Antonio Nieto


Antonio Nieto is an Earth Systems and Mining Engineer.

Career

Dr. Nieto is Professor and JCI Chair in Minerals Resources and Reserves at The , at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Previously Nieto served as Associate Professor at Penn State, teaching courses on mining engineering, earth systems, economics engineering, computing modeling, sampling methods, and geostatistcs. Prior to his academic and research career Nieto worked as a mining engineer in underground mining and surface mining.
Nieto graduated as mining engineer from Guanajuato School of Mines in 1990. He holds a master's degree in Geostatistics from Ecole Des Mines de Paris, and a MS and PhD in Earth-Systems Engineering from Colorado School of Mines.
Nieto specializes in ore resource and reserve estimation and mining operations optimization. Dr. Nieto holds a B.S. Mining degree from Guanajuato School of Mines, an M.S. in Mining Engineering from Colorado School of Mines, an M.S. in Geostatistics from Ecole Des Mines de Paris, and a Ph.D. in Earth Systems at the Colorado School of Mines.
He is often interviewed by news networks on mine safety and technology news.
Nieto has published more than 70 . His publications include, a book chapter on "Underground Mine Design", "Supply and demand analysis of rare-earths", "Assessment tools, prevailing issues, and policy implications of sustainability in China mining-communities", "Comparison of typical regulatory mechanisms for improving global mine safety", "Key deposit indicators and key ore-extraction indicators in mineral extraction", "Risk assessment of safety violations for coal mines", "GPS and google-earth systems in surface mines", "Effects of legislation on mine safety technology and innovation in the USA" and more. The complete list of Dr. Nieto's publications is available