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Mine.io – A Holistic Digital Mine 4.0 Ecosystem

A simple technical overview about the architecture and value chain

Mine.io – A Holistic Digital Mine 4.0 Ecosystem – Value Chain.pdf

Workshop presentations

Pilot 1.1: Germany

Presentation from the first MINE.IO online workshop on “Innovative & Responsible Mining”. (20.10.2023)

Pilot 1.2: Germany

Presentation from the first MINE.IO online workshop on “Innovative & Responsible Mining”. (20.10.2023)

Pilot 2: Poland

Presentation from the first MINE.IO online workshop on “Innovative & Responsible Mining”. (20.10.2023)

Pilot 3: Greece

Presentation from the first MINE.IO online workshop on “Innovative & Responsible Mining”. (20.10.2023)

Pilot 4: Finland

Presentation from the first MINE.IO online workshop on “Innovative & Responsible Mining”. (20.10.2023)

Pilot 5: Germany

Presentation from the first MINE.IO online workshop on “Innovative & Responsible Mining”. (20.10.2023)

Pilot 6: Portugal

Presentation from the first MINE.IO online workshop on “Innovative & Responsible Mining”. (20.10.2023)

MINE.IO Architecture

Presentation from the first MINE.IO online workshop on “Innovative & Responsible Mining”. (20.10.2023)

Published articles

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“3-D muographic inversion in the exploration of cavities and low-density fractured zones”

László Balázs,¹,² Gábor Nyitrai,¹,³⋆ Gergely Surányi,¹ Gergo˝ Hamar,¹
Gergely Gábor Barnaföldi,¹ and Dezso˝ Varga¹
¹ Wigner Research Center for Physics, Konkoly-Th. M. u. 29-33, 1121 Budapest, Hungary; ² Department of Geophysics and Space Science, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány P. s. 1/C, 1117
Budapest, Hungary; ³ Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Mu˝egyetem rkp. 9, 1111 Budapest, Hungary
Published in “Geophysical Journal International” – Volume 236, Issue 1, January 2024, Pages

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/gji/ggad428
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“Mineral resources depletion, dissipation and accessibility in LCA: a critical analysis”

Antoine Beylot ¹ · Jo Dewulf ¹ ²· Titouan Greffe ³ · Stéphanie Muller ¹ · Gian‑Andrea Blengini ⁴
¹ BRGM, 45060 Orléans, France
² Research Group Sustainable Systems Engineering (STEN), Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
³ Institute of Environmental Sciences, CIRAIG, UQAM, Montreal, QC H2X 3Y7, Canada
⁴ Politecnico Di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10125 Torino, Italy
Published in “The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-023-02278-3
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“Innovations in mining sector in the light of recent investigations”

Daniel SARAMAK, Dariusz FOSZCZ, Damian KRAWCZYKOWSKI, Tomasz GAWENDA, Aldona KRAWCZYKOWSKA
AGH in Krakow, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Resource Management
Published in “Kruszywa mineralne, T. 6 / red. nauk.
Wojciech Glapa. — Wrocław : Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki
Wrocławskiej, 2023. — ISBN: 978-83-7493-233-2. — S. 119–128. — Bibliogr.”
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“The state-of-the-art and perspectives of extraction and processing of copper ore in scientific research based on the bibliometric analysis”

Daniel saramak, Dariusz Foszcz
Akademia Górniczo-Hutnicza im. Stanisława Staszica w Krakowie
Published in “Aktualia i perspektywy gospodarki surowcami
mineralnymi : XXXII konferencja : Rytro, 8–10 listopada 2023 : zeszyt
streszczeń str.87/ pod red. nauk. Ewy Lewickiej. — Kraków : Instytut
Gospodarki Surowcami Mineralnymi i Energią PAN, 2023″
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“Applying Deep Electrical-Resistivity Tomography Techniques for the Exploration of Medium- and Low-Geothermal Energy Resources”

Cristina Sáez Blázquez , Ignacio Martín Nieto , Javier Carrasco, Pedro Carrasco , Daniel Porras, Miguel Ángel Maté-González , Arturo Farfán Martín and Diego González-Aguilera
Department of Cartographic and Land Engineering, Higher Polytechnic School of Avila, University of Salamanca, Hornos Caleros 50, 05003 Avila, Spain
Published in Energies2024, 17(8), 1836;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/en17081836

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“Impact of HPGR operational pressing force and material moisture on energy consumption and crushing product fineness in high-pressure grinding processes”

