Energy Efficiency in the Minerals Industry

1. Introduction
Kwame Awuah-Offei

Part I. Ground Fragmentation

2. Energy Distribution in the Blast Fragmentation Process
Braden Lusk, Jhon J. Silva

3. Effect of Hole Stemming Practices on Energy Efficiency of Comminution
Calvin J. Konya, Anthony Konya

4. Effect of Wave Collision on Fragmentation, Throw, and Energy Efficiency of Mining and Comminution
Catherine Johnson

5. Energy Efficiency of Drilling Operations
Celal Karpuz

6. Energy Efficiency in Rock Blasting
José A. Sanchidrián, Pablo Segarra, Lina M. López

Part II. Material Handling

7. Energy-Efficient Loading and Hauling Operations
Ali Soofastaei, Elnaz Karimpour, Peter Knights, Mehmet Kizil

8. Energy Efficiency in Cable Shovel Operations
Kwame Awuah-Offei

9. Benchmarking Energy Consumption of Truck Haulage
Lalit Kumar Sahoo, Santanu Bandyopadhyay, Rangan Banerjee

10. Role of the Operator in Dragline Energy Efficiency
Maryam Abdi-Oskouei, Kwame Awuah-Offei

Part III. Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy

11. Energy-Efficient Comminution: Best Practices and Future Research Needs
Bern Klein, Chengtie Wang, Stefan Nadolski

12. Energy Efficiency of Electrowinning
Michael S. Moats

13. Plant Automation for Energy-Efficient Mineral Processing
Jocelyn Bouchard, Daniel Sbarbaro, André Desbiens

14. Energy Management Systems in Copper Smelting: The Atlantic Copper Case Study
José Maria Tejera, Guillerno Rios, Tasio Martínez, Miguel Palacios

Part IV. Renewable Energy and Miscellaneous Topics

15. Solar Energy Applications in Mining: A Case Study
José Pablo Paredes Sánchez

16. Energy-Efficient Mine Ventilation Practices
Nuray Demirel

17. Technology Selection and Sizing of On-Board Energy Recovery Systems to Reduce Fuel Consumption of Diesel-Electric Mine Haul Trucks
Petrus J. Terblanche, Michael P. Kearney, Clay S. Hearn, Peter F. Knights

Keywords: Energy, Energy Efficiency, Renewable and Green Energy, Sustainability Management, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Mineralogy