Mechanism and Control of In-situ Minerals Extraction

原地矿物开采机理与控制通过将水力-机械-热力-化学耦合过程理论和石油工程中的井技术引入原位开采，可以直接从矿床中提取矿物价值，而不需要采矿。这项工作将有可能将已知的次经济矿产资源（仅在澳大利亚就约有3700万吨）转化为储量。这个为期五年的项目将产生一种计算机模拟辅助的就地矿物提取方法，供采矿业应用。

Mechanism and Control of In-situ Minerals Extraction. By introducing the theory of coupled hydraulic-mechanical-thermal-chemical processes and the well technology in petroleum engineering into in-situ minerals extraction, mineral values will be extracted directly from ore deposits without the need for mining. This work will have the potential to convert the known sub-economic mineral resources (about 37 million tonnes in Australia alone) into reserves. The five-year project will lead to a computer simulation assisted in-situ minerals extraction methodology for application in mining industry.