TOP 10

The five common maintenance approaches are : reactive , preventative , condition-based , predictive and prescriptive . Predictive maintenance advances the condition-based approach further by using model-based anomaly detection , incorporating the online collation of sensing data and data analytics to predict machine reliability .

Collecting data from IoT sensors helps mining companies understand the condition of every asset in real time , helping predict failure times and use conditionbased maintenance to reduce costs , increase utilisation and extend asset life .

Autonomous trucks introduced by some miners are technologypowered mining advances that have made workers safer while reducing fuel usage by 10-15 % - thus improving environmental performance by 13 % while making sites and local areas less hazardous .

In the year to May 2022 , the number of autonomous haul trucks in operation globally rose from 769 to 1,068 , according to GlobalData . Australia has the largest number of autonomous haul trucks in operations with 706 across 25 mines , while Caterpillar and Komatsu are the two main suppliers of autonomous vehicles , accounting for 86.5 % market share .

miningdigital . com 53