Global Mining Guidelines Group

  • Assessing Industry Needs: Benchmarking of Underground and Surface Mining Operations Initiative

    January 18, 2021

    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…

  • Intelligent Underground Mining Forum Workshop Outcomes

    December 18, 2020

    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.

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    Between the Guidelines: Location Tracking Technologies

    February 17, 2020

    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 Guidelines Part III: General Guidelines provides a high-level overview of why these tracking technologies are valuable…

  • GMG Project Location Tracking

    Emerging topic: Location Tracking

    November 8, 2019

    Location tracking has emerged as a potential new project for the Underground Mining Working Group. Systems for tracking, locating and monitoring the activity of people and things have many potential benefits because they improve situation awareness and lead to safer, more productive and more efficient…

  • Publication: Guideline for Implementing Short Interval Control in Underground Mining Operations

    June 6, 2019

    The Global Mining Guidelines Group (GMG) has published the Guideline for Implementing Short Interval Control in Underground Mining Operations. Short interval control (SIC) is a structured system in which data from mining processes are periodically reviewed and action is taken in response to them. This guideline provides…

  • Publication: Underground Mine Communications Infrastructure Guidelines, Part III: General Guidelines

    March 16, 2019

    GMG has published the third part of the Underground Mine Communications Infrastructure guideline suite: Underground Mine Communications Infrastructure Guidelines, Part III: General Guidelines. This document provides the reader with an overview of the planning and design recommendations for underground communications development, some best practices used…

  • Publication: Guideline for the Recommended Practices for Battery Electric Vehicles in the Underground, V.2

    November 5, 2018

    The much-awaited second edition of the Recommended Practices for Battery Electric Vehicles in the Underground guideline is here. GMG, in partnership with Canada Mining Innovation Council (CMIC), has published the much-awaited second version of their Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) guideline. The BEVs Guideline aims to…

  • GMG Battery Electric Vehicles Guideline V2 Final Review

    September 18, 2018

    Final reviews of Version 2 of the GMG Battery Electric Vehicles Guideline are underway. Find out what’s new in this version here. Want to participate in the review? Email here.

  • New Article on Recommended Practices for Battery Electric Vehicles

    January 10, 2018

    Industry partner AusIMM has recently published an article by GMSG on the recommended practices for battery electric vehicles (BEVs) in an underground environment, calling the guideline “a key tool for the resources industry”. The article details the opportunity mining companies have to move away from…

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