Feature Papers in Sustainable Mining Engineering 2024

Dear Colleagues,

We are excited to announce the forthcoming release of our Special Issue, titled “Feature Papers in Sustainable Mining Engineering 2024”. This edition will showcase a selection of exceptional papers, encompassing comprehensive reviews and original research articles, within the realm of mining engineering, sustainability, and the environment. We invite researchers to contribute cutting-edge developments and fresh insights pertaining to sustainable mining engineering, with a specific emphasis on innovative solutions addressing the contemporary challenges encountered by the mining industry.

We extend our invitation to researchers from diverse backgrounds, particularly younger scholars, who are keen on exploring groundbreaking practices and strategies to tackle the impending challenges of the mining industry. We encourage submissions covering a broad spectrum of topics related to sustainability in mining, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Sustainable mining practices and development;
• Mining innovation;
• Green mining technologies;
• Reduction of carbon footprint in mining;
• Sustainable mineral resource management;
• Geometallurgical/geoenvironmental modeling;
• Environmentally friendly mineral processing;
• Critical and strategical minerals;
• Digitalization and automation: Mine 4.0;
• Life cycle assessment in mining;
• Circular economy in mining;
• Environmental impact assessments in mining;
• Management of mine waste and water;
• Planning for mine closure;
• Adaptation to climate change in mining.

Join us in advancing sustainable mining practices for a more promising future in mining! Submit your work today without delay!

Authors for this Special Issue will include members of the Editorial Board and individuals invited by the editorial office and the Editor-in-Chief. Accepted papers will be published, free of charge, in open access following peer-review.

Prof. Dr. Mostafa Benzaazoua
Dr. Yassine Ait-Khouia
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Mining is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• sustainable mining practices and development
• environmentally friendly mineral processing
• critical and strategical metals/minerals
• innovation
• digitalization and automation: Mining 4.0
• green technologies
• life cycle assessment
• circular economy
• geometallurgical/geo-environmental modeling
• environmental impact assessments
• sustainable resource management
• mine waste management
• mine water management
• mine closure planning
• climate change adaptation
• reduction of carbon footprint