All articles by Alejandro Gonzalez

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  AI could improve in-situ recovery of critical minerals

  A physics-informed AI model could eventually help improve the efficiency and predictability of in-situ recovery (ISR), an extraction method in…

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  Can digitised colonial records unlock the DRC’s mineral exploration potential?

  The Democratic Republic of Congo is seeking greater access to historical geological records held in Belgium as it looks to…

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  How robotics and automation are building the mine of the future

  Walk through a modern mine today and you will find some of the largest and most complex robotics in the…

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  Breaking down silos: improving coordination in autonomous mining 

  Mining has spent much of the past decade automating individual tasks.   Driverless haul trucks now transport ore continuously across some of the world's largest…

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  Q&A: why the DRC wants control of its geological future

  The Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) dominance in cobalt production has made it central to the global energy transition. According…