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It is vital for organizations and individual operations to have access to a platform with technology-related information to consider for further research and development. This paper presents a technology map that was created with the purpose of facilitating mine modernization through technological advancement throughout the mining lifecycle/cycle. To achieve this, a platform was created to represent the mining life-cycle that incorporates each of the mining phases, i.e. exploration, project evaluation, mine design, operations, closure, and post-closure phases. The constituent value drivers for each phase were then investigated and included. These covered the various focus areas within the mining cycle, such as the applicable sub-phases, processes, systems, activities, or specific challenges, that impact a mine's operation. Technologies, both physical and digital, with the potential to add value to these focus areas were then incorporated into the platform to create a technology map. This potential to add value, if applied or modified for application, was assessed on any combination of five factors, namely the ability to increase production, increase productivity, increase efficiency, improve safety, or reduce the risk of human error. The primary focus was on technologies currently classified as disruptive and/or exponential, e.£.internet of things, cloud computing, advanced robotics, genomics, 3D printing, and artificial Intelligence. Other emerging technologies were also investigated, such as automation, machine learning, renewable energy generation, energy storage, advanced materials, and more. Furthermore, selected innovative technologies adapted for or developed in mining were also investigated, as well as other new technologies in non-mining industries with potential to add value to mining. As such, a technology map was created that covers the entire life-cycle of a mining venture, which highlights technologies with the potential to add value to specific focus areas. This technology map may be applied to facilitate advances in technology for mine modernization.

Anglo American Platinum (AAP) is constantly striving towards safe, sustainable, productive, and cost-effective operations. There are many different initiatives, one of which is mechanization, and in particular, mining with extra-low profile (XLP) or ultra-low profile (ULP) equipment in pre-developed stoping areas. This paper considers the best practices that have already been implemented within AAP's mechanized mining operations and details new-generation XLP and ULP equipment that is anticipated to be able to achieve monthly production rates in excess of 4000 m², inclusive of the panel and advanced strike drive areas. The new-generation XLP equipment has completed its production trial and the ULP equipment is entering its proof-of-concept phase. This paper will discuss the results obtained during the XLP production trial as well as the progress that has been made on the ULP equipment. Emphasis is placed on the higher production levels and greater efficiencies that can be achieved using this equipment. The paper will highlight the importance of the mining cycle as well as the availability of the equipment. It will also examine the new skills sets that will be required in the industry.

En la ciudad de Bogotá la minería de extracción de materiales para la construcción se intensificó desde el siglo XIX hasta principios del siglo XX (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, 2007) y durante ese periodo, el crecimiento acelerado de la población, las imprecisiones técnicas de las operaciones mineras y una legislación que no contemplaba conceptos de cuidado del medio ambiente generaron numerosos pasivos ambientales, constituidos por las instalaciones mineras abandonadas o inactivas, áreas expuestas a remociones en masa que en la actualidad generan impactos negativos severos que afectan a la población y los ecosistemas. El objetivo de este artículo es emplear la metodología de evaluación del impacto ambiental Gómez Orea para diagnosticar y analizar los pasivos ambientales presentes en la cantera Villa Gloria ubicada en la localidad de Ciudad Bolívar, y así determinar las posibles obras de mitigación que permitan darle un nuevo uso a esta zona, como: zonas verdes y/o áreas de recreación (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, 2007). Mining extraction of building materials increased from the 19th century until the early 20th century in Bogotá D.C. (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, 2007) and in this period, population rapid growth, poor mining practices and legislation without concepts on sustainable development, generated numerous environmental liabilities due to: abandoned mining installations, mass removals-exposed areas, which currently generate severe negative impacts that affect the population and ecosystems. This article use Gómez Orea Environmental Impact Assessment Methodology to diagnose and analyze environmental liabilities in Villa Gloria quarry located in Ciudad Bolivar (Bogotá D.C.), and to determine the possible mitigation works allowing to give a new use to this area such as: green areas and/or areas of recreation (Secretaría Distrital de Ambiente, 2007).

The study measures the level of influence of technology in the extraction of gold minerals by the artisanal sector, establishing the levels of use of the technology in the mining cycle in artisanal mining, which includes the main activities of extraction of gold ore. The influence of mining technology, both in the mining cycle and in the gold ore recovery cycle, would allow artisanal activity to be carried out with minimal criteria for the use of engineering and technology, the contribution of which will be to reduce the impact negative to the physical environment. Peru faces a very serious contamination problem to the physical environment caused by artisanal mining and, in its effort to remedy and curb this problem, it has issued various legal regulations such as Law No. 27651 - Law of Formalization and Promotion of Small Mining and Artisanal Mining, which was created within the appropriate legal framework for the official recognition of artisanal mining in the formal economy sector. Likewise, Law No. 27446-Law of the National System of Environmental Impact was taken as a reference. Both laws indicate that the requirements that, from the point of view of the environment, for small miners and artisanal miners will only be enforceable the Declaration of Environmental Impact and Semi-detailed Environmental Impact Studies, signed by a competent professional. For these standards to become a reality, it is necessary that mining technology in the artisanal sector cause a real impact and influence of 80%. El estudio mide el nivel de influencia de la tecnología en la extracción de minerales auríferos por el sector artesanal, estableciendo los niveles de uso de la tecnología en el ciclo de minado en la minería artesanal, que comprende las actividades principales de extracción del mineral aurífero. La influencia de la tecnología minera, tanto en el ciclo de minado como en el ciclo de recuperación del mineral aurífero, permitiría que la actividad artesanal se desarrolle con un mínimo criterio de uso de la ingeniería y la tecnología, cuyo aporte será la reducción del impacto negativo al medio físico. El Perú enfrenta un problema de contaminación muy grave al medio físico causado por la minería artesanal y, en su afán de remediar y frenar este problema, ha emitido diversas normas legales como la Ley Nº 27651- Ley de Formalización y Promoción de la Pequeña Minería y Minería Artesanal, que se creó dentro del marco jurídico adecuado para el reconocimiento oficial de la minería artesanal en el sector de la economía formal. Asimismo, se tomó como referencia a la Ley Nº 27446-Ley del Sistema Nacional de Impacto Ambiental. Ambas leyes señalan que los requisitos que, desde el punto de vista del medio ambiente, para pequeños mineros y mineros artesanales solo serán exigibles la Declaración de Impacto Ambiental y Estudios de Impacto Ambiental Semidetallados, suscritos por un profesional competente. Para que estas normas se hagan realidad, es necesario que la tecnología minera en el sector artesanal cause un impacto e influencia real del 80%.

