Embracing AI and adaptive cloud to drive digital transformation in mining
Microsoft, Thursday, May 29th, 2025
As global demand for minerals and metals only intensifies, mining companies are turning to AI-powered solutions to enhance exploration accuracy, automate equipment, predict maintenance needs, help increase safety, and optimize energy use.
Meeting net-zero targets is expected to require around 700,000 new workers in the critical minerals extraction industry by 2030, an 88% increase from 2022 levels. This is one area where AI comes in-82% of leaders say they're confident that they'll use digital labor to expand workforce capacity in the next 12 to 18 months