Mining

Incredible advantages are possible by tying together new technologies

Mining like many industries faces a unique set of challenges, including remoteness, logistics and worker safety. But in no other industry is the investment in specialized machinery and other assets higher. Recent advances in technology and communications are providing strategic advantage for operations that capture and turn remote information from their mining assets into business intelligence.

Leverage your investment in machinery and equipment to boost profitability.

Do you know where your equipment and workers are at any given moment? Do you have real-time access to equipment diagnostics that could assure proper maintenance and repair is conducted when it’s needed and with minimal downtime? Can you access critical monitoring systems that assure productivity and safety?

What would you gain by receiving daily logs electronically each day or being able to communicate with your people via voice, email, text message or mobile internet all tied into your corporate systems? Can you share your geographical survey data between the mining operations and the main office? What if you were able to connect all of your engineers, equipment providers, contractors and staff with your enterprise systems?

Staying connected to your people, assets and information means you can move faster, perform better, reduce costs and compete more effectively. But to do so, you need to be connected in a way that translates all of that information into instant business value.

A single source of wireless communications expertise, Skymira combines industry leading satellite and cellular communications technologies, with Skymira’s value-added services, to provide solutions specific to your requirements and the way you operate.

Our proven services assure your solution is properly tailored to fit your exact needs, easily deployed and ready to scale as your operation and information needs grow.

Solutions to address your biggest challenges

• Asset Tracking - You’ve got a lot of money invested in your equipment but do you know where everything is at any given moment? Probably not. With Skymira’s GPS Tracking you’ll benefit from better asset utilization and logistical planning. Know the location, direction and even speed of all your mining machinery and vehicles- even look up historical tracking information. Our solution is easily tailored with the ability to create and manage Geo-fences as well as produce custom GPS reports.
• Worker Safety – Skymira’s Lone Worker Monitoring will let you know if you have a man down situation. Our Security Monitoring will let you know if a risk or danger to workers is happening or help you monitor compliance with safety programs.
• Paperwork – Imagine if your crews, engineers, contractors and equipment suppliers could connect and leverage your corporate network. Work logs, daily production and safety reports are only a few examples of the paperwork that can be transformed into Skymira Electronic Forms and transmitted to the office in real-time.
• Security – Monitoring the security of equipment reduces insurance premiums and saves you lost productivity in the event of a security breach. With Skymira’s Security Monitoring, alerts can be monitored by live operators or sent electronically to company personnel via email, text message or fax.
• Voice and internet solutions – You can’t always rely on terrestrial communications. There’s no better way to assure complete control of your operations, with all communications on a common network, than satellite voice and internet. Skymira is an authorized service provider for SkyTerra, Iridium, Hughes and Inmarsat to name a few.
• Telemetry/ Scada - Monitor your equipment for real-time data on production and performance. Get immediate warnings if an environmental risk or danger to workers is happening. Skymira offers a variety of platforms and services ideal for Telemetry Monitoring and SCADA Applications all providing real-time communications and all designed for long periods of autonomous operation and compatibility with most data loggers and sensors.