INDUSTRY COMMENT

Ideas for a cultural shift in a tech-driven future

With the fourth industrial revolution, the mining industry has an opportunity to shift its culture

Nneoma V. Nwogu
Robotics-based automation, unmanned aerial vehicles, artificial intelligence and cellular network-enabled IOT are some of the technologies disrupting the traditional methods of mine development

Robotics-based automation, unmanned aerial vehicles, artificial intelligence and cellular network-enabled IOT are some of the technologies disrupting the traditional methods of mine development

The industry is traditionally seen as opaque and insular with companies myopically focused on the bottom line to the detriment of environmental and social impact concerns. Further, anti-mining activists...

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