Haydn Roberts , CEO of mining technology company MST Global , reveals the integrated , platform approach futureproofing mines worldwide

M ining technology firm MST Global can trace its origins back some 30 years to an urgent need for improved communications in a mining setting . Inspired by a tragic mining disaster at Moura colliery , the company was involved in pioneering a form of through-the-earth communication known as PED . “ It provided the ability to communicate through the rock and send a one way message to trapped miners ,” says CEO Haydn Roberts . “ From there the company started out of Sydney and grew into offering other types of technologies and solutions , all focused around underground coal and hard rock mining linked to voice or data communications and the tracking of people . We ’ ve really built a whole digital ecosystem around that initial offering .”