Digitalisation in mining refers to the use of computerised or digital devices or systems and digitised data that are to reduce costs, improve business productivity, and transform mining practices. However, it remains increasingly difficult for mining companies to decide which digital technologies are most relevant to their needs and individual mines. This paper provides an overview of digital technologies currently relevant to mining companies as presented and discussed by mining journals, the media and insight reports of leading consultancy agencies. Relevant technologies were systematically identified using text-mining techniques, and network analyses established the relations between significant technologies. Results demonstrated that currently 107 different digital technologies are pursued in the mining sector. Also, an analysis of the actual implementation of digital technologies in 158 active surface and underground mines reveals a limited uptake of digital technologies in general and that the uptake increases with the run-of-mine production. Large-scale mining operations appear to select and apply digital technologies suitable to their needs, whereas operations with lower production rates do not implement the currently available digital technologies to the same extent. These minor producers may require other digital transformation solutions tailored to their capabilities and needs and applicable to their scale of operations.

采矿中的数字化是指使用计算机化或数字化的设备或系统以及数字化数据，以降低成本，提高业务生产率并改变采矿方式。但是，对于矿业公司而言，决定哪种数字技术最符合其需求和各个矿山的难度越来越大。本文概述了矿业杂志，媒体和领先咨询机构的见解报告所介绍和讨论的当前与采矿公司相关的数字技术。使用文本挖掘技术系统地识别了相关技术，并且通过网络分析建立了重要技术之间的关系。结果表明，采矿业目前正在使用107种不同的数字技术。也，对158个活动地雷和地下矿山的数字技术的实际实施情况进行的分析表明，总体上数字技术的吸收有限，并且随着矿山开采量的增加，吸收的数字也会增加。大规模采矿作业似乎选择并应用了适合其需求的数字技术，而生产率较低的作业并未在同等程度上实施当前可用的数字技术。这些次要生产者可能需要其他根据其能力和需求量身定制并适用于其运营规模的数字转换解决方案。大规模采矿作业似乎选择并应用了适合其需求的数字技术，而生产率较低的作业并未在同等程度上实施当前可用的数字技术。这些次要生产者可能需要其他根据其能力和需求量身定制并适用于其运营规模的数字转换解决方案。大规模采矿作业似乎选择并应用了适合其需求的数字技术，而生产率较低的作业并未在同等程度上实施当前可用的数字技术。这些次要生产者可能需要其他针对其能力和需求而量身定制的数字转换解决方案。