随着岩石力学的发展、计算机在矿业领域的广泛应用以及多学科交叉的促进，一向作为“技艺”的采矿学已开始进入科学领域。文章对地下金属资源开发的数控采矿环境、实现无废开采、海洋采矿、应对深井开采的岩爆威胁等科技前沿做了初步探讨，阐明其对采矿学科发展的重要意义。

With the development of rockmechanics, extensive application of computer in mining area and promotion by intersection of multi-course, mining starts entering the science field, being regarded as skill always. This paper discussed the recent science and technology at the frontier for exploitation of underground metal resources： digital control of mining environment, wasteless mining, ocean mining and coping with threat of rockburst in deep mining, that are of great importance to the development of mining course.