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 at Masbate Gold Project
RELIABLE PRISM AND PRISMLESS MONITORING IN AN OPEN-CUT GOLD OPERATION Providing total monitoring flexibility, GroundProbe’s GMS-Dual (Geotech Monitoring Station) can monitor using both prism points – which are paired with physical prisms installed on the pit wall – and virtual points – which are virtual prisms that can be placed digitally on the wall in […]
READ MORETargeted Ground Support
GML MONITORS REAR WALL OF SHAFT TO DETERMINE OPTIMAL TARGETED GROUND SUPPORT Underground environments are very dynamic by nature, with the effectiveness of ground support always 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 […]
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 MORERisk Reduction Strategy Incorporates Tailings Dam Monitoring at Samarco Mine
RISK REDUCTION STRATEGY INCORPORATES TAILINGS DAM MONITORING AT SAMARCO MINE Tailings storage facilities or dams can represent a significant environmental and financial liability for mining operations as a breach or failure of a dam can have catastrophic physical, social and economic impacts. Following a tailings dam failure in November 2015, the Samarco Mineração S.A owned […]
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