Narrow tunnels, dim lighting, no GPS signal, rugged terrain—these are the formidable barriers that underground mines pose to inspection work. Now, a multinational research team led by Zhejiang Univers...

The countdown to the end of the blast furnace era has begun. At the 2026 North American Steel Technology Summit, US-based Limelight Steel dropped a bombshell: using lasers for direct thermal decomposi...

In the mining and energy equipment sector, traditional casting and forging are the fundamental processes for manufacturing large metal components. However, the limited geometric freedom, frequent weld...

As global oil and gas exploration and development fully advance into deep to ultra-deep layers and complex offshore formations, drilling engineering no longer faces merely "harder and deeper" challeng...

In the vast mining heartland of Jungar Banner, Inner Mongolia, two colossal beasts, each weighing over 200 tons and with a load capacity exceeding 300 tons, shuttle back and forth, their roar echoing ...

Thousands or even tens of thousands of meters beneath the surface in deep mines, rock layers continuously "breathe," deform, and fracture due to high-intensity extraction. Traditional microseismic mon...

The global mineral exploration industry has long faced a fundamental challenge: how to lock in high-potential deposits across vast, unexplored regions with the lowest cost and highest efficiency. Trad...

In traditional magnetic separation processes for low-grade magnetite, coarse ore particles often carry a large amount of tailings, leading to poor separation results. A significant quantity of mixed w...

Since the Bronze Age, traditional iron and steel metallurgy has consistently followed the centuries-old, multi-stage chain of "ore → sintering → blast furnace ironmaking → converter steelmaking → ingo...

When Global Navigation Satellite System signals are completely interrupted, how can an underground mine Load-Haul-Dump (LHD) vehicle autonomously navigate through winding, narrow tunnels and swiftly p...

When a hundred-ton autonomous mining truck shuttles at high speed through an open-pit mine, it needs to precisely maintain a safe distance from dozens of target types, including other moving vehicles,...

At the critical chokepoints of mine transportation, a single boulder stuck on a grizzly can bring an entire production line to a halt. In the past, the only solution was to have operators work dangero...