The purpose of this Training Centre is to deliver the vital enabling tools – advanced sensors, data analytics and artificial intelligence – for automated, integrated and optimised mining. Automating a mine requires the integration of all stages of the mining and processing system so that intelligence across the value chain can be automatically generated, delivered and exploited. The Training Centre will train the next generation of engineers and scientists in the development and application of these enabling tools, a current knowledge priority for the mining industry.
The Training Centre comprises three university partners (University of Adelaide, University of South Australia and Curtin University), two mining companies (BHP and OZ Minerals) and 20 mining equipment, technology and services companies and organisations.