MINE DATA BEFORE ORE: HARNESSING MINING DATA TO IMPROVE MINE PERFORMANCE

8th International Scientific Conference - SGEM2008, www.sgem.org, SGEM2008 Conference Proceedings/ ISBN: 954-918181-2, June 16-20, 2008, Vol. 1, 3-10 pp

ABSTRACT

One of the most difficult challenges is to produce intelligent, actionable information on
operational performance, resources, and reserves when the supporting data is scattered
across the mine operation or even geographically dispersed. The problem is that
traditional approaches to using data in the mining industry is not capable of delivering
the right information to the right people, at the right time, and in the form they need. A
number of external forces, however, are exerting pressure on mining companies today to
leverage this information more effectively. Using standards based databases mine
operations can seek to control cost, to comply with international regulatory statutes, to
be able to overcome the shortage of skilled mining professionals by automating work
flows and establishing best practices, and to ultimately maximize long-term
profitability. The paper seeks to illustrate these issues and how some mine operations
have addressed them.

Keywords: Databases, Data Integrity, Information Systems