Authors: M. Cehlar, S.A. Zhironkin, O.V. Zhironkina

Title of the article: Digital technologies of industry 4.0 in mining 4.0 - prospects for the development of geotechnology in the XXI century

Year: 2020, Issue: 3, Pages: 80-90

Branch of knowledge: 25.00.22 Geotechnology (underground, open and construction)s

Index UDK: 622.235

DOI: 10.26730/1999-4125-2020-3-80-90

Abstract: At present, the extraction of minerals has practically moved from developed countries to developing ones (except the oil and gas industry). In turn, the development of deposits of solid minerals, both underground and open pit, has ceased to determine the technological level of industrial development, on the contrary, it has become its rearguard, and the profession of a mining engineer in the 21st century has ceased to be prestigious. At the same time, Industry 4.0 opens up new horizons for the development of the mining industry, creating new opportunities for productivity growth with improved safety. The upcoming stage of innovative development of geotechnology – Mining 4.0 (Industry 4.0 in the mining industry) - is marked by the return of mining to the category of high-tech industries, thanks to the introduction of modern digital technologies – deserted robotic complexes of mining and quarry equipment, ubiquitous digital telemetry, the Internet of things and machine-to-machine communications, digital 3D modeling and artificial intelligence in processing large amounts of information. With this in mind, this article analyzes the forms of penetration of Industry 4.0 technologies into the mining industry, and the international experience of the formation of Mining 4.0, highlights the risks and shows the ways for the further development of geotechnology in the new technological era.

Key words: Industry 40 Mining 40 Internet of Things geotechnology productivity digitalization

Receiving date: 19.05.2020

Publication date: 30.09.2020

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