TECHNOLOGY

Ore senser getting to work

A TECHNOLOGY that can tell, virtually in a glance, where the high grade ore is in a dig face is about to be put to work in BHP’s iron ore mines.

Oresense in the field in Western Australia, with field technician Marina Auad (left), senior spectral geologist Dr Richard Murphy, and Andrew Job.

Oresense in the field in Western Australia, with field technician Marina Auad (left), senior spectral geologist Dr Richard Murphy, and Andrew Job.

Called Oresense, the technology uses artificial intelligence, computer vision, LiDAR and hyperspectral analysis in real time to discern where the ore transition zones are. It can tell where the ore ends...

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