El estudio mide el nivel de influencia de la tecnología en la extracción de minerales auríferos por el sector artesanal, estableciendo los niveles de uso de la tecnología en el ciclo de minado en la minería artesanal, que comprende las actividades principales de extracción del mineral aurífero. La influencia de la tecnología minera, tanto en el ciclo de minado como en el ciclo de recuperación del mineral aurífero, permitiría que la actividad artesanal se desarrolle con un mínimo criterio de uso de la ingeniería y la tecnología, cuyo aporte será la reducción del impacto negativo al medio físico. El Perú enfrenta un problema de contaminación muy grave al medio físico causado por la minería artesanal y, en su afán de remediar y frenar este problema, ha emitido diversas normas legales como la Ley Nº 27651- Ley de Formalización y Promoción de la Pequeña Minería y Minería Artesanal, que se creó dentro del marco jurídico adecuado para el reconocimiento oficial de la minería artesanal en el sector de la economía formal. Asimismo, se tomó como referencia a la Ley Nº 27446-Ley del Sistema Nacional de Impacto Ambiental. Ambas leyes señalan que los requisitos que, desde el punto de vista del medio ambiente, para pequeños mineros y mineros artesanales solo serán exigibles la Declaración de Impacto Ambiental y Estudios de Impacto Ambiental Semidetallados, suscritos por un profesional competente. Para que estas normas se hagan realidad, es necesario que la tecnología minera en el sector artesanal cause un impacto e influencia real del 80%., The study measures the level of influence of technology in the extraction of gold minerals by the artisanal sector, establishing the levels of use of the technology in the mining cycle in artisanal mining, which includes the main activities of extraction of gold ore. The influence of mining technology, both in the mining cycle and in the gold ore recovery cycle, would allow artisanal activity to be carried out with minimal criteria for the use of engineering and technology, the contribution of which will be to reduce the impact negative to the physical environment. Peru faces a very serious contamination problem to the physical environment caused by artisanal mining and, in its effort to remedy and curb this problem, it has issued various legal regulations such as Law No. 27651 - Law of Formalization and Promotion of Small Mining and Artisanal Mining, which was created within the appropriate legal framework for the official recognition of artisanal mining in the formal economy sector. Likewise, Law No. 27446-Law of the National System of Environmental Impact was taken as a reference. Both laws indicate that the requirements that, from the point of view of the environment, for small miners and artisanal miners will only be enforceable the Declaration of Environmental Impact and Semi-detailed Environmental Impact Studies, signed by a competent professional. For these standards to become a reality, it is necessary that mining technology in the artisanal sector cause a real impact and influence of 80%.

En las ciudades mineras de Chile, del carbón, nitrato y cobre, encontramos una identidad social particular. La reproducción social no está dada sólo por la explotación del mineral, sino por la existencia de ciudades mineras asociadas a una población concentrada, cautiva y estable. Los ingentes desarrollos de la minería en el siglo veinte, la economía globalizada, las crisis y ciclos de los minerales, las fluctuaciones en los valores, la necesidad de eficacia y rentabilidad de las compañías han convertido a estas ciudades en disfuncionales a los objetivos empresariales y han cuestionado los modos de vivir y las identidades. Las soluciones planteadas han sido reconvertir a las poblaciones, cerrar y abandonar dichas ciudades, transformarlas en campamentos o patrimonializarlas. Así, se ha roto la continuidad de una cultura del trabajo, los tejidos sociales y las formas de socialización de sus habitantes. A partir de distintos trabajos de campo de los autores sobre ciudades mineras, y el registro de nuevos antecedentes etnográficos, etnológicos e históricos en las regiones II, III, VI y VIII, se exploraron algunas de las transformaciones y declinación de los formatos urbanos de estos asentamientos y su giro hacia una dimensión más patrimonial del lugar, como una respuesta a las nuevas características del capital. In the coal, nitrate and copper mining towns of Chile, we find a particular social identity. Social reproduction arises not only from mineral exploitation, but from the existence of mining towns associated with a concentrated, captive and stable population. The enormous developments in mining during the 20th century, the globalized economy, the crises and cycles of minerals, the fluctuations in prices, the necessity for efficiency and profitability of the companies have made these towns dysfunctional for business objectives and have put the peoples' ways of life and identities have been put into question. The proposed solutions have been to restructure the population and close and abandon the cities, transforming them into camps or turning them into heritage. Consequently, the continuity of a work culture, the social tissue and forms of socialization of the inhabitants have been broken. Some of the transformations and declines in urban formats of these settlements and the shift toward viewing them as heritage are examined based on the authors' varied fieldwork on mining towns as well as new ethnographic, ethnological and historical records in II, III, VI and VIII regions, as a response to the new features of capital.