MINING NETWORKS & CONNECTIVITY
Gerais, Brazil. The document also provides for
social responsibility actions in the region. Block 8
will produce 27.5 Mt/y (dry basis) of 66.2% Fe iron
ore pellets.
According to Jin Yongshi, CEO of SAM, the
company has directed all its efforts to create an
extremely safe mining project and one of the
possible solutions is unmanned mining by
implementing an autonomous or remotely
operated mine. “Today there are already trucks
and autonomous drilling machines and some
other equipment necessary for the mining
operation can be controlled remotely. However, we
will need to integrate huge autonomous trucks
and remote control equipment into a network
system. It will be necessary for huge machines to
communicate with the command centre, efficiently
with low latency and operate safely in a single pit.
Compared to the 4G network, 5G has the
advantage of much higher speed and bandwidth
and much lower latency (data slowness). This type
of fast, reliable and real-time network can break
the bottleneck of today’s autonomous
operations.” The company has stated it intends to
use unmanned trucks, drill rigs and excavators.
Rajant on providing the network which
mining operators crave
Sagar Chandra, VP of Sales – Americas for wireless
mesh major Rajant Corporation points out that
mining landscapes are amongst the most
If a path becomes blocked or broken by
interference, the Rajant network can redirect
traffic accordingly to ensure operations never
slow down or seize
dangerous on earth, and installing and
maintaining communications infrastructure is
particularly challenging in these locations.
“Despite this, both open-pit and underground
mines are beginning to reap the benefits of using
communications technology to deliver efficiency
savings, to protect valuable assets better, and to
enhance worker safety. In dynamic environments,
unfailing connectivity is vital to keep operations
running smoothly, to monitor and track
applications in real-time, and to prevent the risk of
unfortunate and often catastrophic downtime.”
He argues that having
access to real-time
visibility of personnel
and equipment will
ensure that the security
and safety of the
workforce is maximised.
“With enhanced realtime
visibility and
improved situational
awareness, operators
can track workers across
the site, prevent them
from entering dangerous
areas, and
fundamentally improve their wellbeing. This will
also significantly help reduce the underlying risk
of incidents.”
In addition to personnel, equipment and
vehicles are also constantly on the move across a
vast environment and keeping track and
monitoring assets can prove problematic.
“Operators should be wise to utilise personnel
and asset tracking technology which robust
connectivity can accommodate. With the
introduction of IIoT and the considerable benefits
which it enables, equipment fleets can be
equipped with wireless technology and sensors to
stream real-time data directly to the operation
centre. For example, mining vehicles such as haul
trucks and shovels have hundreds of conditioned
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