Viridien is shaping the future of mine asset monitoring with a new automated, remote Global Tailings Monitoring Service (GTMS) designed to enable more comprehensive and consistent monitoring of tailings storage facilities (TSFs) at mine sites. GTMS will deliver actionable intelligence to mine operators and engineers responsible for the safety of multiple or single assets, helping them to detect early warning precursor signals to prevent failures that can have significant economic, environmental, social and reputational consequences.
Developed with ESA Space Solutions, the GTMS service offers a more cost-effective TSF monitoring solution than other more bespoke approaches. With the option of being fully scalable across a portfolio of sites, it integrates a wide-ranging suite of Earth Observation and environmental data sets on a single online platform to address numerous potential failure mechanisms. This increases efficiency for the end-user by streamlining data collation, comparison and analysis to aid early identification of precursors to failure. Results are generated across entire portfolios at industry-leading speeds using Viridien’s world-class high-performance computing (HPC) capacity. These results are delivered with every new satellite data acquisition, which is a much higher frequency compared to approaches that provide updates monthly, quarterly or annually.
Peter Whiting, Head of Geoscience, Viridien, said: “The safety of mine site TSFs is a high priority for the mining industry. Through consultation with several major, multinational mining companies, and drawing on our longstanding expertise in remote sensing and TSF monitoring, GTMS will be a step-change service designed to minimize potential failure risks and advance ESG performance. This new service is an invaluable investment for our clients and strongly supports their responsibility and sustainability goals.”
By delivering automated and comprehensive remote TSF monitoring across a portfolio of mine sites, GTMS builds on Viridien’s current offerings for TSF monitoring. Whether you are interested in a single site or portfolio-based TSF monitoring approach, contact us to find out more at satellite.info@viridiengroup.com.
