DUNDEE PRECIOUS METALS
86
“ CHELOPECH IS A FANTASTIC CASE STUDY WHEREBY TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL TRANSFORMATIONS OCCURRED SIMULTANEOUSLY . IT IS A TRUE TESTAMENT THAT TECHNOLOGY AND TECHNICAL PROWESS CAN BE IMPLEMENTED SUCCESSFULLY IN MINING ”
— Theophile Yameogo , VP of Digital Innovation .
“ Chelopech is a fantastic case study whereby technical and technological transformations occurred simultaneously ,” says Theophile Yameogo , VP of Digital Innovation . “ It is a true testament that technology and technical prowess can be implemented successfully in mining .”
With technology evolving at such an immense rate , so too must companies such as Dundee Precious Metals . As the company looks to the future of technology in mining through artificial intelligence , machine learning and the Industrial Internet of Things ( IIoT ), it can do so based on the solid foundation of what it has achieved at Chelopech .
“ Technology is a never-ending human endeavour . So is our work at Chelopech ,” says Yameogo . “ As a company we will always build on our past successes to enable and drive new realities and accomplishments .”
But as both Lindsay and Hristov stress , digitisation is all well and good but means nothing without an operational model that can enable and unlock the true value of technology .
“ We have spent a lot of time developing a very structured , disciplined operating model that defines how we do our business ,” says Hristov . “ It ’ s easy to say we will digitalise but what does that mean ? You need to have an underlying process in place .”
SEPTEMBER 2018