A team from Chongqing University and other institutions proposes a new hybrid navigation strategy, overcoming the bottleneck in autonomous navigation for Load-Haul-Dump vehicles in GPS-denied environments
2026-05-06
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...
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Team Led by Xi'an University of Science and Technology Proposes Lightweight AI Perception Model, Pushing Autonomous Driving in Open-Pit Mines Past the Threshold of Complex Environment Recognition
2026-05-06
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,...
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Normet Launches World's First Fully Autonomous Breaking Robot, Removing Operators from High-Risk Mining Areas
2026-04-29
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...
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A Magnetic "Treasure Vault" Unlocked by Magnets: PNNL's Magnetic Field-Driven Technology Revolutionizes Rare Earth Recycling
2026-04-29
With just a common permanent magnet worth a few dollars—no electricity, no chemicals required—rare earth elements indispensable to smartphones, electric vehicles, and missile defense systems can be "a...
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Drones + Digital Twins + AI: China Changsha Nonferrous Design Institute's Unmanned Mine Inspection System Achieves a Leap Towards "Pre-emptive Prevention"
2026-04-28
At a mining area located 4,500 meters above sea level on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, large drones equipped with radar and high-precision optical systems are efficiently delving into steep slopes and co...
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Intelligent While-Drilling Technology Breaks Through the "Invisible Wall" of Frozen Soil in High-Altitude Mining Areas, Achieving Interface Recognition Accuracy of 1.5 Millimeters
2026-04-27
In an extreme environment of minus 20 degrees Celsius, frozen rock and ice layers form an invisible wall, causing traditional geological detection methods to largely fail. To provide precise "rock CT ...
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China's Taiyuan University of Technology Develops Intelligent Slope Monitoring System, Enabling Early Warning for Open-pit Mine Landslides
2026-04-25
As major open-pit coal mines in China gradually transition to deep mining, slope heights are continuously increasing. The stability monitoring and landslide early warning of high and steep slopes have...
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Electric drive + autonomous shifting, energy consumption reduced by 30%: China’s first intelligent and environmentally friendly mining unit hydraulic support released
2026-04-24
Long-distance underground pipelines for fluid supply have disappeared, environmental pollution has been eliminated, and energy consumption has been reduced by over 30% — the new-generation intelligent...
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Chinese Team Achieves 100% Selective Atomic-Scale Separation of Lanthanides
2026-04-24
Since the introduction of Mendeleev's periodic table, the separation of lanthanides has remained one of the most challenging problems in chemistry and mining. The ionic radii of the 15 lanthanide elem...
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Chinese Scientists Discover New Lunar Mineral "Magnesiochangesite-(Ce)"
2026-04-23
In the vast expanse of the universe, the origin and evolution of the moon have always been the ultimate question for human exploration. On April 22, 2026, an exciting piece of news came from Beijing: ...
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Monash University in Australia studies chalcopyrite extraction technology to enhance copper production sustainability
2026-04-22
Researchers at Monash University in Australia have published an article in *Nature Geoscience* exploring how the chemical properties of chalcopyrite can be used to achieve cleaner and more efficient c...
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Transforming Chromite Tailings into Treasure: Kazakhstan-India Team Achieves 98-99% Chromium Recovery and Platinum Group Metal Enrichment
2026-04-22
Millions of tons of chromite beneficiation tailings are generated globally each year, with long-term stockpiling not only occupying land but also causing significant waste of rare metal resources. A j...
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