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How Lihir Island, one of the world’ s largest gold mines, adopted a private cellular network to meet stringent mining demands for performance, availability and agility.
A journey to cellular and the safer, smarter, more sustainable mine
Predictable, high-capacity connectivity is fundamental for smart mining, but was simply not achievable with Wi-Fi.
Newmont, the world’ s leading gold company, partnered with Ericsson to create a private 5G cellular network architecture to support its smartmining plans across multiple sites.
Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea, one of the world’ s largest gold mines, is a showcase for this initiative.
Ericsson’ s cellular network architecture supports more remotely controlled machines, autonomous vehicles and intelligent applications, helping Newmont increase production efficiency and safety, improve business performance and maximize its technology investments.
Smart mining enhances safety and optimizes operations
Newmont’ s approach to mining includes using advanced technology to increase automation for improved safety and productivity.
The smart-mining strategy includes an array of current and future technologies and intelligent applications such as:
• Remote-controlled and autonomous drills, haulers, and excavators
• Smart fleet management and collision avoidance systems
• Automated structural and environmental monitoring systems
• Preventative and predictive maintenance solutions
• AI, ML and video analytics solutions
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