North Cape PMG 5G+AI Smart Mining Project in South Africa

The PMG mine is located in the North Cape, about 615 kilometers away from Johannesburg. The mine is divided into two parts: the old mining area and the new mining area. The main issues are as follows:  The mining area is located in a remote and desolate area, with poor network signal coverage and insufficient infrastructure.  The mining area is facing a shortage of manpower and hopes to introduce advanced technology to improve productivity  Expect to use AI to actively identify hidden dangers and provide safety protection for production operations in the mining area, in order to reduce safety risks in mining operations.  The informatization of the mining area is insufficient, and there is a lack of global visualization management for the entire mining area. We provide the following solutions to solve the above issues:  Build a 5G private network to achieve efficient and secure interconnection of production and operation information within the mining area.  Introduce AI autonomous driving technology to achieve unmanned truck operation within the designated area, adaptive following of unmanned mining trucks, automatic obstacle avoidance, designated parking, automatic unloading, and unified platform management and scheduling. Build a 5G drone platform to achieve intelligent inspection of mining areas, including progress inspection, exploration assistance, quality acceptance, deformation and collapse warning, emergency rescue reconnaissance, and other functions. By utilizing these advanced 5G+AI platforms, the productivity of production operations and safe operations within the mining area has been significantly improved.  Install intelligent monitoring at key locations in the mining area, with AI active video analysis and alarm, and use intelligent monitoring systems for unified management. In the production process and transportation sections，slope detection technology is used to predict the risk of slope collapse or landslide through real-time video/image sampling and artificial intelligence analysis. Early warning and notification are provided to prevent potential risks.  Construct a comprehensive digital data center for mines and set up an integrated big data fusion platform for mining digital brain. This platform will build a three-dimensional visualization platform (digital twin) for the mining area, enabling unified operation and management of related platforms for subsequent construction within the data center, with unified platform interfaces and panoramic visualization control.