GMG guidelines are peer-reviewed, non-prescriptive documents that offer best practices, advise on the implementation and adoption of new technologies, or develop industry alignment. They are the product of industry-wide collaboration based on experience and lessons learned. The guidance aims to help identify key considerations, good practices, and questions to ask on the topic covered and enable operational improvements for safe, sustainable, and productive mines. Once the guideline is reviewed and accepted by the project group, working group members peer review and approve draft documents prior to their approval by the GMG Executive Council.
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A Standardized Time Classification Framework for Mobile Equipment in Surface Mining: Operational Definitions, Time Usage Model, and Key Performance Indicators
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Guideline for Applying Functional Safety to Autonomous Systems in Mining
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Guideline for Implementing Short Interval Control in Underground Mining Operations
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Guideline for the Implementation of Autonomous Systems in Mining
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Underground Mine Communications Infrastructure Guidelines Part III: General Guidelines
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Recommended Best Practices for Battery Electric Vehicles in Underground Mining – 2nd Edition
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Underground Mine Communications Infrastructure Guidelines Part II: Scenarios and Applications
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Underground Communications Infrastructure Guidelines Part I: Positioning and Needs Analysis
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Morrell Method for Determining Comminution Circuit Specific Energy and Assessing Energy Utilization Efficiency of Existing Circuits
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Methods to Survey and Sample Grinding Circuits for Determining Energy Efficiency
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Mobile Equipment Open Data Consensus Guideline
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Determining the Bond Efficiency of Industrial Grinding Circuits
GMG white papers are educational documents that provide broad knowledge and identify further reading on a topic that is new to or not well-understood in the industry. These documents are reviewed throughout development and editing but do not undergo the working group review and voting process as guidelines do.
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System Safety for Autonomous Mining
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Foundations of AI: A Framework for AI in Mining
GMG case studies aim to share knowledge and experience and provide examples for the benefit of the broader industry.
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Transition From Haulage Technicians to Autonomous Controllers at Vale
Autonomous Mining Skills Migration Case Study Library
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Lessons Learned When Workforce Reduction was a Factor in Migrating Truck Drivers to Autonomous Fleets
Autonomous Mining Skills Migration Case Study Library
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Rio Tinto’s Experience with Automation Improving Safety for Employees and Creating Value
Autonomous Mining Skills Migration Case Study Library
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Skills Migration for Remote Drill Operators
Autonomous Mining Skills Migration Case Study Library
GMG landscapes are reviews of ongoing related work by other organizations. These aim to provide the industry with an idea of what exists while also preventing duplication of effort. They can also supplement other GMG publications by providing a resource for the industry to find related work.
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Landscape of Open Data Sets and Platforms
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Landscape of Interoperability Initiatives in Mining
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Mine Tailings Landscape: A Review of Guidelines, Initiatives, and Standards
GMG reports include outcomes of in-depth outreach, industry research, and events that are used to inform the priorities for collaboration and developing industry guidance.
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Interoperability Definition and Guiding Principles for the Mining Industry Report
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Mobile Equipment Open Data: Report on Industry Challenges and Next Steps
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Mining Industry 2021 Vision: Achieving Key Goals Through Collaboration (Nov-Dec 2020 Leadership Summit)
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Operationalizing Sustainability (Nov-Dec 2020 Leadership Summit)
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Mineral Processing Working Group Survey Results Report
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Mining Response to COVID-19: Achieving the Impossible through Collaboration (Jun 2020 Leadership Summit)
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Electric Mine Operational Knowledge Sharing Platform Summary of Survey Results and Workshop Outcomes Report
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Building a Better Future of Mining: Strategies for Today’s Burning Issues (Nov 2019 Leadership Summit)
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Open Mining Format (OMF) Survey Results Report
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3D Data Exchange Report
Webinars and presentations by industry experts available on the GMG YouTube channel.
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Knowledge Share: Robotics Employment Opportunities
Presenter: Dr. Elliot Duff, Robotics Research Portfolio Manager at CSIRO
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Webinar recording: Value and Opportunities of IoT and Location Interoperability
Presenter: Steve Liang, Founder and CTO, SensorUp
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Webinar Recording: Data Exchange – OPC UA a Common Language for Mining
Presenter: Tobias Hartmann, Jörn Lehmann and Fiona Mavroudis – VDMA
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Online Event Recording: COVID-19 – Finding a Safe Path to Sustainable Operational Stability… and Beyond
Presenter: Anders Fredholm, David Dickson and David Haake, IBM
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Online Event Recording: Digitalization of Mining – an African Case Study
Presenter: David Osborn, Managing Director for Dassault Systemès South Africa
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Workshop Recording: From Idea to Product | The Application of AI Algorithms in Mining
Presenter: Louis-Pierre Campeau - Team Leader, AI at Newtrax
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Workshop Recording: Developing Open Data Sets for AI in Mining
Presenter: Rob Johnston - Project Manager at CITIC Pacific Mining
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Webinar Recording: Foundations of AI in Mining
Presenter: Rob Johnston, Project Manager at CITIC Pacific Mining
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Webinar Recording: Global Tailings Review
Presenter: Tom Butler, CEO, ICMM
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Webinar Recording: Interoperability Strategy
Presenter: Andrew Scott, Symbiotic Innovations and GMG Vice-Chair Working Groups
Reports from over the years on GMG activities as a whole.
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November 2021 Member Report
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December 2020 Corporate Member Report
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April 2020 Corporate Member Report
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April 2019 Corporate Member Report
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December 2018 Corporate Member Report
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September 2018 Corporate Member Report
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April 2018 Corporate Member Report
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January 2018 Corporate Member Report
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September 2017 Corporate Member Report
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March 2017 Corporate Member Report
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August 2016 Corporate Member Report
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Annual report 2013
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Annual report 2012
Publications produced by GMG partner organizations or in partnership with other organizations.
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Advancing Employee Engagement in Mining
Insights from the 2019 MECA Symposium
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Pilot Test Guidelines for Wireless Networks for Open Pit Mining
Guideline by Interop
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Wireless Communication Guidelines for Open Pit Mining
Guideline by Interop
These publications are no longer considered up to date but can be relevant references and captures of past work.
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COVID-19 Response & Return to Work Portal
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Interoperability Alignment Report
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Underground Working Group Stakeholder Survey Results Report
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From theory to practice: Designing for situation awareness to transform shovel operator interfaces, reduce costs, and increase safety
This paper first appeared in CIM Journal Vol. 4 No. 4. Visit cim.org (https://www.cim.org/library/cim-technical-paper-library) to search the entire archive of CIM Journal.
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MSGC Shovel Project Final Report
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SMART Shovel Project Overview
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Mobile Mining Equipment Telemetry Survey Report
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SMART Mobile Equipment Telemetry Survey
