Drones in metallurgy

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2022: How drones help metallurgy

On August 26, 2022, a report was published on the advantages of using unmanned drones in the mining industry.

Drones can perform a wide range of tasks in the mining industry: from exploration, mapping and surveying to ensuring safety and strengthening security, contributing to the collection of more data, improving security, improving coordination between groups of workers, and the efficiency of large mines and quarries.

Drones can perform a wide range of tasks in the mining industry

"'Use of drones in mineral exploration
In areas where walking is difficult, drones can create high-resolution orthophofuels and DSM maps to assist in mineral exploration. Shooting with a drone is several times cheaper than traditional manned aerial surveys. Compared to ground geodetic equipment, it takes weeks for a group of land managers to obtain the same amount of data that a drone can collect in a few hours.

In addition, geophysical and magnetic surveys are also often associated with heavy, expensive equipment and hard-to-reach terrain. Over the past 5 years, the situation has changed dramatically. With the help of a drone with a magnetometer, traditional magnetic shooting can be carried out five times faster and ten times cheaper. The drone can fly closer to the surface than a helicopter, allowing data to be collected at a higher resolution.

"'Monitoring and Inspections
Mining work is one of the most unsafe, especially for those who do work deep underground. Mining companies can use drones in underground mines to monitor and inspect deep underground shafts.

Drone-generated images are more accurate and reliable than any other traditional monitoring and inspection methods, as they are formed using geographic information systems (GIS) and high-quality RGB sensors.

"'Tailings Management
When using drones to survey and inspect tailings dams, workers face no risks associated with traditional methods.

Using aerial imagery, operators and designers can observe mine site components such as tailings slopes. Drones can be used to monitor and protect dams without the need to place personnel close by. Mining companies can maintain the structural integrity of tailings dams, design the expansion, and avoid accidents by analyzing the collected data.^[1]

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