Disc cutters are essential rock-cutting tools for Tunnel Boring Machines (TBMs), primarily used in hard rock excavation. However, TBMs are not suitable for mining actives due to limitations in size ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I shed light on hidden credit intent. Nov 03, 2025, 06:30am EST Artisanal Small Scale Mining (ASM) is emerging as a credit ...

Irene Kataraia (middle), a mineral processing engineer, with other engineers measuring the carbon profile in the crushed rocks. Photo: World Bank The Government of Tanzania’s rural electrification ...

The World Bank estimates that artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) directly employs at least 45 million people in 80 countries. Yet the sector’s reach does not end there: an additional 270 million ...

This is the second of 2 stories about exploratory drilling and excavations happening at a small-scale quarry in Lawrence ...

Aiming at the complex issue of dynamic disasters induced by hard rock layers fracture during the mining of gently inclined close distance coal seams, this study employs an integrated approach ...