Daniel Saramak, Katarzyna Leśniak
Department of Environmental Engineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, Cracow, Poland
Published in : “Energy” – Volume 302, 1 September 2024, 131908

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2024.131908
“Conditions of the effectiveness of the screening process for the variable share of fine grains in the feeder and the type of screen”

Tomasz Gawenda, Daniel Saramak
AGH in Krakow, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Resource Management
Published in “Kruszywa mineralne, T. 7 / red. nauk.
Wojciech Glapa. — Wrocław : Oficyna Wydawnicza Politechniki
Wrocławskiej, 2024. — ISBN 978-83-7493-268-4. — S. 43–57. — Bibliogr.”
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“Classification of flotation froth images using neural networks with explanations”

Dominik Borys a, Michał Kozielski a b
a Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Innovative Technologies EMAG, Leopolda 31, 40-189 Katowice, Poland
b Department of Computer Networks and Systems, Silesian University of Technology, Akademicka 16, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland
Published in “Procedia Computer Science
Volume 246“, 2024, Pages 910-919

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2024.09.510

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“Callio lab: an underground and above ground,laboratory—overview and prospects for high energy and applied physics”

Jari Joutsenvaara, Julia Puputti, Marko Holma, Ossi Kotavaara
Callio Lab, Kerttu Saalasti Institute, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
Published in “Frontiers in Physics” – Front. Phys., 18 January 2024
Sec. High-Energy and Astroparticle Physics; Volume 12 – 2024 |

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fphy.2024.1317659

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“Distributed Digital Twins as Proxies-Unlocking Composability and Flexibility for Purpose-Oriented Digital Twins”

Abdullah Aziz, Shailesh Singh Chouhan, Olov Schelén, Ulf Bodin
Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
Published in Journals & Magazines ->”IEEE Access” ->Volume: 11” – Page(s): 137577 – 137593

DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3340132

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Challenges, best practices and case examples in muon imaging

Dezső Varga, Gergely Surányi, Gergő Hamar, Gábor Nyitrai, and László Balázs
Wigner Research Centre for Physics, High Energy Physics, Hungary (varga.dezso@wigner.hu)
Published in „EGU General Assembly 2023”, Vienna, Austria, 24–28 Apr 2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-11260

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Privacy-preserving attribute-based access control using homomorphic encryption

Malte Kerl1, Ulf Bodin1 and Olov Schelén1
Department of Computer Science, Electrical and Space Engineering,
Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
Published in  „SpringerOpen” –> „Cybersecurity
 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s42400-024-00323-8
 
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„Development Indexes, Environmental Cost Impact, and Well-Being: Trends and Comparisons in Italy”

Marco Filippo Torchio (1) , Umberto Lucia (1) and Giulia Grisolia (2)
(1) Dipartimento Energia “Galileo Ferraris”, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24,
10129 Torino, Italy
(2) Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Ambiente, del Territorio e delle Infrastrutture, Politecnico di Torino,
Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
Published in  MDPI Journals Sustainability Volume 16 Issue 11 4380 (2024)
 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su16114380
 
© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
„Degradation Modelling and Prognostics of Rotating Equipment with Automated Machine Learning”
 
Stefanos Kontos (a) , Alexandros Bousdekis (a) , Katerina Lepenioti (a) , Gregoris Mentzas (a)

(a) Information Management Unit (IMU), Institute of Communication and Computer Systems (ICCS), School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Athens, Greece
Published in  Procedia Computer Science Volume 253, 2025, Pages 1640-1648
 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2025.01.226
 
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„Ground Penetrating Radar for the Exploration of Complex Mining Contexts”
 
Cristina Sáez Blázquez (1), Miguel Ángel Maté-González (1), Sergio Alejandro Camargo Vargas (1), Ignacio Martín Nieto (1), Vasileios Protonotarios (2) and Diego González-Aguilera (1)
 
(1) Cartographic and Land Engineering Department, Higher Polytechnic School of Avila, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain; mategonzalez@usal.es (M.Á.M.-G.); sacamargov@usal.es (S.A.C.V.); nachomartin@usal.es (I.M.N.); daguilera@usal.es (D.G.-A.)
(2) Lavrion Technological and Cultural Park, 19500 Lavrion, Greece; btproto@yahoo.com
Published in MDPI, Journals, Remote Sensing, Volume 17, Issue 11, 10.3390/rs17111911
 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17111911
 
© 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
„Application of Magnetometer-Equipped Drone for Mineral Exploration in Mining Operations”
 
