Mining of the Future
This is what the future of mining looks like. A mining automation concept vehicle from Sandvik gives a unique and real hands-on preview of how the latest technologies can make the mining industry more safe, efficient and sustainable.
Cabinless, electrified and automated. Without human interaction, a concept vehicle from Sandvik with an Automine® mining automation solution can navigate through the rough and changing conditions of underground mining tunnels. It can read the environment in 3D, create a model of the environment and plan its own missions – while the miners monitor the machine operations from the comfort and safety of a control room that can be located hundreds of miles away.
“Automation, digitalization and electrification will form the future of mining,” predicts Jarkko Ruokojärvi, Director of Automation Global Business Development and Marketing at Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions. “New technologies provide new opportunities to increase safety and productivity and make the operations more sustainable.”