Feature Papers in Sustainable Mining Engineering 2023

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce our upcoming Special Issue, entitled “Feature paper in Sustainable Mining Engineering 2023”. This publication will feature a collection of outstanding papers, including comprehensive reviews and original research articles, in the fields of mining engineering, sustainability and environment. Researchers are invited to submit cutting-edge developments and novel knowledge related to sustainable mining engineering, with a particular focus on innovative solutions to the challenges that the mining industry is currently facing.

We welcome submissions from all researchers (from various backgrounds), especially younger scholars, who are interested in exploring innovative practices and solutions to the challenges facing the mining industry of the future.

We encourage papers on a wide range of topics related to sustainability in mining, including but not limited to:

• Sustainable mining practices and development;
• Mining Innovation;
• Green mining technologies;
• Carbon footprint reduction in mining;
• Sustainable mineral resource management;
• Geometallurgical/geoenvironmental modeling;
• Eco-friendly mineral processing;
• Digitalization and automation: mine 4.0;
• Life cycle assessment in mining;
• Circular economy in mining;
• Mining environmental impact assessments;
• Mine waste management;
• Mine water management;
• Mine closure planning;
• Climate change adaptation in mining.

Join us in advancing sustainable mining practices for a better mine in the future! Submit your work today without delay.

Authors will be the Editorial Board members or those invited by the editorial office and the Editor-in-Chief. The papers would be published, free of charge, in Open Access after peer review.

Prof. Dr. Mostafa Benzaazoua
Dr. Yassine Ait-khouia
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the Special Issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Mining is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1200 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.