Announcements

We are pleased to announce that two new scholars have been appointed Editorial Board Members (EBMs) for Mining (ISSN: 2673-6489). We wish our new members success in both their personal research endeavors and efforts to develop the journal.

Name: Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh
Affiliation: Western Australian School of Mines: Minerals, Energy and Chemical Engineering, Curtin University, Kalgoorlie, WA 6430, Australia
Research interests: machine learning (ML) algorithms; artificial intelligence (AI); mine automation; rock mechanics; deep mining; static and dynamic response of rocks; rockburst; blasting operation

Name: Prof. Dr. María de la Luz García Lorenzo
Affiliation: Departamento de Mineralogía y Petrología, Universidad Complutense Madrid, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Research interests: contamination and remediation of soils; environmental geochemistry; mining wastes; acid mine drainage; mobility and toxicity of heavy metals

Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh’s Special Issues in Mining:
“Mine Automation and New Technologies, 2nd Edition”
Guest Editor: Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh
Submission deadline: 31 March 2026

“Mine Automation and New Technologies” (12 papers published)
Guest Editors: Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh, Dr. Robert Solomon and Dr. Phillip Stothard

Dr. Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh’s publication in Mining:
“Toward Sustainable Mining: Exploring Alternative Mineral Resources and Innovative Extraction Techniques”
by Roohollah Shirani Faradonbeh, Mohammad Imtiaz Shah, Moein Bahadori and Hyoongdoo Jang
Mining 2025, 5(4), 66; https://doi.org/10.3390/mining5040066  
Available online: https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6489/5/4/66

Further details about the Editorial Board of Mining can be found by clicking the following link: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/mining/editors.

Mining is currently recruiting Editorial Board Members and Guest Editors. Please contact the Editorial Office if you are interested in these positions.