World Mining Congress 2026 — Lima, Peru | June 24–26, 2026 Technical Program Introduction | Page 3 scheduling. A notable contribution explores the connection between classical economic theory and AIdriven extraction optimization. Digital Twins and Connected Operations: The application of digital twin architectures to processing plants, SAG mills, and tailings facilities is examined across several sessions, with emphasis on real-time forecasting, uncertainty quantification, and transparent risk-communication frameworks. AI-Enabled Safety and Risk Management: Machine learning approaches to slope movement detection, collision avoidance, neural network-based landslide susceptibility mapping, and multi-source monitoring of tailings dam deformation dynamics are presented, reflecting a growing convergence between AI capability and the industry's most critical safety imperatives. Processing and Operational Intelligence: Sessions cover AI-assisted grinding circuit control, SAG mill feed characterization through deep clustering, heap leach pad planning using predictive models, and operator-assist systems for copper solvent extraction and electrowinning — demonstrating that AI value creation in processing is now measurable and substantial. Track 2: Process Innovation, Circularity and Recovery (45 presentations) The second-largest track addresses the technical heart of extractive value creation: how ore becomes metal, and how the full chain from comminution to refining can be made more efficient, more sustainable, and more circular. Eight sessions span process optimization, digitalization, copper processing, sustainable water and tailings management, circularity initiatives, bioleaching, and concentrator capital and reliability. Process Innovation, Digitalization and Transformation: Presentations examine integrated mine-toflotation optimization, digital transformation of drilling operations, and the application of dynamic simulation to debottleneck low-grade phosphate concentrators. The session makes a strong case that digitalization delivers measurable throughput and cost improvements when implemented with rigorous operational discipline. Copper Processing Innovation and Extraction: Flash flotation in regrind circuits, new developments in heap leaching, in-situ copper recovery, advanced flotation strategies for rare earth ores, and zero-waste copper extraction processes are presented. This session responds directly to the global demand signal for copper that the energy transition is generating. Circularity and Waste-to-Value: Multiple presentations address the conversion of tailings, waste rock, and process residues into valuable materials or construction inputs. Topics include uranium removal using natural biosorbents, iron tailings valorization, arsenic removal and stabilization, and the carbon footprint of precious metal recovery from electronic waste — an emerging area that blurs the boundary between primary and secondary mining. Concentrators, Capital, Reliability and Sustainability: Large copper concentrator design evolution over three decades, grinding mill failure prevention, life-cycle-based carbon footprint metrics for mineral processing, and dynamic process simulation for capital optimization are examined, with a consistent emphasis on the interplay between capital efficiency and environmental performance. Sustainable Water and Tailings Solutions: Filtered tailings implementation, commingling of tailings and waste rock, solar water decontamination for remote areas, and integrated water-energy-tailings optimization (Mine to Tailing 4.0) are presented, reflecting the growing recognition that water management is both a critical risk and a competitive differentiator. Track 3: Environmental Stewardship (35 presentations)
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