Oz Minerals uses Hovermap in many ways to capture data in areas that were not previously accessible to improve the efficiency and decision-making of their engineers.
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Mining companies want to maintain a safe working environment. Well designed and maintained haul roads are the key to minimising costs and improving productivity.
Maptek sensing systems are extremely safe and easy to use, collecting mining or large civil project data and feeding results and reports to downstream consumers.
In December 2019, Rio Tinto engaged MineLiDAR to trial Hovermap for convergence monitoring at its Argyle Diamond Mine, in Western Australia.
A new e-book has been published by Hexagon outlining the benefits of combined radar and geodetic monitoring.
Emesent and Datamine have partnered to enable geotechnical structure mapping in stopes and other inaccessible areas.
SMIC News Issue 64 - May 2021 including info on the 173rd General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Surveying & SIS Traineeships, and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
Preservation of Survey Infrastructure (POSI) applications will soon be directed to contact Survey Operations through the new DCS Spatial Services user-friendly Customer Hub.
In the mid 1970s, geologist Bob Johnson opened a small bureau service above a row of shops in suburban Sydney, NSW, to computerise coal seam drafting. That venture was the precursor to Maptek, which today develops, sells and supports innovative mining solutions to more than 20,000 users worldwide.
SMIC News Issue 63 - February 2021 including info on the 172nd General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Surveying & SIS Traineeships, and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
In 2019 Fyfe was approached iby a long-standing client to assist with the planning and reporting for a proposed State Significant Development (SSD). The project required characterisation of over 4,000 structures and buildings (SB) covering an area approximately 20kms x 22kms.
Mungari Gold operation replaced its CMS with Hovermap, and captured rich stope data sets that help improve stope design and reconciliation.
On 17 May, 2020, the LKAB Kiruna Mine in Sweden experienced a seismic event that resulted in significant fall of ground, deep within the site. The iron-ore mine was immediately closed and mine managers began determining how best to assess the damage.
SMIC News Issue 62 - December 2020 including info on the 171st General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Surveying & SIS Traineeships, and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
SMIC News Issue 61 - August 2020 including info on the 32nd AGM and 170th General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Surveying & SIS Traineeships, and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
SMIC News Issue 60 - April 2020 including info on the 169th General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Surveying & SIS Traineeships, and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
SMIC News Issue 59 - Feb 2020 including info on the 168th General Meeting, Upcoming Events, Industry Reports, Surveying Education Reports, Global Surveyors Day, Surveying & SIS Traineeships, and the SMIC Training & Scholarship Program.
The volume of tailings release due to dam failure has been trending upwards since the 1970s with quantities of material released reaching an average of over three million cubic meters per failure since 2010.
Garry MacPhail, Geospatial Executive Manager for Position Partners, reflects on technology evolution in the last two decades and its effect on the survey profession today and beyond.
According to Safe Work Australia, the mining industry has seen a 51% increase in the number of serious claims for disease and injury between 2000-01 and 2013-14. Proximity detection and collision awareness systems are the kind of safe guards that mine operators can implement to reduce accidents, keep track of machine movements and mitigate risk across the site.
- SMIC News - December 2019
- AIMS Extends "A Life Without Limits" Program Support
- AIMS Presents at Otago University School of Surveying
- SMIC News - August 2019
- AIMS/RMIT Scholarship Awarded
- SMIC News - April 2019
- Latest Deswik module creates survey solids from scan data in no time
- SMIC News - March 2019
- BOSSI Statistical Review
- AIMS Invited to WHS (Mines) Regulations Workshops
- Compnet v3.1 Released
- AIMS Supports STEM Students at Moranbah QLD
- AAM Partners with Indigenous Wumara Group
- Trig Station Tribute to Peter Buffier
- SBQ Communique March 2018
- AIMS Scholar Jhobie Verdejo Graduates
- SMIC News - Nov 2017
- Satellite Based Augmentation System test-bed project
- Inaugural diversity scholarship recipient announced in support of women in mining
- SMIC News - August 2017
