@miningempire43

@miningempire43

Hey, yinz. Weird question. I’m a sci-fi writer working on a novel that heavily involves rare minerals mining on an alien planet. The mine is state-of-the art but poorly run, and I’m trying to do my research to make sure I’m not misrepresenting the mining industry as a whole. What are some bad things that could happen in a poorly-run mine, potentially resulting in loss of life? Give me your real worst-case scenarios, nightmare bosses included. The mine in question has both a surface mining and underground operation, so I’m interested in both.

Thanks for all your help!

Looking for a list of funny shit miners say, or just slang in general. It's for a project I'm working on.

Vulgar or not Vulgar - doesn't fucken matter!

Miners are built different. I know there's some good terminology out there that only a miner would get.

Gimme everything you've got!

Thanks ⚒️

@miningempire43

¡Hola a todos!

Actualmente soy practicante en una empresa del sector minero. Estoy encargado de crear videos sobre reglas de seguridad y procesos operativos, pero me surgió una idea para ir un paso más allá y me gustaría saber su opinión técnica sobre si es viable.

Quiero desarrollar un simulador o modelo interactivo de una máquina de perforación para que el personal de operaciones pueda capacitarse y entender para qué sirven las diferentes piezas y componentes antes de interactuar con la máquina real.

Mis dudas principales para la comunidad son:

¿Es Blender la herramienta adecuada? Sé que Blender es excelente para el modelado 3D y renderizado, pero ¿qué tan complejo es armar una lógica interactiva (estilo "haz clic en esta pieza para ver su función") dentro del mismo software, o debería exportar el modelo a un motor como Unity / Unreal Engine?

Curva de aprendizaje: Considerando que soy practicante y el tiempo es limitado, ¿existen herramientas dentro de Blender (o addons) que faciliten crear este tipo de guías visuales e interactivas sin tener que programar todo desde cero?

Experiencias similares: ¿Alguien ha desarrollado material interactivo de capacitación industrial usando Blender? ¿Qué consejos me darían para no morir en el intento?

¡Agradezco enormemente cualquier consejo, flujo de trabajo recomendado o tutorial que me pueda guiar!

Hi everyone!

I’m a mining engineer currently working on a scientific research project on ground subsidence caused by underground coal mining.

For my research, I’m looking for historical case studies from former coal mines where both of the following are available, at least approximately:

• the geometry/location of the underground workings (mine plans, panel outlines, seam depth, dates of mining, etc.), and
• historical elevation/subsidence measurements, ideally as a time series from levelling surveys or other geodetic measurements.

What I’m particularly interested in is the temporal development of the subsidence i.e. repeated height measurements at known points over several years, preferably before, during and/or after mining. I don’t necessarily need a complete 3D model of the mine; even an approximate idea of the mined-out geometry together with a good historical levelling dataset would be very useful.

Does anyone know of publicly available datasets, archives, publications, mine reports, university repositories or government databases where this kind of information can be found?

I’m especially interested in historical coal-mining regions in Europe, but datasets from the UK, USA, Australia or elsewhere would also be very useful.
Even references to old technical papers or reports would help. I’m happy to dig through archival material myself :)

Thanks a lot!
Glück Auf!

Love feeling the floor pop when pulling pillars.

I will take pillaring over longwall mining any day. So much more fun.

After researching, I really like the outlook of this career. It has great pay, and not as competitive as the other engineering fields due to lower supply and high demand (though I would need to find internships and obtain skills to be hireable). I like the travelling aspect, as I’m in Canada and I love the fact that I could work in cool places in the states, Australia and even in northern remote areas and see things I lowly wouldn’t in those careers while being payed (Ik it’s get cold up there and very isolating). My only concern is that I do want a career where I don’t have fear about losing my job the next time copper prices drop and so on, and hence my question.

Long story short, the Pip app can pull out live 3D solids from Deswik or any CAD mine software and using skills to interacting with mine design.

What do your guys think?

Hey guys!

Unless I reach a Steam release at some point in the future, this is going to be my last post on here. I don't want to spam this subreddit!

I've released a playable demo on itch a while ago, but it finally reached a point where I can happily share it with the community, so here it is :)

Here's a Discord invite for those who are interested at following the project : proposals, bug reports, game discussion, etc.

