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Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration

An Official International Peer-reviewed Journal of the Society

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Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration is SME’s journal covering topics related to mining, mineral and metallurgical processing, and geology and exploration.

  • Flagship journal of the Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (SME).
  • Started in 1984 as Minerals & Metallurgical Processing.
  • Publishes original research papers, review articles and other communications on matters pertinent to the mining and minerals community.

Executive Editor
  • Ronel Kappes
Impact factor
1.9 (2022)
5 year impact factor
1.9 (2022)
Submission to first decision (median)
27 days
Downloads
168,663 (2023)

Latest issue

February 2024 |

Volume 41, Issue 1

Special Focus Section – Collection on Hydrometallurgy. Editor: Nick Gow; Special Focus Section – Collection on Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Mining (continued). Guest Editors: Javad Sattarvand and Rushikesh Battulwar; Special Focus Section – Collection on Ground Control in Mining II (continued). Guest Editor: Deniz Tuncay

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Electronic ISSN
2524-3470
Print ISSN
2524-3462
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