Preface

Recently, ranging from the State Council’s Comprehensive Solid Waste Treatment Action Plan to provincial-level green mine development plans across multiple regions, green mine construction has evolved into a core pathway for mining industrial transformation. Relevant policies mandate integrated mining and mineral processing, closed-loop tailings management and intelligent upgrading, requiring full green compliance coverage for large and medium-sized mines in most regions by 2028. Spurred by regulatory requirements, the mining sector is accelerating its shift from conventional exploitation to eco-friendly intelligent operations, with digital and intelligent technologies serving as the core enabler for policy implementation.

As an independent and controllable geoscience modeling technology service provider, GridWorld aligns its solutions with the core objectives of green mines: ecological restoration, intensive resource utilization and intelligent supervision, and develops a full-cycle technical support system. Its self-developed DepthInsight geoscience modeling software integrates multi-source data including drilling, geophysical prospecting and environmental monitoring to generate high-precision 3D geological models that accurately reproduce underground geological structures and resource distribution. Such outputs deliver scientific references for backfill mining design and tailings backfilling planning, facilitating mines to comply with regulatory requirements on closed-loop tailings management.

Powered by the TransparentEarth Engine, GridWorld develops a digital twin platform for mines to enable visualized collaborative management of geological models, mining schedules and environmental protection data. Capable of rapid access to petabyte-scale massive models and cross-terminal sharing without plug-in installation, the platform eliminates data silos spanning geology, production and environmental governance, fulfills the all-in-one centralized management requirement of green mines and conforms to provincial intelligent mine construction criteria stipulated in relevant policies.

To address prominent challenges in mine ecological restoration and geological hazard prevention, the Computing Application Modules deliver precise simulation of in-situ stress variation and tailings dam stability alongside dynamic early warning of geological risks, supplying simulated technical support for slope remediation and revegetation in line with incentive policies for ecological restoration of legacy abandoned mines. Meanwhile, real-time updatable modeling technology tracks geological changes throughout mining operations to optimize exploitation schemes, cut resource waste and help mines improve comprehensive resource utilization efficiency.

GridWorld has newly launched tEgg, a generative pre-trained large-scale AI geological model. Pre-trained on massive calibrated geological datasets, the model automatically generates high-precision geological models via AI reasoning to overcome data limitations and deliver stable modeling results even under sparse-data conditions. Featuring user-friendly UI, automated workflows and intelligent 3D visualization, it enables efficient and accurate intelligent mineral exploration to reduce costs and boost industry productivity. As the world’s sole enterprise with commercially deployed such technology, the company has established a four-in-one business model covering full application scenarios including resource exploitation, engineering construction and geological hazard prevention.

From mandatory national regulatory provisions to cascaded provincial implementation targets, green mine development has become an inevitable requirement for the mining industry. Drawing on nearly 30 years of accumulated geoscience expertise, GridWorld deeply integrates 3D modeling, cloud computing and artificial intelligence with practical green mine scenarios to deliver an integrated solution featuring transparent mine visualization, intelligent governance and coordinated ecological management. Going forward, GridWorld will keep aligning with policy guidelines through iterative upgrades of its geological large model and smart mine technologies, empowering mining enterprises to realize digitalized mining, low-carbon emissions and integrated ecological management, attain high-quality growth amid industrial green transition and inject digital momentum into the low-carbon sustainable development of the mining sector.