It's a brand new server (published less than 24 hours ago!) so it's obviously quite dead right now, haha.

https://discord.gg/FeNC7XkHv

As a "game tutorial", you can read the quick guide currently posted in the itch game description.

Happy mining!

Caterpillar 797F at a copper mine in Mexico.

The market is obsessed with AI, space, and mega-IPO speculation right now. Investors are debating whether OpenAI deserves a trillion-dollar valuation, whether SpaceX can justify a $1.75 trillion market cap, and whether Anthropic becomes the next enterprise software giant.

But almost nobody is talking about the one thing every single one of these companies needs.

Infrastructure.

AI models need data centers. Data centers need electricity. Electricity needs transformers, transmission systems, cooling equipment, and enormous amounts of copper.

Space companies need satellites, launch facilities, power systems, networking equipment, and manufacturing capacity. Once again, that means copper.

What's fascinating is that regardless of who wins the AI race, the infrastructure buildout still needs to happen. OpenAI could win. Anthropic could win. Some company nobody is discussing today could win. The physical demand story remains largely the same.

That's why I find the "picks and shovels" argument compelling. During a gold rush, the biggest fortunes are not always made by the miners. Sometimes they're made by the people selling the tools.

AI may be creating the largest infrastructure expansion since the cloud computing boom. The companies supplying critical materials could quietly benefit while investors focus on flashy IPO headlines.

Hi everyone,

Please delete this if it's not allowed, my goal isn't self-promotion but rather to try and shine a light on a tool that people in this group might find helpful. I’ve been working on building Mining Hub, and I realized just how much of a pain it can be to get a clean view of active projects and associated news releases without jumping through a dozen different paywalls or clunky databases. We wanted to build something actually usable for the community, so we created a free interactive map that contains all of this information in one spot.

The best part is that you can actually filter the data depending on what you’re looking for:

• Specific Commodities
• Market Cap
• Regions of Interest

It’s completely free to play around with, and I genuinely think it’s a solid resource for research or just visualizing the sector. I’d love to hear if there are any specific filters or layers you think are missing, or if there are any ideas you have to help us improve the site.

Check out the map here: Mining Hub Map

Soooo...... Thoughts!?

I have a Degree in Mining Engineering, doing data analysis. Can I find any free even unpaid opportunities online ?

Hello all, I got really interested about the mining industry recently thanks to my material teacher. I have to do a 3 month internship abroad (I study in France) and I wanted to try out this industry. Sadly I'm having a hard time finding opportunities and I can't found anywhere I can spontaneously apply.

So here are my questions : -Is it even possible for me to found this internship? -How can I applied for jobs that aren't exciting in those company (rio tinto for example) -Can any one here can lend me a hand ?

Thank you for your time and potential help

Hello everyone, I recently finished highschool and I'm passionate about mining engineering and the energy industry at large. However, I've recently found myself anxious about the prospects of my future. When I started doing research about the mining engineering world, i learned about the Washington & sydney accord, fifo, and how things can go smoother for people with TVET qualifications. I also have a particular interest in uranium mining, which makes me wonder whether international qualifications matter more for niche areas like that.

Armed with this information, i decided i wanted a BEng (Honours) from a South African or Australian university (I'm Namibian), but now I'm wondering if all of that even matters. I couldn't apply to my prefered South Afriacn university due to certain academic constraints and now I'm looking at applying to UNSW College through their diploma pathway.One of my reasons to look into international studies in the first place is because of the Washington accord accredited degrees that these universities will offer. My two local universities (one more theory-based (UNAM) and one more practical (NUST)) offer good degrees as well (according to a random engineer I met at a mining expo) but if I solely pursued that path, I'd most likely need to do a bridging year first and look into apprenticeships and certificates while studying.

So, at this point I'm spiralling quite a bit lol If anyone has advice about the value of international accreditation vs local degrees, the usefulness of TVET certificates, or just general insight into starting out in mining engineering I'd be incredibly grateful as I'm trying my best to step into my future as prepared and knowledgeable as I can.

Hey guys! Greetings from Turkey :) I’m studying mining engineering and I’ll graduate next year. I’m really interested in working abroad — especially in Australia or Canada — as a mining engineer. Do you think that’s possible for someone like me? What level should my English be for that kind of job? Also, I’d love to hear any advice on how I can improve my skills or prepare for working in another country. I’m super open to learning and new experiences, so any tips would mean a lot!