Proceedings of the 10th Asian Mining Congress 2023 Roadmap for Best Mining Practices vis-à-vis Global Transformation

Rising concern about climate change and strong societal expectations with increasing complexities of mineral deposits being mined, call for more innovative exploration and exploitation technologies with higher productivity and recovery including eco-friendly strategies and policies in place for long term sustainability of the mineral Industry. It is now ardently necessary to identify and define the best mining practices addressing societal needs.

In view of these, The Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India (MGMI), established way back on 16th January 1906, and one of the oldest institutions of this kind in the world, is organizing the 10th Asian Mining Congress (AMC) during November 06-09, 2023 in Kolkata, India with the Theme, “Roadmap for Best Mining Practices vis-à-vis Global Transformation”. The AMC and International Mining Exhibition (IME), held concurrently, are flagship international events organized by MGMI biennially since its centenary year. This series have provided ample opportunities to all stakeholders including practicing engineers, machinery manufacturers, planners, regulators, academicians, scientists and policy makers, for sharing their knowledge, experience and expertise and exhibit their products that can benefit the mining and mineral industries not only in the Asian region but also globally.

This proceeding of 10th AMC contains the articles written by eminent persons and stalwarts in their respective domains. It is a collection of contemporary articles narrating recent advancements in mining sector.

Cutting Edge Exploration and Drilling Technologies.- Challenges in deep Opencast, Highwall, Offshore and Placer Mining.- Transition from Opencast to Underground mining.- Mass Production Technologies in deep underground mines.- Application of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Analytics in Mine Automation.- Advancement in Explosives and Blasting Techniques.- Extraction and utilisation of Critical Minerals and Rare Earth Elements.- Application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Smart Mining.- Innovations in Oil and Gas Industry.

Dr. Amalendu Sinha is MSc App. Geology, MSc (Tech) Mineral Exploration, PhD (App. Geology), from ISM, now IIT (ISM) Dhanbad and retired as Director, CSIR-Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research in July, 2015. His main area of research was Rock Mechanics and Geotechnology. He is recipient of various awards, published a large number of papers in journals and conferences and have some patents to his credit. He is a reviewer of many reputed journals.

Prof. Bhabesh C. Sarkar, a renowned Geostatistician having 42 years of professional experience with a strong blend of industry and academics, is a Professor of Applied Geology at IIT(ISM) Dhanbad. He obtained his five-year Integrated M.Sc. Applied Geology from IIT Kharagpur in 1980 and PhD & DIC in Mining Geostatistics from Imperial College London in 1988. He has over 121 research publications to his credit in journals and proceedings of repute.

Dr. Prabhat Kumar Mandal is Chief Scientist and Head, Mining Methods & Geomechanics Division, CSIR-CIMFR, Dhanbad & Professor, AcSIR, India. He graduated in Mining Engineering from BE College, Shibpur  in 1993, did MTech from IIT Kharagpur & PhD from BESU (now IIEST), Shibpur. He has more than 28 years of R&D experience in rock mechanics and mining. He has over 160 publications, executed more than 180 projects, editorial board member and reviewer of several reputed journals.