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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
Journal Impact Factor
1.5 (2023)
5-year Journal Impact Factor
1.8 (2023)
Submission to first decision (median)
28 days
Downloads
168,663 (2023)

Latest issue

August 2024 |

Volume 41, Issue 4

Special Focus Sections – Collection on Extraction of Critical Minerals and Battery Metals. Editor: Fangyu Liu Collection on Intelligent Mining. Editor: Andrea J. Brickey; Collection on Energy Metal Systems of the Colorado Plateau. Editors: Isabel F. Barton, Mark D. Barton and Virginia T. McLemore; Collection on Strategic Mine Planning in the Era of Climate Change. Editor(s): David Whittle; Collection on Hydrometallurgy (continued). Editor: Nick Gow; Collection on Application of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Mining (continued). Guest Editors: Javad Sattarvand and Rushikesh Battulwar; Collection on Ground Control II (continued). Guest Editor: Deniz Tuncay; Collection on Geometallurgy (continued). Editor: Isabel Barton; Collection in Honor of Dr. Patrick Taylor: All About Metallurgy (continued). Editor: Fangyu Liu

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Electronic ISSN
2524-3470
Print ISSN
2524-3462
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