Originally written by Paul Davies, Commercial Manager, Australasia GroundProbe Australia, and published in Friction In recent years, there has been a growth in the use of slope stability radars in open-cut mines. Although the primary reason has always been operator safety, a secondary benefit to improvements to mine productivity has justified increasing their usage. In […]
READ MOREInternational Mining Article – Excerpt – ‘A Safe Pair of Eyes’
Originally written and published by Paul Moore from International Mining August 2023. With high-profile open pit wall failures and tailings dam collapses in the past decade, ultra-high accuracy predictive slope stability monitoring is no longer deemed a luxury – it is a necessity. Slope stability monitoring is often perceived to be mainly about the instruments, […]
READ MOREHow Predictive and Reactive Monitoring Can Ensure Ongoing Mine Safety
When it comes to ensuring ongoing safety performance of mining and civil operations, understanding the difference between predictive and reactive monitoring, as part of a risk management plan, is key. What is Predictive Monitoring? Predictive monitoring anticipates future exposure based on past performance data. The predictive technologies and software solutions currently used within the industry […]
READ MOREThe Risks, the Consequences, and the Solutions to Preventing Tailings Dam Failures
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 […]
READ MOREThe Value of Precision in Slope Stability Radar (SSR) Monitoring
GroundProbe’s Head of Geotechnical, Peter Saunders What is precision? In the field of Geotechnical slope stability monitoring, we tend to use the word ‘precision’ a lot. How precise is the instrument? Do we need it to be so precise? When and why do we need high precision instruments? Firstly, it’s worth taking a moment to […]
READ MORENew 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 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 MOREGroundProbe Wins Most Innovative Company for Agriculture, Mining and Utilities Sector
GroundProbe has once again been recognised as one of the most innovative companies in Australia and New Zealand, taking out the number one spot on the Agriculture, Mining and Utilities industry list of the Australian Financial Review’s (AFR) Most Innovative Companies for 2019. This comes off the back of last year topping the AFR’s Most […]
READ MOREGroundProbe’s SSR-Omni Wins 2019 Good Design Award
The winners of Australia’s peak industry design awards – the Good Design Awards– the highest honour for design and innovation in the country, were announced at The Star on 11th July at the 61st annual Good Design Awards ceremony in Sydney. GroundProbe’s SSR-Omni received a prestigious Good Design Award in the Product Design category in […]
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