
Advanced Analytics for Mine-To-Mill Optimization in the Mining Industry
1st Edition
By Ali Soofastaei
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Publisher: CRC Press
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Book Description
Advanced Analytics for Mine-to-Mill Optimization in the Mining Industry presents a comprehensive, practical, and technically rigorous framework for applying advanced analytics to one of the most important performance challenges in mining: improving the integrated flow of value from the orebody to the final product. The book shows how mining companies can move beyond isolated operational improvements and use data, engineering knowledge, and decision intelligence to optimize the full mine-to-mill system. Mine-to-mill optimization has traditionally focused on improving the link between blasting and comminution. While that connection remains central, modern operations require a broader and more dynamic view. Ore variability, fragmentation, fleet performance, stockpile management, crusher stability, mill energy consumption, recovery response, product quality, maintenance constraints, and market requirements are all part of the same value chain. The book explains how advanced analytics can help operators understand these interactions and convert them into better decisions. The book is written for professionals who need to connect mining domain expertise with modern analytics. It is suitable for mining engineers, metallurgists, geologists, mineral processing engineers, data scientists, digital transformation leaders, operational excellence teams, executives, consultants, technology vendors, researchers, and graduate students. It can be used as a professional reference, an advanced undergraduate or postgraduate text, a training resource for mining companies, or a practical guide for analytics teams working in mining operations.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Mine-to-Mill Optimization in the Digital Era Chapter 2: The Mine-to-Mill Value Chain as a Connected System Chapter 3: Performance, Variability, and Value in Mine-to-Mill Systems Chapter 4: Industrial Data Architecture for Mine-to-Mill Analytics Chapter 5: Orebody Knowledge, Geometallurgy, and Material Characterization Chapter 6: Material Tracking, Stockpiles, and Operational Context Chapter 7: Drill and Blast Analytics for Downstream Performance Chapter 8: Loading, Haulage, and Mine Operations Analytics Chapter 9: Crushing, Screening, and Material Handling Analytics Chapter 10: Grinding, Classification, and Comminution Energy Analytics Chapter 11: Metallurgical Recovery, Product Quality, and Process Response Chapter 12: Statistical Thinking, Baselines, and Variability Analysis Chapter 13: Machine Learning for Diagnosis, Prediction, and Classification Chapter 14: Causal Inference and Root-Cause Analytics Chapter 15: Physics-Informed and Hybrid Analytics Models Chapter 16: Simulation, Optimization, and Scenario Analysis Chapter 17: Digital Twins, Context Engines, and Real-Time Operating Views Chapter 18: Business Cases, Value Realization, and Benefit Tracking Chapter 19: Deployment Architecture, MLOps, and Model Governance Chapter 20: Change Management and Operational Adoption Chapter 21: Applied Case Studies and Industry Patterns Chapter 22: The Future of Mine-to-Mill Optimization
Editor
Dr. Ali Soofastaei
Biography

​Dr. Ali Soofastaei is a global artificial intelligence (AI) projects leader, an international keynote speaker, and a professional author.
​He completed his Ph.D. and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of Queensland, Australia, in the field of AI applications in mining engineering, where he led a revolution in the use of deep learning and AI methods to increase energy efficiency, reduce operation and maintenance costs, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in surface mines. As a scientific supervisor, for many years, he has provided practical guidance to undergraduate and postgraduate students in mechanical and mining engineering and information technology.
Dr. Soofastaei has more than fifteen years of academic experience as an Assistant Professor and leader of global research activities. Results from his research and development projects have been published in international journals and keynote presentations; He has presented his practical achievements at conferences in the United States, Europe, Asia, and Australia. He has been involved in industrial research and development projects in several industries, including oil and gas (Royal Dutch Shell); steel (Danieli); and mining (BHP, Rio Tinto, Anglo American, and Vale). His extensive practical experience in the industry has equipped him to work with complex industrial problems in highly technical and multi-disciplinary teams. Dr. Soofastaei is working actively with some prestigious global publishers same as Mc Graw-Hill Education, Intech Open, Springer, and CRC Press as an author and academic editor.




