The Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG) has published a revision of Methods to Survey and Sample Circuits for Determining Energy Efficiency, which was originally published in 2013. This guideline aims to provide tools for practitioners to measure the energy efficiency of comminution circuits using standardized metrics. Additionally, it...
Prácticas recomendadas que permiten la incorporación de vehículos eléctricos a batería en la minería. Las empresas mineras mencionan diferentes razones para enfocarse en la incorporación de vehículos eléctricos a batería (BEV) en sus operaciones, entre ellas los objetivos corporativos de reducción de carbono o la habilitación de...
GMG is looking to define AI priorities and understand AI capacity in the industry. Our Artificial Intelligence (AI) Working Group Steering Committee will use your responses to support its strategy's development and better understand industry needs and priorities in this space, so that we can deliver...
December 16, 2021 The Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG) has published a revision of The Morrell Method to Determine the Efficiency of Industrial Grinding Circuits, which was originally published in 2016. This guideline provides readers with a practical and condensed version of the Morrell method, which is well known and widely applied in...
December 16, 2021 Resistance does matter. Ask any metallurgist what can tip the balance between profit and loss, and they’ll tell you it often comes down to the rock – the cost of crushing that rock. Determining the Bond Efficiency of Industrial Grinding Circuits describes the Bond method for quantifying and comparing the...
A cybersecurity-led panel discussion at the MM-ISAC Annual Conference in December 2021 provided some useful approaches and tips for companies to consider when working to prevent attacks and train their workforce to respond when attacks to happen. The discussions resulted in the agreement that cybersecurity...
December 15, 2021 The Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG) has published the Monitoring the Heartbeat of Mining and Metals Production artificial intelligence case study, submitted by Endress+Hauser. Kanmantoo Copper Mine, owned by Hillgrove Resources in South Australia, used smart sensor technology to increase production potential by raising ROM bin...
The Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG) has published System Safety for Autonomous Mining White Paper. This white paper aims to provide a comprehensive view of the need for a system safety approach for mining companies deploying and using autonomous systems....
During the February 9th 2021 GMG Mineral Processing Virtual Forum, collaboration focused on topics within mineral processing to help defining the key needs for industry collaboration as well as existing work and resources. GMG is in the processes of defining proposed projects in these areas,...
The GMG Asset Management Event on January 21st focused on providing an update on the activities of ISO TC 251 standard, as well as providing an overview of the GMG Asset Management Working Group's priorities as they currently stand. During the workshop, discussion topics focused...
GMG members have expressed interest in benchmarking – an advanced method of performance improvement that requires operations to have an understanding of current performance and an eye to continuous improvement. Comparing your performance metrics against those of industry leaders gives you insight into best practices...
During the Asset Management Virtual Forum, workshop discussions focused on the current issues affecting mobile mining equipment and performance, as well as some potential solutions. The outcomes from the brainstorming session will contribute to defining future collaboration priorities for the GMG Asset Management working group. Click...
During the workshop portion of the Intelligent Underground Mining virtual forum, participants focused in on priorities and challenges within underground mining operations through the lens of potential future projects and initiative on which GMG could focus collaboration efforts. Click below to view the workshop outcomes. ...
As the version 1 of the Implementation of Autonomous Systems guideline focused more on haulage, there is an opportunity within the current GMG project to develop a version 2 of the guideline to include guidance specific to implementing autonomous drills. During this virtual forum’s workshop...
At the GMG Autonomous Mining Virtual Forum, workshop questions focused on the full lifecycle costs for implementing autonomous systems in mining operations, the immediate, ongoing, and future community impacts, as well as potential solutions. The ideas contributed by participants will be sent to the Implementation...