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Brave new world

What is being promoted as innovation in the mining world is not enough, according to a recent survey. The mining process needs to be reinvented, not just improved. By Noel Dyson.

Noel Dyson
Mining's thirst for innovation gives hope of a brave new world.

Mining's thirst for innovation gives hope of a brave new world.

When Rio Tinto embarked on its Mine of the Future program it did with this thought in mind: Imagine if a miner who had been working at the company’s giant Kennecott operation in Utah when it started more...

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