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Digitalisation in mining refers to the use of computerised or digital devices or systems and digitised data that are to reduce costs,improve business productivity,and transform mining practices.However,it remains increasingly difficult for mining companies to decide which digital technologies are most rele-vant to their needs and individual mines.This paper provides an overview of digital technologies cur-rently relevant to mining companies as presented and discussed by mining journals,the media and insight reports of leading consultancy agencies.Relevant technologies were systematically identified using text-mining techniques,and network analyses established the relations between significant tech-nologies.Results demonstrated that currently 107 different digital technologies are pursued in the min-ing sector.Also,an analysis of the actual implementation of digital technologies in 158 active surface and underground mines reveals a limited uptake of digital technologies in general and that the uptake increases with the run-of-mine production.Large-scale mining operations appear to select and apply dig-ital technologies suitable to their needs,whereas operations with lower production rates do not imple-ment the currently available digital technologies to the same extent.These minor producers may require other digital transformation solutions tailored to their capabilities and needs and applicable to their scale of operations.