Mining For Beginners - How Does a Metals and Mineral Mine Work?

How does dirt and rocks turn into gold bars, copper wire or iron pellets? This whole process happens in a mine and in a series of ore processing plants. In this video I’ll walk you through the whole process from the mine face to the shipping port. So let’s get started. ============================= References in this Video: ============================= Carlin Trend - https://youtu.be/WwLWwOSYcGk Carlin operations: https://www.mining-technology.com/projects/carlin/ https://s25.q4cdn.com/322814910/files/doc_presentations/2021/NGM_Investor_Day_04_Carlin_Complex.pdf Nevadamining - How gold is Produced: https://youtu.be/_feJwOwsCzc Longest Conveyor belt: https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150869/worlds-longest-conveyor-belt-system#:~:text=On%20the%20western%20edge%20of,of%20El%20Marsa%20near%20Laayoune. Ore Samples: Copper: https://www.mindat.org/min-51758.html Lead: https://geologyscience.com/ore-minerals/lead-ore/ Barite: https://geology.com/minerals/barite.shtml Looking for Gold https://www.watoday.com.au/national/western-australia/holy-grail-the-bits-and-pieces-gold-rush-gripping-wa-s-remote-areas-20181002-p507a7.html Panning for Gold https://youtu.be/Y2z5ScWa3Vo Mine Blast – Above ground https://youtu.be/xaMSgXi4P0I Mine Blast - Below ground https://youtu.be/UrM5xRZmpn4 Truck and Loader sequence – Above Ground https://youtu.be/xpKlh3M1--Q FMG Autonomous Trucks https://youtu.be/dwm9_9WJcOg Crusher and truck photo https://www.911metallurgist.com/blog/crushing-equipment-selection Conveyor video https://youtu.be/4jtNoJ2jONE Longest Conveyor image https://inergency.com/worlds-longest-conveyor-belt-system/ Ball mill photo https://energosteel.com/en/system-of-a-ball-mill/ Room of ball mills https://www.directindustry.com/prod/luoyang-citicic-industrial-co-ltd/product-213793-2458940.html Roaster https://www.mogroup.com/portfolio/gold-concentrate-roasting/ https://www.proactiveinvestors.co.uk/companies/news/909599/resolute-mining-gets-roaster-at-syama-back-online-909599.html Autoclave https://www.mogroup.com/portfolio/oktop-autoclave-plant-unit/ Leach heap https://www.mogroup.com/portfolio/oktop-autoclave-plant-unit/ Froth Flotation – bubble separation https://youtu.be/N6_GUs8EJNo Refinery https://www.smm.co.jp/en/business/rd/smelting/ iron ore pellets https://www.mogroup.com/mining/pyro-processing/iron-ore-pelletizing/ Copper Wire https://www.mining.com/governments-will-need-to-support-copper-recycling-macquarie/ Gold pour https://miningdigital.com/smart-mining/first-gold-pour-haile-gold-mine-oceana-gold¬ Underground Loading https://youtu.be/GxvwZimTHzI Underground conveyor https://youtu.be/E6O4yYBl40Y Fatigue Monitoring https://youtu.be/ImAlBVLXiBA Tire MEMs https://youtu.be/filYHo3Ey4E Cisco Logo https://www.wsj.com/video/series/open-office/inside-ciscos-nyc-office-where-5000-data-points-are-being-collected/A432D9D6-2F6E-436F-8624-C69F69E6797F Underground crusher https://bjbs.csu.edu.au/research/data-science/projects/mine-site-operations-rock-fragment-size-detection-in-drawbells-rock-piles Ore Sorting https://www.canadianminingjournal.com/featured-article/sorting-it-out/ ============================= Cisco Resources: ============================= Cisco's industry use case sites: Mining: cs.co/miningportfolio Energy: cs.co/oilandgasportfolio All Cisco Energy and Mining Blogs: https://blogs.cisco.com/tag/oil-and-gas https://blogs.cisco.com/tag/mining For more information on how Cisco can help with digital strategies in Energy and Mining visit: www.cisco.com/go/oilandgas www.cisco.com/go/mining ============================= This Video was Filmed Using: ============================= Camera: Amazon ➡️ https://amzn.to/3HMQbAg Teleprompter: Amazon ➡️ https://amzn.to/3IjdS4O Microphone: Amazon ➡️ https://amzn.to/40MN9Vx Lights: Amazon ➡️ https://amzn.to/3YEUPXY ============================= Our mission here at Energy and Mining Innovation is to connect people in the energy and mining industry with the partners and information they need to navigate a successful digital journey.