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Sep 18
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Metal Matters: Talking AI in Mining With...

BMO Capital Markets Equity Research
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In the first episode of this special two-part series on how AI is changing mining, Helen sits down with mining and AI experts Sean Buckley and Cris Cunha from McKinsey. While the data shows uneven adoption of AI across the mining industry, success has been found in top-down targeted programmes rather than bottom-up organic approaches, with scale an enabler. ... Show More
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