Conditions in the mining industry have diverged significantly in recent years from those in the rest of the economy. In particular, after several years of strong performance in the mid 1990s, the industry entered a sharp downturn in the wake of the Asian economic crisis, stemming from weaker external demand and lower commodity prices. One consequence of this has been a steep cut-back in mining ...

Virtual reality (VR) has been applied in many sectors where safety and organizational complexity are key issues. This includes advanced manufacturing, the aviation industry, the nuclear industry, military applications, as well as the mining industry. In the mining industry typical applications of VR include the familiarization of new recruits and visitors with the mine layout, the rehearsal of ...

The escalating construction industry has led to a drastic increase in the dimension stone demand in the construction, mining and industry sectors. Assessment and investigation of mining projects and stone processing plants such as sawing machines is necessary to manage and respond to the sawing performance; hence, the soft computing techniques were considered as a challenging task due to stocha...