Abstract: As the degree of global industrialization continues to deepen, the demand for mineral resources in various countries keeps rising. However, the traditional mining mode is confronted with problems such as low resource extraction efficiency, frequent personnel safety accidents, high safety risks, and severe environmental damage. Therefore, countries around the world are generally facing the problem of insufficient supply and imbalance between supply and demand of mineral resources, which has accelerated the transformation of the mining mode from the traditional way to the intelligent and information-based direction. In recent years, the rapid evolution of mobile communication technology has promoted the further development of smart mines. Therefore, this paper reviews the technical approaches of the new generation of information and communication technologies empowering smart mines, including the enabling effects of technologies such as unmanned driving technology, remote control technology, intelligent sensing technology, Ultra High Definition (UHD) video technology, and wireless detonator technology on smart mines. By integrating and deploying facilities such as mobile communication, cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, and component-based software in the B5G mine-specific network, cloud computing, big data, artificial intelligence, and component-based software in the B5G mine-specific network, the core demands of smart mines, including ultra-high bandwidth, ultra-low network latency, and large-scale access, are achieved. It addresses the current issues faced by mine communication and intelligent development, such as low communication efficiency, wide coverage blind spots, insufficient intelligence, and weak security guarantees, providing technical support for building safe, efficient, economical, and green smart mines.