The 2025 Government Work Report proposes to continue to promote the “artificial intelligence +” action, better combine digital technology with manufacturing advantages and market advantages, and support the widespread application of large models.
At present, the mining industry is actively responding to this call and making every effort to promote the deep integration of artificial intelligence technology with the entire mining industry chain. A profound industrial change is quietly unfolding.
In the field of traditional mineral exploration, complex and uncertain geological conditions have always been a problem that restricts exploration work, resulting in long exploration cycles, high costs, and low success rates.
Geological modeling technology based on artificial intelligence has brought a turnaround to this dilemma.
From 2021 to 2023, the Guizhou Provincial Nonferrous Metals and Nuclear Industry Geological Exploration Bureau discovered 4 large and medium-sized fully hidden bauxite deposits through innovative prospecting models and combined with big data intelligent prediction.
In April this year, the 274 Geological Team of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region used the random forest algorithm to build a two-dimensional sedimentary bauxite resource prediction model in western Guangxi, delineated 18 prospecting target areas, and built a new prospecting model of “data collection – intelligent analysis – accurate prediction”.
The mining industry in Tibet uses unmanned smart mining trucks, automated drilling rigs and other equipment to reduce manual intervention, and uses sensors and Internet of Things technology to optimize production processes. “Artificial Intelligence +” has gradually become an important engine for promoting industry change.
In open-pit mining areas, the collaborative operation of unmanned mining trucks and artificial intelligence dispatch centers is triggering revolutionary changes in mining production models.
Traditional mining operations are highly dependent on manual operations, while the unmanned operation mode can realize autonomous navigation, intelligent scheduling and collaborative operations of mining equipment by introducing technologies such as artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and big data, and build a new mining production system.
In recent years, Jingang Holding Group has anchored its intelligent transformation and development strategy, comprehensively promoted the construction of smart factories, empowered the entire process and multi-scenario applications with digital, and achieved an all-round upgrade in the quality and efficiency of production management.
In March this year, the Ding’an Daling Mine Project, a key project in Hainan Province, innovatively used advanced technologies such as digital twins, three-dimensional intelligent warehousing, and “source-network-load-storage” integration to build the country’s first open-pit mine energy dual-carbon platform, which can track the project’s carbon emission data in real time, forming a replicable and promoteable green smart mine system solution.
Yikong Zhijia Technology Co., Ltd. recently announced that the number of unmanned mining trucks has exceeded 1,000 units. This is the first time in the “AI + mining” scenario that the scale has exceeded 1,000 units, which means that AI has begun to be effectively transformed into direct productivity in mining areas and even the entire energy field.
Artificial intelligence also plays an important role in building a three-dimensional mine safety prevention and control network.
In March this year, the country’s first AI non-coal mine project integrating Deepseek’s large model was put into operation in Baokang County, Hubei Province. It has second-level risk processing capabilities and full-scenario AI coverage, and can realize second-level analysis and judgment of 108 types of risks, and quickly provide early warning and disposal.
It can be said that artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly important role in the safety field of the mining industry, further strengthening the line of defense for safe production.
In addition, the mining industry is constantly exploring deeper applications of the “artificial intelligence +” action, striving to make artificial intelligence comprehensively assist the development of the entire mining industry chain.
Henan Yudi Technology Group Co., Ltd. released 6 geological science and technology achievements and officially launched the “artificial intelligence + geology” industry vertical large-scale model research and development project; the Hunan Provincial Department of Natural Resources carried out “rain + water content + geology + soil vegetation” AI model research and completed the initial construction of the AI model as soon as possible… “Artificial intelligence +” has an increasingly extensive impact on the mining industry and is reshaping the development method of the mining industry.
The “artificial intelligence +” action in the mining industry is a profound industrial change. It not only involves the innovation and application of technology, but also involves the reconstruction of the industrial ecology and the transformation of the development model.
However, this transformation process also faces many challenges. The mining industry should further strengthen technological innovation and collaborative cooperation, and promote the “artificial intelligence +” action in the mining industry.
