Daoyuan Sun received the PH.D. degree and MSc degree in Mining Engineering and BSc degree in Mining and Geotechnical Engineering from Central South University, Changsha, China, in 2022, 2018 and 2015, respectively. He is the author of 20 academic papers published in related international journals and conferences. He has also applied for 5 national invention patents, 3 of them have been authorized. He has received the First Prize of Science and Technology Award of China Gold Association. He ranked first in the Excellent Paper Award for the 368^th Young Scientists Forum of China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) and the Outotec Sustainability Prize.