Technology - USA (2021-03)

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NEWMONT

MAKING TECHNOLOGY

How the world’s leading gold miner is digitally

transforming to rethink the mining life cycle,

unlock productivity, improve safety, reduce costs

and support sustainability

PRODUCED BY:

GLEN WHITE

WRITTEN BY:

DAN BRIGHTMORE

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ewmont’s considered implementation

of technology is a key part of the

digital journey towards operational

efficiency and sustainability across its global

operations. Chief Information Officer, Luis

Canepari, is championing the company’s digital

transformation efforts as it seeks to embrace

automation and electrification.

Automation

“The era of manual processes in mining is over,”

states Canepari. “Blasting, drilling, hauling, the

processes at mills – all will become increasingly

automated over the next 20 years. Whether

we like it or not as an industry, that's where

we're going to have to go if we want to

remain competitive.”

The process of automation is well underway

at Newmont’s Boddington Mine in Australia,

which will be the first open pit gold mine in

the world with an autonomous haul truck fleet

(AHS). Boddington’s autonomous haulage

trucks feature rigorous safety controls to

reduce employee exposure to potential

vehicle interactions. Newmont is also executing

a robust people strategy at Boddington,

providing opportunities for reskilling and

redeployment of haul truck drivers to other

roles supporting the AHS.

Artificial Intelligence

“Artificial intelligence and predictive analytics

go hand-in-hand with automation,” adds

Canepari. “Access to data is key for our

Newmont:

THE FUTURE

OF MINING