The global mining industry produces billions of tonnes of tailings each year. This waste material is contained in tailings dams and storage facilities, which are among some of the world’s largest engineering structures. These large structures are at constant risk of failure due to the physical pressure applied by liquid and solid products, posing a […]
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Our GMS system is a best-in-class geotechnical tool but with our latest update to SSR-Viewer; it’s even more user-friendly and useful. These changes and additions provide the GMS with all the capabilities and features of competing systems, alongside the extensive features and benefits unique to the GroundProbe system. Many of these updates are based on […]
READ MORE‘Engineers Australia’ Article – Excerpt – ‘This Australian Technology Helps to Avoid Dangerous Ta...
Originally written and published by Charlotte Barkla from Engineers Australia on 22 October 2020. GroundProbe’s Head of Product Development, Fernanda Carrea, interviewed by Engineers Australia on GroundProbe’s recent Australian Engineering Excellence Award (AEEA) win for the SSR-Omni. In response to major catastrophic tailings dam collapses in recent years, an Australian team has developed a […]
READ MOREGroundProbe Announced as Queensland’s Top Engineering Excellence Award Winner
GroundProbe is celebrating after taking out Queensland’s top award at the Australian Engineering Excellence Awards (AEEA), hosted by peak industry body Engineers Australia. The awards recognise and celebrate Australia’s top engineering projects and the engineering teams behind them. GroundProbe received this award for its cutting-edge SSR-Omni technology. The SSR-Omni is the world’s leading Slope Stability […]
READ MORE‘International Mining’ Article – Excerpt – GroundProbe Brings It All Together
GroundProbe’s Chief Operating Officer, David Noon David Noon, COO at Orica-owned GroundProbe, says improving global tailings dam monitoring practices continues to be a key pillar of its vision of maximum safety for the mining industry. “In the last two years especially, a large number of mine sites have begun actively adopting best-practice monitoring solutions for […]
READ MOREGround-Breaking News – Growth Across Markets and Geographies
As leaders in real-time, geotechnical monitoring of slopes and walls in both open-cut and underground mines, we at GroundProbe have been working in the global mining industry for over 17 years. Over time, we have developed an expert understanding of these environments and their infrastructure – like tailings dams – and the unique challenges they […]
READ MOREPrism and Prismless Monitoring in an Open-Cut Gold Operation
PRISM AND PRISMLESS MONITORING OVERVIEW Due to the loss of a significant number of physical prisms through vandalism, the on-site geotechnical team from Filminera Resources Corporation’s Masbate Gold Project, an open-cut gold mine in the Philippines, required a solution to effectively manage the mine’s safety including their ability to detect and measure deformation. CHALLENGE The […]
READ MOREGML Monitors Rear Wall of Shaft to Determine Optimal Targeted Ground Support
TARGETED GROUND SUPPORT OVERVIEW Underground environments are dynamic by nature, with the effectiveness of ground support consistently changing. Through monitoring, areas of high risk can be identified and rehabilitated in a targeted way. At a large, well-known hard rock mine in Queensland, Australia, visual inspections on the rear wall of a shaft showed cracking in the shotcrete. […]
READ MOREGroundProbe Partners with Samarco to Ensure Safety Critical Slope Monitoring of Tailings Dams
GroundProbe is proud to be announced as the sole provider of radar monitoring solutions at Samarco Mineração S.A. Five Slope Stability Radars will now be in full operation to detect any future movement and instability of Santarém and Germano dams, with GroundProbe supplying two safety-critical, mobile radar systems (SSR-XT) and three long-range, fixed-deployment radar systems […]
READ MOREBrazilian Mine Demonstrates the Importance of Radar to Guarantee Safety
RAPID RESPONSE TIME OVERVIEW On 10 September 2014, the Retiro do Sapecado tailings dam, owned by Herculano Mineração (Herculano Mining), failed, resulting in three fatalities and damage to three mine trucks and two excavators. Preliminary investigations indicated the accident was caused by a geological phenomenon (inversion of relief) caused by underground channels. CHALLENGE Following the […]
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