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Mining Automation

Our Smart Mining Solutions Enabling the Connected Mine
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  • Mine & Extraction
  • Mineral Processing & Metal Refining
  • Material Handling
  • Utilities & Supporting Areas
  • Mine-to-Market Integration
  • Critical Minerals
  • Sustainability
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Empowering Mining Operators with Advanced Mining Solutions

Market pressures drive mining operators to use existing and emerging technologies. These technologies improve operational efficiencies, maximize yield recoveries, meet regulatory requirements, and maintain safe or zero-harm environments. They harness the power of connectivity to leverage the vast amount of data that exists in mining automation systems. We can help you accomplish full digitization of your mine with advanced mining industry software solutions.


Introducing the Connected Mine

Integrated systems and scalable analytics enable mine-to-market visibility and allow for better decision-making

Even with projections of higher demand, the mining industry is still facing many challenges. Market volatility and uncertainties directly impact business - which adds complexity to long-term planning for new projects or upgrades to existing sites.

Ever-evolving legal and governance regulations are keeping mining companies on their toes. Not to mention the constant need to satisfy shareholders while working in partnership with stakeholders to earn their social license to operate.

Optimizing operations and assets is critical and bridging the skills gaps and addressing the changing workforce demographics is key for companies to stay afloat.

Meeting Mining Industry Challenges
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Meeting Mining Industry Challenges

Improve recovery and throughput, rationalize your supply chain, improve operational efficiency, and enable remote and autonomous operations by harnessing data to create a connected mine.

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The Connected Mine

Integrated systems and scalable analytics that enable mine-to-market visibility and allow for better decision-making.

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What does a connected mine look like? Tested and validated architectures and dedicated functionalities for mining operations can help you get the most out of your process and equipment to improve overall productivity.

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Automated mining solutions by area: increase your operational efficiency

Tested and validated architectures and dedicated functionalities for mining operations help you get the most out of your process and equipment, and improve your overall productivity.

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Mine and extraction

Earth movers play an important role in mining operations, but many don’t have full visibility of the performance and health of critical assets.

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Mineral processing and metal refining

Today’s mines must process more complex ores due to declining ore grades and face complexities where production is disturbed by unexpected events.

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Material handling

Responsible for the movement, storage and blending of the materials across the mine, material handling connects the mine to the market.

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Utilities and supporting areas

From power distribution to compressor systems, these activities are key to support any mining activity and downtime can affect the entire operation.

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Mine-to-market integration

The information revolution created opportunity for mining companies to change their business but many are unable to use operations data to make decisions.

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Mining for the Future

Learn how technologies can help businesses and people be more efficient and safer.

Digitization in mining: the state of the industry
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Digitization in mining: the state of the industry

Where do you stand on your journey to digital transformation? See how you compare.

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Your workforce of the future
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Your workforce of the future

Is your workforce ready for digital transformation? Learn what companies are doing to prepare.

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View our Decision Making in the Mining Industry Infographic

Discover the challenges companies are facing as they look to use data to improve their decisions.

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Connect people to information: when they need it most
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Connect people to information: when they need it most

We can help you connect, manage, validate and optimize production.

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Digital transformation: why projects fail and best practices
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Digital transformation: why projects fail and best practices

How can you plan for rapid industry transformation? See what you can learn from past projects.

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Mining Automation Solution Case Studies
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Mining Automation Solution Case Studies

You, our customer, are most important to us. We listen, assess and respond to your needs, as these case studies will show.

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Across the world and in all areas of the mine, we've been helping mining companies. We have been able to help them reduce their costs while improving their operations.


What to Know About Automation in the Mining Industry

The mining industry is complex and evolving quickly, which has made it difficult for mining companies to keep up with fluctuating market demands while continuing to meet safety standards and remain compliant with all industry environmental regulations.

As a result, many mining companies have started adopting smart mining solutions to meet the rapidly shifting business landscape. These solutions are known as mining automation.

What is Automation in the Mining Industry?

Automated mining refers to the use of advanced equipment and digital technologies to bolster processes in the mining industry. Thanks to advancements in both robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), nearly every step of the wider mining process can be enhanced with automation in some form or another, from extraction and mineral processing to material handling and transportation.

Examples of Automated Mining SolutionsAutomated mining solutions can encompass a wide range of smart equipment and software that empower mining companies to remain competitive, weather market volatility, and meet all industry standards and regulatory requirements.

Automated mining equipment can include:

  • Loaders
  • Haulers
  • Dozers
  • Drilling rigs
  • Excavators
  • Trucks

In addition to enhancing physical processes with automated equipment, mining companies also need to incorporate digital solutions if they want to optimize efficiency across operations. Integrated digital systems provide end-to-end process visibility and allow for smarter decision-making at every step, from managing the supply chain to getting products to market.  

How Mining Automation Works

The automation of mining equipment works by incorporating robotics, smart software, GPS, and other advanced technologies into existing mining processes. Through a combination of these technologies, mine operators are able to control their equipment with limited human intervention.

Autonomous mining equipment can enable features such as:

  • Remote machine operation
  • Fully and semi-autonomous operation
  • Fleet tracking
  • Proximity detection

Benefits of Automation in the Mining Industry

When incorporated across mining processes, mining automation provides operators with a wide range of benefits. These include:

Risk Mitigation

Mining has historically been one of the more dangerous industries for its workers. While safety standards have helped to improve safety, as long as workers need to be present within a mine to operate equipment, there will always be some inherent risk. With automated mining solutions, many of the most dangerous processes can be completed remotely from the surface or with limited human interaction, helping to keep workers out of potentially dangerous situations.

Environmental Compliance

Another common problem for mine operators is ensuring regulatory compliance with environmental standards. With automated solutions, mine operators can limit human intervention to areas where it is strictly necessary. This can greatly reduce the chances of errors occurring, including errors that could lead to environmental issues. Furthermore, with end-to-end visibility, operators can identify processes where issues could arise and make any necessary adjustments.

Meet Fluctuating Market Demands

Market volatility has long created challenges for mine operators. Without end-to-end visibility, it becomes increasingly challenging to adjust operations to meet fluctuating demands. However, with automated mining solutions, operators gain full visibility over their operations, empowering them to make the requisite adjustments as needed.

Enhanced Operational Efficiency

Through automated equipment and software, mine operators can ensure their operations are moving as smoothly as possible. With end-to-end visibility, any bottlenecks or other inefficiencies can be detected and remedied.

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