Aim & Scope
Scope: Journal of Mines Metals and Fuels
Broad areas
The journal publishes technical and professional articles of scientific merit in the following fields:
- Mines and mining and processing of all minerals and ores.
- Minerals and ores, including product and energy minerals.
- Metallurgy, metals and metal composites.
- Petroleum, oil and gases.
- Related aspects of the allied fields (1-4)
Sub areas
Related to all the above broad areas the journal publishes articles in the following sub areas:
- Reconnaissance, exploration, geology and geophysics and processing requirements.
- Economic geology estimation and modeling and mine planning.
- Operational economics.
- Rock and geo mechanics and ground control.
- Safety, health, welfare and risk of the work and job participants.
- Mine and rail/port head transport
- Project and work operations.
- Fragmentation, explosives and blasting.
- Recovery and enhanced resource recovery methods.
- Refining.
- Project and operational human resources related aspects
- Environmental, Social and Governance aspects.
- End of life closure.
Emerging thrust areas
- Critical Minerals
- Mineral Recycling.
- Mine Electronics.
- Mine-based AI and ML
- In-mine/plant Unmanned
- Terrestrial and Aerial Vehicles.
- Mine area Location Mapping, Tracing and Reconciliation Technologies.
- Responsible, Ethical and Equitable Mining.
- Mine and Minerals Business.
- Remote Mining.
- Mine area Species Protection.
Publication Frequency
Monthly
Language
English
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
