Mine Measurement Case Studies

Accurate survey data benefits mine expansion

Maptek I-Site technology has been instrumental in providing accurate and efficient survey deliverables across the Savage River iron ore operation.

Open Pit Applications

• Accurate survey data benefits mine expansion
• Rix’s Creek
• Monitoring wear rates in crushers
• Analyse surface movement trends with Sentry
• I-Site shines on diamond mine
• I-Site meets the open pit survey challenge
• Accurate volumes for cost-efficient overburden removal
• Laser scanning in extreme conditions
• Taking the pain out of routine mine survey tasks

Safety and agility for mine development

Maptek laser scanning is promoting agility and adherence to mine planning at Mineração Caraíba SA.

Underground Applications

• Safety and agility for mine development
• Accurate models aid ground support
• Survey solution for underground
• Survey solution for safety offsets
• Deep drift scanning
• Underground scanning best practice
• Total survey solution
• Surveying underground drives
• Survey data underground
• Moving underground at Argyle

Stockpile topographic survey

Maptek laser scanning technology is being used for calculating stockpile volumes at a gold mine in Mexico.

Stockpile Measurements

• Stockpile topographic survey
• I-Site drives cost-effective survey
• Precision data redefines inventory control
• Analysing Variability
• Modelling cement silo profiles
• Stockpile success at Hibbing Taconite
• Laser scanning for stockpiles
• Interior stockpile management

Understanding shear zones

I-Site laser scanning helped AECOM to extract geotechnical information on shear zones in this quarry in southeastern Australia.

Geological and Highwall Mapping

• Tailings dam survey
• Analyse surface movement trends with Sentry
• Geotechnical studies at Anglo American Coal
• Slope stability analysis
• Geology helps define road expansion
• Defining structures at Esperanza
• Highwall and geological mapping
• Scanning Antarctic glaciers
• Coastal cliff survey

Measuring mud flow

I-Site laser scanning provided a solution for measuring mud flow movement over time in a physically unstable area of Indonesia.

Field Survey

• The best survey solution for your task
• Survey solution for safety offsets
• Survey solution for underground
• Geology helps define road expansion
• Land forming benefits from laser system
• I-Site for rehabilitation studies
• Topographic Survey
• Powerline scanning
• Stream and river restoration survey

Blast analysis

The Maptek I-Site laser scanner was used for pre-explosion survey, providing results which can be used to review building standards and design for high-risk locations.

Forensic Applications

• Blast analysis
• Forensic applications
• Devastation scene mapping and modelling

Scanning Charleville WWII site for virtual tourism

Maptek I-Site is helping virtual tourism become a reality at Operation Charlie, breathing new life into Charleville’s historic airfield.

Heritage Applications

• Scanning Charleville WWII site for virtual tourism
• Scanning the Sydney Opera House
• Rock art preservation in Kakadu
• Serbian cave archaeology
• Recording St Kilda Island off Scotland