Underground Automation

Underground mining productivity and safety continue to hover in the historical trends and below. Even though automation technologies have been used in pockets around the industry for over 20 years, it

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Project Location
Canada (Virual)

Business Case

  • Underground Automation has been identified as a transformational opportunity to break the current paradigm of the conventional drill and blast mining platform processes
  • Automation is also aligned with the strategic thrust for electrification of mines and the move away from diesel equipment
  • The implementation of these technologies supports the shift to continuous mining models and may enable lower-grade deposits to be mined through better project economics
  • Automation further enables the deployment of other transformative platform technologies, such as sensor-based ore sorting closer to the face and continuous haulage, more readily
    • Project Timeline
  • Ongoing

    • Expected Outcomes

  • This first phase will broaden industry learning about the implementation of underground automation
  • De-risk the implementation of technology and future integrated system elements at the Project Participants’ sites
  • Develop a technology implementation approach that is repeatable and will be used in the future by the Project Participants
  • Stimulate additional collaboration between companies and the greater ecosystem partners
  • Foster relationships and sharing to support all participants’ implementation roadmaps and execution plans
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