When we think malware or ransomware, we tend to think about dollars rather than human lives or safety. We tend to imagine the worst that can happen is a loss of money. Researchers recently found...
Category - EMERGING ISSUES IN MINING SAFETY
Covers emerging issues in mining health and safety
Of all the technology developed over mining’s history for safety, and even more specifically the safety of workers performing tasks around heavy machinery on an everyday basis, one of the most recent...
Researchers have identified a critical cyber risk in a variable frequency drive controller that may be used in production and processing facilities at mining sites. The risk highlights potential...
Rio Tinto has joined the list of the worlds most innovative companies according to leading consulting company Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Through Rio Tinto’s strategic focus on AI platforms...
The safety revelations surrounding the recent Boeing 737 Max crashes should make us stop and take a good hard look at whether available safety critical technology should be an option on many pieces...
There’s a range of discussions starting to occur across the mining industry on ethics and artificial intelligence. The need to determine risk-based protocols for machine decision making is fast...
SPONSORED A Global engineering provider says that robotics and artificial intelligence will shape the future of mining globally. David Rudge, Hatch’s Global Director, Engineered Equipment: “Each day...
It wasn’t a great week at Whitehaven Coal’s Maules Creek mine last week when two vehicle incidents occurred on consecutive days. A collision incident and a fire incident. According to available...
A mining artificial intelligence group has been launched in Australia with a view to examining the applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in mining. The Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG)...
Rio Tinto has approved a $US2.6 billion ($3.5 billion) investment in the Koodaideri iron ore hub in the Pilbara in Western Australia. The Koodaideri project, 35 kilometres from Rio’s Yandicoogina...
Automation and robots will make work safer and reduce workplace injury in Australia over the next 20 years, as revealed in a joint study by Safe Work Australia and CSIRO’s data innovation group...
Everyone has the right to feel physically and emotionally safe in a workplace culture, and workers aren’t the only ones that benefit from a stable environment, Mental Illness Fellowship of...
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