Managing Mining risk with technology and "big data".

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Managing Mining risk with
technology and
“big data”
Location:
Presenter:
Investing in African
Mining Indaba 2018
William Joughin
(Chairman SRK, SA)

2. SRK CONSULTING - MINING INDABA 2018Source: World Risk Report 2017 (Mining Journal)
WHAT ARE THE TOP MINING RISKS?
Safety & Financial
Social License to Operate Environmental Geological
Financial
TOP
TEN

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WHAT IS TECHNOLOGY AND “BIG DATA”?
TECH
GIANTS

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HOW DOES SRK HELP YOU REDUCE RISK USING
TECHNOLOGY & “BIG DATA”?

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7 EXAMPLES OF RECENT TECHNOLOGIES SRK HAS USED TO
MANAGE MINING RISK
Risk Technologies Embraced / Developed
Safety (rockfall risk) Drones, photogrammetry and analysis
Environmental (water contamination) Web-based software for water management
Social licence to operate Survey app for social risk management
Environmental & safety (tailings storage facility failure) Mobile GIS data collection and analysis
Safety (rockburst risk) Seismic Risk Analysis Software
Geology & safety (resource and geotechnical risk) Mapping and Photogrammetry tools
Geology & safety (resource and geotechnical risk) Augmented reality (AR)
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Rory Bush
Des Mossop
SAFETY (ROCKFALL RISK)
DRONES, PHOTOGRAMMETRY AND ANALYSIS1

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ROCKFALL RISK MANAGEMENT USING PHOTOGRAMMETRY
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Xanthe Adams
Quicker reaction
times to avoid
contamination
WEB-BASED SOFTWARE
FOR WATER MANAGEMENT
ENVIRONMENTAL RISK
(WATER CONTAMINATION)
Metal
Management
Solutions
RISK
MANAGEMENT
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IDENTIFY HAZARDS & DESIGN MONITORING SYSTEM
RISK
MANAGEMENT

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CUSTOMISED WEB-BASED SOFTWARE FOR WATER MANAGEMENT

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HIGHLIGHT SOURCES OF CONTAMINATION IN REAL TIME

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• Quicker response times
• Customisation
• Dashboards
• Alert (Email & SMS)
• Transparency
• Excel uploads
• Version Control
• Auditability
Advantages
ALERTS & INTELLIGENT DASHBOARDS

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SOCIAL LICENSE
TO OPERATE
• Resettlement action planning and implementation
• Livelihoods restoration
• Stakeholder engagement
• Community development
Anita Bron
RISK
MANAGEMENT
SURVEY APP FOR SOCIAL
RISK MANAGEMENT3

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IT’S COMPLEX - DEVELOPING AN APP FOR MULTIPLE
INTERACTIONS
YESTERDAY’S TECHNOLOGY
TODAY’S
TECHNOLOGY

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HOW IT WORKS

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Whelan Naidoo
Ansu Louw
Collector
for ArnGIS
ENVIRONMENTAL AND SAFETY RISK
MOBILE GIS DATA COLLECTION & ANALYSIS
Tailings Storage Facility (TSF) Failure
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Collector for
ArcGIS

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Instant availability, geo-referencing of data, automated data handling, processing and reporting, good data verification
HOW WE COLLECT & MANAGE DATA ON A TSF
COLLECTOR
ArcGIS ONLINE
SRK ENGINEER
OPERATIONAL
MANAGEMENT

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HOW WE ANALYSE THE DATA

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SAFETY RISK (ROCKBURST RISK)
SEISMIC RISK ANALYSIS SOFTWARE
Tunnel damaged
by rockburst
Seismic Data
OPTIMISING MINING
LAYOUTS &
SUPPORT
Lindsay Linzer Philani Mpunzi
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Deep South
Average events per hour: 7
Average events per day: 172
Average events per year: 62 642
Recorded by:
21 Triaxial geophones
Num Events: 57767
Event Time Filters: 2017-01-01 00:00 - 2017-12-19 15:30
Active Filters: Time Slice - ...
Event Range Filter: Volumetric filter active:
100_105_Eland_Dyke.pmt
100_1BW_Destress_(18).pnt
100_2AW_Destress_(19).pnt … 34 more volumes
Blast Filter: Using Event Time Range Filter
WE CAN DEAL WITH LARGE QUANTITIES OF SEISMIC DATA

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VISUALISING THE VOLUME OF SEISMIC DATA
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SEEING SEISMIC HAZARDS IN EXCAVATIONS
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Kiruna | (LKAB, Sweden)
230 Uniaxial & triaxial geophones
Num Events: 1013681
Event Time Filters: 2017-01-01 00:00 - 2017-12-19 10:18
Active Filters: Time Slice - ...
Event Range Filter: Volumetric filter active: no range filters
Blast Filter: Using Event Time Range Filter
THE THOUGHT THAT WAS “BIG DATA”?

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Kiruna | (LKAB, Sweden)
… THIS IS BIG DATA
Average events per hour: 135
Average events per day: 3246
Average events per year: 1 184 757
Num Events: 1013681
Event Time Filters: 2017-01-01 00:00 - 2017-12-19 10:18
Active Filters: Time Slice - ...
Event Range Filter: Volumetric filter active: no range filters
Blast Filter: Using Event Time Range Filter
Lindsay Linzer

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GEOLOGY & SAFETY (RESOURCE & GEOTECHNICAL RISK)
MAPPING & PHOTOGRAMMETRY TOOLS
Rory Bush
Des Mossop
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HOW WE USE PHOTOGRAMMETRY
RESOURCE & GEOTECHNICAL

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GEOLOGY & SAFETY (RESOURCE & GEOTECHNICAL RISK)
MAPPING & PHOTOGRAMMETRY TOOLS
AUGMENTED REALITY
Wayne Barnett
Entertainment
Education
Engineering
Research
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HOW THIS COOL TECHNOLOGY CAN HELP MINES MANAGE RISK
Fully immersive 3D integration of data
GEOLOGIST
GEOLOGIST
GLASS ROCK

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SRK INNOVATORS
SRK
INNOVATORS

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SRK COLLABORATORS
SRK
COLLABORATORS

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