The Gosowong Gold Operation is located on Halmahera Island, about 2,450 kilometres northeast of the national capital, Jakarta. It is an epithermal gold deposit with additional occurrences of silver. The mine uses a combination of both cut-and-fill and long hole open stoping (LHOS) mining methods. Currently, PT. Nusa Halmahera Minerals operates two underground mines within […]
READ MOREThought Leadership: New Atmospheric Correction for Slope Stability Radar
GroundProbe’s Head of Research & Development, Pat Bellett GroundProbe’s Co-Founder, Dr Glen Stickley Precision Atmospherics® sees a significant advancement in controlling atmospheric clutter that is typically associated with interferometric slope monitoring radar. Atmospherics can make user interpretation and the setting of geotechnical alarms non-intuitive and difficult, especially when trying to avoid unwanted alarms. As the […]
READ MOREThought Leadership: GML Functionality a Game-Changer for Tunnel Excavation
Orica’s Senior Manager – Measurement Technology, Benny Chen GroundProbe’s Product Manager – Lasers & Sensors, Nick Carter GroundProbe’s Lead – Tunneling Solutions, Peter Ayres When it comes to tunnel excavation GroundProbe’s state-of-the-art Geotech Monitoring LiDAR technology (GML) significantly increases excavation efficiency, reduces the costs associated with scaling rework and avoids unnecessary wastage. […]
READ MOREThought Leadership: A New Atmospheric Correction Algorithm for Ground-Based Radars
GroundProbe’s Group Geotechnical Sales Specialist, Albert Cabrejo GroundProbe’s Head of Research and Development, Pat Bellett GroundProbe’s Co-Founder, Dr Glen Stickley For the last five years, GroundProbe has been developing a new atmospheric correction technique which has been tested at mine sites around the world. While open pits have been monitored for over […]
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 MOREThought Leadership: Analysis of Historic Post-Blast Data – A Novel Approach to Optimise Productivity and Profit while Maintaini...
GroundProbe’s Manager – Geotechnical, Peter Saunders GroundProbe’s Senior Geotechnical Engineer – Americas, Andrei Torres Monitoring for slope stability in open-pit mines is a complex undertaking, vital not only for the economic feasibility of the site but also for the safety of those working in the area. It is generally understood that the quality of a […]
READ MOREThought Leadership: Coherence Attribute Measurement – A New Approach to Detecting Imminent Slope Failure
GroundProbe’s Regional Geotechnical Manager – Asia, Rachmat Hamid Musa GroundProbe’s Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Rahardian Dwitya Detecting an imminent failure is immensely important in slope stability monitoring, especially in open pit mining where potential hazards can significantly impact safety and production. The current, well-accepted method to detect an imminent failure is to monitor the slope behaviour […]
READ MORESSR-Agilis: Improving Operational Safety
The SSR-Agilis is a complete safety-critical system designed to keep operations ahead of geotechnical risks. It is equipped with advanced computing design, delivering data capture, processing and alarming capabilities all in one place, at the radar. The SSR-Agilis scanning and processing data in real-time. The system’s in-built processing provides instant visualisation of accurate real-time data […]
READ MORESSR-Agilis: Self-Functioning and Powerfully Precise
The SSR-Agilis is a standalone monitoring system that is independently powered and networked. The system is designed to provide users with ultimate flexibility and can be integrated to the site comms or used independently. Technologically advanced, it requires no Wi-Fi, site communications or mine power to conduct tactical, safety-critical monitoring. The system’s on-board power supply can […]
READ MOREGroundProbe extends Fleet with new Tactical, Vehicle-Mounted Monitoring Solution
GroundProbe has extended its comprehensive Slope Stability Radar (SSR) product offering with the release of the SSR-Agilis. Mounted on a vehicle, the SSR-Agilis is designed to be operational in minutes in active areas of mine sites, ensuring the safety of work crews working under high-risk slopes. It fills a need in the tactical monitoring space. […]
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