Elevated Automation Experience and Advanced Technologies highlight Sandvik Mining’s new capabilities

Each customer’s goal is to recover product from their mine as safely, efficiently and profitably as possible. Automated mining solutions and associated software innovations are essential for optimizing these goals, whether it’s a small or large-scale mining operation.

“In developing the Sandvik AutoMine® product family, we stayed true to the values that our customers expect from Sandvik Mining,” stated Riku Pulli, Vice President, Mine Automation. “The Sandvik AutoMine® provides sophisticated fleet and information management and interpretation tools that help to reduce the potential for human error, improve operational efficiencies and ultimately help to optimize mining process decisions.”

The Sandvik AutoMine® products are built on the same core AutoMine® technologies that provide configurable, expandable automation solutions to streamline and standardize workflow while enhancing throughput. The proprietary technologies that drive this reliability and efficiency include:

AutoMine® Loading – provides fleet automation for loading: automated tramming, automated dumping and teleoperationassisted bucket loading. It allows one operator to operate several loaders.

• AutoMine® Hauling – allows fully autonomous production cycle: automated loading, tramming and dumping. It can be integrated with manual or autonomous loaders, as well as with various filling systems.
• AutoMine® Drilling – offers versatile automation options from increased safety and efficiency to real-time process control, enabling constant productivity levels with superior drilling accuracy and effective use of non-productive time.
• AutoMine® Process Management – offers real-time communication and process optimization for managing the mining operation as a continuous process, maximizing uptime and increasing productivity.
• AutoMine® Draw Control – delivers real-time process management for manually operated LHD fleets with fully documented traceability to minimize the risk of incorrect result reporting.
• AutoMine® Lite – single loader automation boosts efficiency and controls costs, quick installation and startup without compromising turnaround time or operator workflow.

Automation Achievements

Sandvik Mining’s customer success is our success. Many distinguished customers are today deploying the Sandvik AutoMine® technology within the mining industry across the globe. These customers have highlighted the growing need worldwide for safe and productive mining operations:

AutoMine Loading
Codelco, El Teniente
Rio Tinto, Northparkes
Newcrest, Ridgeway
Rio Tinto, Argyle (ongoing)

 
AutoMine Hauling
Petra Diamonds, Finsch
Barrick, Williams

 
AutoMine Drilling
LKAB, Kiruna
Inmet, Pyhäsalmi

 
AutoMine Draw Control
Newcrest, Ridgeway
Newcrest, Cadia East
Rio Tinto, Argyle (ongoing)

 
AutoMine Process management
Dundee Precious Metals, Chelopech

 
AutoMine Lite
Inmet Mining, Pyhäsalmi
LKAB, Kiruna
Boliden, Garpenberg
IAMGOLD, Westwood (ongoing)

Sandvik Mining is the world’s leading provider of mine automation technologies, with more than 16 automation systems deployed in some seven countries worldwide. Also, a growing number of other mines globally are showing interest in implementing the AutoMine® applications.