Thanks to new technology, future mining will mostly happen underground, be low impact and produce less waste. Miners will use sensors, big data, autonomous vehicles and smart methods for extracting and handling ore. The CSIRO has partnered with fellow leading mining research group, CRCMining, to create the world?s largest, most advanced mining innovation powerhouse, Mining3, headquartered in Brisbane. https://blog.csiro.au/mining3/
Envigreen bags are organic, made of ingredients such as bananas, flower oil, tapioca and corn. Left alone, they decompose in about three months. Using water, they can be disposed of in a day or even seconds if using boiling water. http://envigreen.in/
Daimler, the world's largest truck manufacturer, will use three-dimensional printing (3D) to produce spare parts, the latest example of how digital technologies are radically reshaping automotive manufacturing and its supply chain. Rather than shipping vehicle parts across the globe, carmakers including BMW and Volkswagen?are experimenting with so-called additive manufacturing. This relies on sending a digital blueprint of a component to a printer which creates parts by using lasers to melt powders into plastic, glass, metals and even ceramics.
https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/279090
Compared to existing gold analysis methods which can takes days to get a result, the PhotonAssay delivers accurate results in just a few minutes without generating the toxic waste products which have been problematic in other analysis systems. This new method supported by the CSIRO comes from Australia which is still a major gold producer following the gold rushes of the 1800's.
https://blog.csiro.au/finding-gold-rush/
