determine within acceptable levels of confidence the geotechnical relationships and engineering properties of the rocks that will ...

President Donald Trump’s vow of tariffs on U.S. copper and aluminium imports would result in higher costs for local consumers because of a shortfall of domestic production and the length of time it would take to renew the industry, analysts ...

This article was written by (Gandhi & Sarkar, 2016) Sampling is subject to certain limitations due to two types of errors: (1) random and (2) systematic. The random errors tend to cancel out each other, whereas the systematic error accumulates ...

The over-reliance on concentrated supply chains for key minerals is a major issue in the current global energy transition, according to Oryx Global Partners’ most recent paper, The Need for key Minerals Supply Chain Diversification. 90% of rare earths, more ...