Dimitris Perikleous (1,2), Katerina Margariti (1), Pantelis Velanas (1) , Cristina Saez Blazquez (2), Pedro Carrasco Garcia (2) and Diego Gonzalez-Aguilera (2)

(1) ACCELIGENCE Ltd., 1066 Nicosia, Cyprus; dimitris.pericleous@accelligence.tech (D.P.)
(2) Cartographic and Land Engineering Department, Higher Polytechnic School of Avila, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
Published in MDPI, Journals, Drones, Volume 9, Issue 1, 10.3390/drones9010024
 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9010024
 
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„Aerial Drones for Geophysical Prospection in Mining: A Review”

Dimitris Perikleous (1,2) , Katerina Margariti (1), Pantelis Velanas (1) , Cristina Saez Blazquez (2) and Diego Gonzalez-Aguilera (2)

(1) ACCELIGENCE Ltd., 1066 Nicosia, Cyprus; dimitris.pericleous@accelligence.tech (D.P.); katerina.margariti@accelligence.tech (K.M.); pvelanas@accelligence.tech (P.V.)
(2) Cartographic and Land Engineering Department, Higher Polytechnic School of Avila, Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain; u107596@usal.es
Published in MDPI, Journals, Drones, Volume 9, Issue 5, 10.3390/drones9050383
 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/drones9050383
 
© 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
„Optimization of Froth Flotation using Geometrically Constrained Extremum Seeking Control”

Johan Lindqvist
Automatic Control Group, Lulea˚ University of Technology
Khalid Atta
Automatic Control Group, Lulea˚ University of Technology
Andreas Johansson
Automatic Control Group, Lulea˚ University of Technology
Published in 2024 IEEE Conference on Control Technology and Applications (CCTA)
 
DOI: 10.1109/CCTA60707.2024.10666556
 
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„Flotation froth content estimation on the basis of a machine learning proces”

Jacek Galas,1 Dariusz Litwin,1 Michał Kozielski,2 Dariusz Foszcz,3 Daniel Saramak,3 Stanisław Lenczowski,3 Ewelina Kasińska-Pilut,4 Jarosław Prętki4

1Łukasiewicz Research Network-Tele and Radio Research Institute (Poland)
2Łukasiewicz Research Network, Institute of Innovative Technologies EMAG (Poland)
3AGH University of Cracow (Poland)
4KGHM Polska Miedź S.A., Division of Concentrators (Poland)
Published in SPIE digital library: Proceedings Volume 13508, 23rd Slovak-Czech-Polish Optical Conference on Wave and Quantum Aspects of Contemporary Optics
 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3055202
 
(2025) Published by SPIE. Downloading of the abstract is permitted for personal use only.
„Detection of fractured zones, faults, and cavities by high resolution muon tomography in the Buda Hills”

László Balázs (1,3), Gergő Hamar (1,3), Ádám Csicsek (2,3), Gergely Surányi (1,3) & Dezső Varga (1,3)

(1) HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungarian Research Network, 29-33 Konkoly Thege Miklós Str., Budapest 1121, Hungary.
(2) Department of General and Applied Geology, Eötvös Loránd University, Pázmány Péter sétány 1/A, Budapest 1117, Hungary.
(3) László Balázs, Gergő Hamar, Ádám Csicsek, Gergely Surányi and Dezső Varga contributed equally to this work.
Published in scientific reports: nature, scientific, reports, articles,
 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-02510-0
 
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„Design of MWPC-based muography measurements for geophysical research”

Boglárka Abigél Stefán1,2, László Balázs2, Gergő Hamar2, Gergely Surányi2, and Dezső Varga2

1Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Geography and Earth Sciences, Department of Geophysics and Space Science, Budapest, Hungary (stefibogi20@student.elte.hu)
2HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre, Physics Department, High Energy Experimental Particle and Heavy Ion Physics, 1121, Budapest, Konkoly-Thege Miklós út 29-33, Hungary
Published in „EGU General Assembly 2025”, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr – 02 May 2025,
 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-940
 
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„Muography: A novel method of density measurement for mining and surveying”

Bence Rábóczki1,2, Gergely Surányi1, Gergő Hamar1, and László Balázs1,2

1HUN-REN Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Department of High Energy Experimental Particle and Heavy Ion Physics, Hungary
2Eötvös Loránd University, Department of Geophysics and Space Science, Hungary
Published in „EGU General Assembly 2025”, Vienna, Austria, 27 Apr – 02 May 2025,
 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-983
 
© Author(s) 2024. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.