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Barrick goes for the gold at SME

Today’s mines collect an enormous amount of data from their machines and processes, with the hope of it being analysed by someone or something (read: a software algorithm) so that the mine can make sense of it all. But how much data is too much, and are we on information overload?

 Barrick is one of several operators presenting at SME 2019

Barrick is one of several operators presenting at SME 2019

At SME 2019 in Denver, US, Brian Olewinski, geotechnical engineer at Barrick Nevada's Goldstrike operation, said the answer may well be yes, and that's why technologies like integrated monitoring systems...

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