Analysis of Energy-Efficient Copper Mining Processes Using Solar Energy: A Review

The copper mineral processing sector faces challenging circumstances due to rising demand, volatile cost of energy, declining grade ore that lead to higher resources usage, and greater public awareness of the GHG emission. In this paper, state of solar technology now is describe. It explains how solar thermal and solar photovoltaic technology are used in copper mining processes to provide electricity and heat. While solar thermal technologies can be used to provide electricity, heat, in copper extraction PV technologies can be used to generate energy for crushing and grinding machines and electrolysis. The research also takes a more comprehensive look at the usable applications of these techs in the management and development of novel sun energy in copper extraction. The researchers came to the conclusion that integrating sun energy into copper extraction processes can be done in a number of practical ways. The major objective of the article is to advance knowledge of sun energy technology and its use in copper mining sector so that people can deal with energy and environmental problems more pro-actively and strategically. In this study, current advances in solar energy for the mining sector are discussed.