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Digital Twin for Geomechanical Safety Monitoring
This technology is a 3D digital twin of rock mass used by mining experts and companies to monitor rock mass conditions to ultimately enhance mine safety. This comprehensive framework incorporates various geotechnical parameters, scanning technologies, and data acquisition systems to manage, analyze, and interpret the data to generate up-to-date 3D visualizations...
Published: 9/3/2024
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Inventor(s): Nilufer Blanche Akbulut, Angelina Anani, Leonard Brown
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Industrial & Manufacturing > Mining, Technology Classifications > Software & Information Technology > Databases & Data Mining
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Escape! A Multi-user Gaming App for Underground Mine Escape Training
Escape! is a multiplayer, turn-based strategy game for mobile devices designed to enhance emergency response and self-escape training for underground miners. Through engaging roleplaying scenarios that mimic real-life mine emergencies, the app helps miners improve decision-making and response times in high-stress situations. The app trains miners to...
Published: 8/26/2024
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Inventor(s): Ngan Pham, Leonard Brown, Eric Lutz, Rustin Reed
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Industrial & Manufacturing > Mining, Technology Classifications > Software & Information Technology > Mobile Application, Technology Classifications > Software & Information Technology > Education & Training
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Dust Control System Using Biocompatible Polymer
This innovative dust control system utilizes commercially available, cost-effective biocompatible polymers to prolong wettability of beach tailings and contribute to improve Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) management system/stability. Can also be used on Tailing slope, dyke, haul roads, and in coal mining facilities.
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Conventional dust...
Published: 9/16/2024
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Inventor(s): Kwangmin Kim, Minkyu Kim
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Energy, Cleantech & Environmental, Technology Classifications > Energy, Cleantech & Environmental > Remediation > Air, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Industrial & Manufacturing > Mining
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Computer Vision Method for Safety Hazards Detection, Referencing, and Tracking
This invention is a method for automatic identification and real-time mapping of safety hazards and individuals within underground spaces, such as mines. Using a combination of visual, Near-Infrared (NIR), and LiDAR imaging technologies with a robust, low-cost, machine learning-based algorithm, this innovation captures data and geo-references and categorizes...
Published: 8/1/2024
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Inventor(s): Maria Nathalie Risso, Angelina Anani, Pedro Lopez-Vidaurre
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Industrial & Manufacturing > Mining, Technology Classifications > Imaging & Optics > Sensors and Detection > Inspection, Technology Classifications > Software & Information Technology
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MineSafe: A Software Platform for Serious Games in Mine Safety Education
InventionMineSAFE is a new approach to mining safety education that goes beyond the traditional approach of seminars and videos. Mine Safe has the capability to place a miner in a simulated environment. Employers will have a variety of pre-packed scenarios to choose from, or may choose to create their own in order to further custom-tailor their safety...
Published: 8/23/2024
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Inventor(s): Leonard Brown, Michael Peltier, John Hill, Mary Poulton
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Software & Information Technology, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Industrial & Manufacturing > Mining
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Aqua Blue Method for Mining Icy Regolith on the Moon
This invention proposes a plan and method by which to begin mining operations for resources of interest, such as icy regolith on the Earth’s Moon.
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As settling activities on Earth’s Moon continue to become more feasible, there has long been interest in what raw materials can be extracted or mined and how. From the diverse mineral...
Published: 8/1/2024
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Inventor(s): Victor Tenorio Gutierrez, Kerst Kingsbury, Kate Willa, James Nickels, Daniel Tolmachoff, Gatlan Nail
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Industrial & Manufacturing > Mining
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Luna Mine Planning
This invention proposes a plan and method by which to begin mining operations on the Earth’s Moon.
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As settling activities on Earth’s Moon continue to become more feasible, there has long been interest in what raw materials can be extracted or mined. From the diverse mineral sources that are potentially available on the surface...
Published: 8/1/2024
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Inventor(s): Victor Tenorio Gutierrez, Kerst Kingsbury, Kapil Galla
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Industrial & Manufacturing > Mining, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Industrial & Manufacturing > Construction
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A System, Apparatus, And Process For Leaching Metal And Storing Thermal Energy During Metal Extraction
Researchers at the University of Arizona have developed a new single vessel or “one pot” copper electrorefinery process that utilizes a molten chloride salt (NaCl – KCl – ZnCl2) as both the extracting fluid and electrolyte.
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Several European and South American cities have regulated or banned traditional precious...
Published: 8/1/2024
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Inventor(s): Dominic Gervasio, Hassan Elsentriecy, Abraham Jalbout, Andres Godinez-Garcia
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Industrial & Manufacturing > Mining, Technology Classifications > Materials > Metals, Technology Classifications > Energy, Cleantech & Environmental > Manufacturing
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Method for Tailings Dust Suppression
This technology is a new type of treatment that can be sprayed on mine tailings piles to suppress tailing dust from blowing off the pile, thereby preventing erosion and environmental contamination.
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Tailings are the waste byproduct of ore mining, and consist of fine particles, many the size of dust particles. They are typically placed in...
Published: 8/1/2024
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Inventor(s): Dominic Gervasio, Minkyu Kim, Abraham Jalbout
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Energy, Cleantech & Environmental > Manufacturing, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Industrial & Manufacturing > Mining, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences, Technology Classifications > Energy, Cleantech & Environmental > Air/Water Purification, Technology Classifications > Materials > Coatings
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Optimized Ore Processing using Molten Salts for Leaching and Thermal Energy Storage
University of Arizona researchers have developed and optimized an electrochemical metal extraction process utilizing molten chloride salt. The salt serves as a heat transfer fluid, which can power the process itself or provide power to outside processing units or communities. The material, or slag, leftover from the process is non-toxic and may easily...
Published: 8/1/2024
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Inventor(s): Dominic Gervasio, Hassan Elsentriecy
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Category(s): Technology Classifications > Energy, Cleantech & Environmental, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Industrial & Manufacturing > Mining, Technology Classifications > Engineering & Physical Sciences > Industrial & Manufacturing, Technology Classifications > Materials > Metals, Technology Classifications > Materials > Processing
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