world via the vendors .” Kinross is partnered with Cisco , described by Alemán as “ among the best in the market ” when it comes to networking . “ All our main station network , our business network , is on Cisco . At Tasiast we are completing the migration for everything involving our WiFi infrastructure to Cisco ’ s industrial networks and we ’ re very happy with the process .” He stresses the choices made with innovations should be site specific , based on studying the weaknesses of your operations and weighing those against the opportunities to add value and should be made before committing to any hardware / software purchases . “ Mining is a complicated industry ,” he concedes . “ At the end of the day , the objective with things like automation and driverless trucks is to remove people from dangerous areas .” The result at Tasiast is a challenge for Alemán ’ s team in managing the workarounds required for a mix of technologies that may lack standardisation when it comes to communication protocols , but will offer significant advances for Kinross in its most remote operations .
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