TECHNOLOGY

Next big mining technology shift underway

Mining and processing technology is entering a great transition that will rival the wave of change that came out of Scandinavia in earlier decades, according to one of world’s leading mining technologists.

David Upton
 The International Copper Association's Hal Stillman: "The mining industry is now on the cusp of another great transition"

The International Copper Association's Hal Stillman: "The mining industry is now on the cusp of another great transition"

The International Copper Association's director of technology development and transfer, Hal Stillman, said more than 50% of global mining technology was developed in Sweden and Finland, which had driven...

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