Slide 1: Mine Gold. Create Value.
For personal use only Mine Gold. Create Value. Austmine 2019 Mining Innovation Conference Presentation John Welborn | Managing Director & CEO 1
Slide 2: Quote on innovative ways of mining
For personal use only “I want to find a bold and innovative way to do things the same way its been done for the last 25 years.” 2
Slide 3: Syama Automation Project: Mining Smarter with Advanced Technology
Syama Automation Project Mining Smarter with Advanced Technology For personal use only 3
Slide 4: Syama Automation Project: Major components
Syama Automation Project Major components For personal use only PHASE 1: MINE DIGITALISATION PHASE 1 Capability delivers the completed control room with connection to the underground wireless network and Mine-wide the ability to schedule, control and monitor MANUAL Wireless Network underground activ
Slide 5: Control Room + Network + OptiMine = Efficiency
Syama Automation Project Phase 1 For personal use only Control Room + Network + OptiMine = Efficiency • Visualisation of mine and fleet (equipped with tracking units) Both declines, and the 1105 and 1130 • Efficiency gains for production fleet production levels will be connected • Production gains f
Slide 6: Automated Haulage Loop - The Main Game
Syama Automation Project Phase 2 For personal use only Automated Haulage Loop - The Main Game • The Automated Haulage Loop is the “Main Game” in terms of Syama’s delivered benefit from innovation. • It gives us the ability to haul ore 24 hours a day / 7 days a week. • Traffic is managed by a central
Slide 7: Automated Haulage Loop - The Main Game
Syama Automation Project Phase 2 For personal use only Automated Haulage Loop - The Main Game 3. Boxcut & ROM The Automated Haulage Loop Consists of three sections: 1. Haulage Level – This is where the autonomous 2. Auto Decline trucks are loaded underground by the remotely operated LHDs. The ore is
Slide 8: YOU'RE CRAZY!
For personal use only YOU’RE CRAZY! Why would anyone try to implement the world’s most complex underground mining production automation system in West Africa? 8
Slide 9: Automation: Efficiency, Productivity, Safety, People
The drivers for automation For personal use only Efficiency Productivity Safety People 9
Slide 10: Safety
The drivers for automation: Safety For personal use only Underground mines present a number of hazards – particularly where there is not a high level of experience. To keep our people safe we will need to limit exposure to hazards: 1. Ground Failure 2. Mud / Fines Rush 3. Vehicle Interactions 4. Who
Slide 11: Safety: The past
The drivers for automation: Safety The past For personal use only Our Mission is to identify those things we are doing now that people will look back at in 20 years and ask: “How did we allow that to happen?” 11
Slide 12: Safety: The past: Engineered control
The drivers for automation: Safety The past: Engineered control For personal use only • Hazard and personnel still in close proximity • Failure of the control leads to the human and hazard in the same place at the same time Cage the hazard Cage the Human 12
Slide 13: Safety: Moving forward: Out of harm's way
The drivers for automation: Safety Moving forward: Out of harm’s way For personal use only 13
Slide 14: Safety: Moving forward: Out of harm's way
The drivers for automation: Safety Moving forward: Out of harm’s way For personal use only Dr. Joe Cronin Resolute’s Automation Project Manager 14
Slide 15: Dr. Joe Cronin, Automation Project Manager
For personal use only Dr. Joe Cronin Resolute’s Automation Project Manager 15
Slide 16: Safety: The Future: Operators separated from the level
The drivers for automation: Safety The Future: Operators separated from the level For personal use only 16
Slide 17: Efficiency
The drivers for automation: Efficiency For personal use only Increasing operational efficiency by: 1. The ability to control production at a reliable rate. 2. The ability to optimise the production process 3. Real-Time compliance data The ability to feed back real-time data for closed-loop process 4
Slide 18: Productivity
The drivers for automation: Productivity For personal use only Higher production rates and greater recovery from: The ability for higher throughput at a greater 1. rate of recovery when operating at optimum parameters The ability to optimise return over a longer 2. period (full production over shift
Slide 19: Productivity
The drivers for automation: Productivity For personal use only • Underground productivity is highly variable and dependent on decisions made by personnel and supervisors • Situational awareness, the ability to communicate and real-time feedback are essential for success 19
Slide 20: Moving to real-time feedback
The drivers for automation: Productivity Moving to real-time feedback For personal use only We can look back to see how many Green and Red days we have had, but we don’t know WHY! We need to ask; How are we going right now? What do we need to do to make this day a Green day. “There’s a reason the re
Slide 21: Moving from open loop to closed loop control
The drivers for automation: Productivity Moving from open loop to close loop control For personal use only OPEN LOOP: How We Work Now • Within the first hour, breakdowns will force us to change the plan. • Too complex to analyse the effect of our decisions in real time. 21
Slide 22: Open loop: how we have worked in the past
The drivers for automation: Productivity The past For personal use only Moving from open loop to closed loop control OPEN LOOP: how we have worked in the past SET POINT CONTROLLER ACTUATOR PROCESS PLAN THE DAY COMPLETE THE SHIFT RECORD WHAT HAPPENED DISTURBANCE 22
Slide 23: The ability to control the output
The drivers for automation: Productivity The ability to control the output For personal use only VARIATION IN UNDERGROUND PRODUCTION 23
Slide 24: The ability to control the output
The drivers for automation: Productivity The ability to control the output For personal use only Variation in underground production represents a loss of control of our process: 1. DATA 2. SAFETY 3. COSTS 4. SCHEDULING 5. PRODUCTION 6. RISK 24
Slide 25: The ability to control the output
The drivers for automation: Productivity The ability to control the output For personal use only VARIATION reveals itself in 1. Higher INJURY rate 2. Higher operating COSTS 3. Lower and less predictable PRODUCTION 4. Lower UTILISATION OF ASSETS 5. Lower EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT 25
Slide 26: Closed loop: how we will work in the future
The drivers for automation: Productivity The future For personal use only CLOSED LOOP: how we will work in the future Production Short Term Underground Production Plan Controller Operation Output PEOPLE REAL-TIME FLEET STATE OF UNDERGROUND POSITION OPERATION PROGRESS 26
Slide 27: People
The drivers for automation: People For personal use only 27
Slide 28: The Malian Talent Development Program
The drivers for automation: People For personal use only The Malian Talent Development Program 28 28
Slide 29: People
The drivers for automation: People For personal use only 29
Slide 30: Capability based technology strategy
Capability based technology strategy For personal use only MANUAL MINING • Business as usual • • UNDERGROUND Automated production drilling • Machine health monitoring Real-Time health and WIFI • Production monitoring safety • • SHORT TERM • Real-Time dispatch Real-Time production • Production optimi
Slide 31: Optimised automated production
Optimised automated production Additional production from technology For personal use only AUTOMATED MINE 15% - 20% Gain • Remotely Operated Machinery PRODUCTIVITY – TONNES / METRES • Autonomous Drilling • Autonomous Haulage DIGITAL MINE 10% - 15% Gain • Tracking and Visualisation • Task Scheduling
Slide 32: Early Results: Automated drilling
Early Results: Automated drilling For personal use only % Safe, 21% >10 Decrease productive Increase in drill meters + Increase in drilling + in manual intervention = and low cost per day accuracy operation 32
Slide 33: Syama Underground Mine
Syama Underground Mine For personal use only The World’s first purpose built fully automated underground gold mine You would be CRAZY not to ! 33
Slide 34: Mine Gold. Create Value.
For personal use only Mine Gold. Create Value. 34