GMG's recommended best practices for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) in underground mining were referred to in International Mining's recent article as a useful resource for developing standardized system for Vale's Creighton nickel mine, which aims to lower operating costs and improve environmental conditions for its personnel. Read...
COVID-19 has changed the mining reality forever, as we now need to adapt to virtual teams, new safety measures and changes in our business model and strategy. On March 24th, GMG facilitated an interactive online event on ‘The Future of Workplace’ to understand the future...
The mining industry is searching for solutions to the same challenge that many other industries are facing right now: how to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels. While the industry has seen some great progress in eliminating diesel from underground mines, there are still many...
GMG Chair Michelle Ash was featured in Australia's Mining Monthly, speaking to how mining's future of fully integrated operations starting with strong understanding of the orebody and running right through the value chain may be a lot closer than some think...
GMG guidelines were recently referred to in Mining-Technology.com's recent article as a useful resource for mining companies like Normet to learn about and adopt best practices in underground communication and data transfer. Read the full article here: https://www.mining-technology.com/future-of-mining/digitalisation-in-mines-the-future-of-connectivity-in-the-mining-industry GMG guidelines are peer-reviewed documents that offer best practices,...
At the end of 2019, Tim Skinner, President of SMART Systems Group and leader in the foundation of GMG, retired from his role as Vice-Chair, International Standards. Tim has been instrumental to GMG over the years and has been a strong voice for collaboration and...
The GMG Electric Mine Working Group, launched last Fall, is gearing up to launch its first projects. A project on electric equipment tracking would capture key learnings and KPIs and enable the development of case studies. The output would be a platform that takes a...
Asset location tracking systems – for physical assets as well as personnel – have great potential to enhance value and improve safety and productivity. However, underground mines have additional challenges in this area due to the lack of GPS. The GMG Underground Mine Communications Infrastructure...
Some of the pioneers of autonomous mining – including two of the very few operations running autonomous fleets at their sites, Imperial Oil and Roy Hill – will share their experiences at the GMG Implementing Autonomous systems short course...
An essential part of developing a business case for implementing autonomous systems in mining is to ask: how will this affect our social license to operate? This immense change will affect the workforce and the surrounding community. This important consideration is a thread throughout the...
While regulations are essential to a safe and productive mining operation, there are significant challenges in their development, especially as technologies advance at a rapid pace. Panellists at the GMG-CIM Edmonton Forum discussed these challenges, the importance and the relationship between standards and guidelines...
The Surface Mining Equipment Owners Group launched at the GMG-CIM Edmonton forum in October. This group aims to continue the collaboration of the Surface Mining Association for Research and Technology (SMART), a group dedicated to maximizing the value of assets through increased safety, equipment performance...
Inmarsat strengthens commitment to mining sector in joining Global Mining Guidelines Group New leadership position will increase Inmarsat’s contribution to environmental and safety guidelines Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, today announced that it has joined the Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG), an...
The Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG) has just launched two new working groups on cybersecurity and the electric mine to create safe and sustainable mines of the future. Cybersecurity Working Group The Cybersecurity Working Group aims to help mining stakeholders as they look to design safe, secure, reliable...
GMG has published Foundations of AI: A Framework for AI in Mining – a white paper that offers an overview of the process of planning for and implementing artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for mining companies. AI-based innovation is being used increasingly in the mining industry as...