Smart mines usher in new opportunities for development, 4 reasons, 4 stages, 4 problems

On the basis of the existing automation and information construction in mines, promote the application of cutting-edge technologies such as the Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence, 5G, edge computing and virtual reality in mining enterprises. The construction of a resource collection of digital management, intelligent production control for the "ore flow", the whole process of few people unmanned production, integrated intrinsic safety management, intelligent decision-making based on industrial big data in one of the essential safety, resource intensive, green and efficient intelligent mine is to promote the transformation and upgrading of enterprises, high-quality development. The need to comprehensively enhance the comprehensive competitiveness and sustainable development ability of enterprises.

At present, many mining companies have benefited from the development and application of innovative technologies and the strengthening of smart mines. McKinsey analysis shows that the application of AI in the mining industry will bring a cumulative 122% cash flow change for technological innovation "front-runners" and only 10% cash flow change for "followers". The "front-runner" will have an initial competitive advantage, bringing their cost curve down and giving them an edge over competitors, such as higher margins and market value. It can be said that the entire industry will deeply realize that digital technology will become an important cost reduction factor, which can bring the cost curve of the industry down and ultimately keep the price of mineral products at a lower level.

Although China's intelligent mine construction has made rapid development, there are still some problems that need to be solved urgently. The first is the relative lack of significant technological innovation in the mining industry. Globally, the mining industry lags behind other industries in terms of significant technological innovation. While production technology has been modernized, these changes have not fundamentally disrupted the mining industry. Compared with large-scale mines abroad, Chinese mines are more complicated. Therefore, China's mine intellectualization can not completely copy the foreign model, should be achieved through continuous technological innovation. At present, many mining enterprises play the advantages of algorithms such as artificial intelligence and machine learning through the integrated application of real-time data and historical data, and form a data-centric mine neural network center, which simulates and predicts ecological plans and corporate strategies, providing support for management decision-making. Second, there are data barriers. To strengthen the construction of modern mines, it is necessary to break the data barriers between each link of the life cycle of mining rights and each business center, build a platform that integrates data concentration, integration, sharing, analysis and mining, and make better use of data as assets to maintain and increase the value of assets. The third is the lack of professional and technical personnel. At present, China's intelligent, less humanized related technical talent gap reached millions, and has not yet established a talent training mechanism, so we must constantly strengthen the training of technical personnel at all levels, and constantly establish and improve the technical personnel team. Finally, it is necessary to adapt to local conditions and implement policies based on mine. There are many small and medium-sized mines in China, the degree of intensive development is low, and the level of technical management is wide. Different mines should adopt different strategies to build intelligent mines. Some mines with large production scale, good mining conditions and certain innovation ability should become the main force to promote mine intelligence, and should go ahead to form a demonstration effect. Most small and medium-sized mines should proceed from the actual situation and do not seek overall promotion, but should selectively transplant, integrate, develop and apply relevant achievements, gradually improve the level of mining technology, equipment and intelligence, and integrate the concept of sustainable development into mine development.

The construction of intelligent mine is the concrete embodiment of the integration of the two and the "Internet +" strategy in the mining industry, which has brought an unprecedented revolution to the global mining industry. Only by actively promoting the intelligent construction of mines, can the new mining concept of green, safe, harmonious, intelligent and efficient be implemented and promote the high-quality development of mining.