Aggregates are natural materials of great demand. They are directly used for construction or
as constituents of ready-mixed concrete or asphalt products, and they appear as an index of …

The increasing complexity of building projects, with high quality standards, integrated
technologies and strong management restrictions, demands the intervention of numerous …

Organizations undertaking construction projects often deal with uncertainty and complexity.
Risks include a wide range of occurrences that can lead to project failure. However, these …

The heating produced by microwaves has been demonstrated to be effective in materials
such as aggregates, although notable differences in heating have been observed between …

• An unprecedented drop in material consumption accompanied the 2007 crisis in Spain.•
Construction activities were key in both the expansive and the contractive period.• …

Countries' mine inventories usually include information related to exploited rock type or
mineral, amount of resources, owner, location, mining rights associated, etc. All this …

Purpose: This work aims to evaluate demand forecasting models to determine if using
exogenous factors and machine learning techniques helps improve performance compared …

The mineral raw materials industry is crucial for European industry, with the European
Economic and Social Committee estimating that 70% of the industry relies directly or …

This paper addresses the optimal stochastic allocation of distributed energy resources in
distribution networks. Typically, uncertain problems are analyzed in multistage formulations …

Aggregates are the second-most consumed product in the world after water. This geological
resource is used as building and construction material, and its production in quarries and …