No matter the conditions of the mining market, plans for new mines always abound. Meanwhile, the eye is always on the future. Every factor of a mine’s existence, especially during this time of unprecedented change, is being examined and evaluated in a more thorough, comprehensive manner.
However, it is hard to visualise what something will look like before it exists – that is where the dreaming, planning and creative investment comes in, and that is true of any project, mines included. Enter the talent of a mining consultant with the vision to make an idea a reality.
Mining Magazine recently talked to a few principals from consultant group SRK about just what this idea of the “mine of the future” will look like, what features will make it so, and how smart mining, digitisation and other technologies are advancing the next-generation view of the mine.
SRK Contributors:
Andrew van Zyl, Marcin Wertz, Joseph Mainama, Ali Rudaki, Jaco van Graan, Desmond Mossop
