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“ Technology companies can help not only collect information but to understand it and glean invaluable insights from it .”
This is where digital technologies based on open systems can ease the burden , ensuing everyone gets access to data they need when they need it , “ allowing them to get a far better insight when considering critical operational decisions that will impact ESG performance ”, he said .
Seequent believes it is well placed to deliver this , being focused on the development of technology that is open , connected and accessible .
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Eclipse Mining Technologies has followed a similar philosophy when developing its flagship SourceOne™ platform , which is able to connect data from different sources , while acting as a hub to store historical and contextual data . This renders it serviceable for analytics and for adoption of tools such as artificial intelligence and machine learning .
Brett Marsh , Eclipse ’ s Director of Platform Development , said SourceOne ’ s system integration and knowledge platform core helps mining companies with their ESG efforts through defining and managing their overall processes .
“ Ensuring that all employees and business units are aware of , follow and digitally prove compliance to those processes is challenging ,” he said . The SourceOne EKP System helps companies address this challenge by digitalising – and to a large extent automating – the work processes that companies will be changing to manage their carbon and physical footprints .
“ This will not only help with reporting to the certifying organisations , but it will also help the mining companies become more efficient overall ,” he said .
SourceOne ’ s collaboration capabilities – like Seequent ’ s – are reducing the need for workers to travel and be physically present on site as frequently as in the past .
“ Recently , Eclipse has digitalised the planning processes across engineering , operations , maintenance , safety and procurement to eliminate significant reliance on wasteful and inefficient paper-based forms and communication methods ,” Marsh added .
Another key element of the SourceOne system is that it allows mining organisations to become more efficient across their entire value chain by integrating operational performance , planning , sensor and supply chain data so they can reduce energy usage by optimising operational cycle times and planning their procurement and product deliveries more effectively .
More directly , Eclipse ’ s primary effort to help miners in the ESG space is to provide tangible
tools that span the value chain and enable them to proactively manage the tasks associated with their ESG efforts and , in particular , governance .
“ A primary development focus for SourceOne and a feature that is unique to mining and business , in general , is that all organisational processes and data stored within SourceOne are fully historised and auditable ,” Marsh said . “ This provides companies with a clear understanding of how they are performing against their standards and helps continuously improve their operating standards .
“ This auditability also enables rapid external disclosure , if required .”
Such visibility , transparency and accountability will enable mining companies to ensure the ESG goals and messages driven from the top are
Eclipse ’ s Brett Marsh says SourceOne ’ s system integration and knowledge platform core helps mining companies with their ESG efforts through defining and managing their overall processes
followed throughout the organisation , leading to them also complying with industry governance .
The ‘ why ’ behind your data acQuire ’ s focus has always been on geoscientific information management ( GIM ) solutions and , more and more , this software is coming into the ESG fold by allowing miners to use accurate data to mine complex deposits in a much smarter way .
These solutions , acQuire says , give miners the ability to develop resource models with greater precision , reducing waste and ensuring they are
acQuire says its geoscientific information management solutions give miners the ability to develop resource models with greater precision , reducing waste and ensuring they are mining natural resources more efficiently
International Mining | FEBRUARY 2022