TAILINGS DAM MONITORING
Carr highlights that Inmarsat has been working with the mining industry since its inception in the 70s . “ We continue to be its leading provider of global mobile satellite connectivity . So , it doesn ' t matter where you go , you can take a phone and the internet with you and you have access to those comms , whether you ' re in Africa , South America , the CIS region or a remote part of Australia . This really is the core founding principle of how Inmarsat started .”
TAILINGS DAM MONITORING
Carr ’ s role is to build on Inmarsat ’ s expertise with communications and develop new offerings such as the company ’ s award-winning tailings dam monitoring solution . “ That grew out of a conversation with our engineers when we asked , ‘ How can we do this better ?’” he recalls .
“ It links back to Inmarsat ' s heritage in terms of safety . We looked at it as a problem we could solve and with our safety mandate it was a project close to our hearts . We wanted to build an innovative solution that allowed companies to better monitor their tailings
facilities . My role as Director of Mining Innovation is to identify ideas like this and then find other digital systems and solutions that companies need . We work with both OEMs and mining companies to develop new technologies and solutions inside the industry .”
Following the tragic events in Brumadinho in Brazil last year , Carr believes it ’ s more important than ever to address the issue of monitoring tailings dams across the world in real time . “ Taking readings manually is not efficient ,” he notes . “ If we want to know what ' s happening on the dam , it ' s easier to get on a plane and fly there than it is to try and get the information
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