At Utah Drone, we know how important efficiency, accuracy, and safety are in mining and quarrying operations. Utah Drone provides tailored precision solutions for resource extraction. Our team of licensed drone pilots, we conduct aerial surveys, monitor production, and optimize processes at mining and quarrying operations. Helping companies enhance productivity and reduce costs.
Our services include but not limited too:
- Aerial Surveys and Mapping
- Production Monitoring and Stockpile Management
- Environmental Monitoring and Rehabilitation
- Safety Inspections and Hazard Identification
Are you ready to optimize your mining and quarrying operations? Contact Utah Drone today to discuss your needs, request a free quote, or schedule a consultation. Let Utah Drone leverage the power of drones to streamline your resource extraction processes and achieve greater success in the mining and quarrying industry.
Using Drones for Mining and Quarrying
Mines, quarries, and aggregates benefit from adopting state of the art drones into their workflow. Automated data-gathering processes generate accurate measurements that improve inventory management and financial data. Additional benefits include reduced liability, increased safety, and higher productivity.
Industry Applications:
- Stockpile Inventory Management
- Infrastructure Inspection
- Slope Mapping
- Mineral Exploration
- Hazard Detection
- Monitor Tailings Ponds
- Project Tracking
- Optimize Haul Roads
Improve Inventory Management and Financials
Using a drone rather than traditional methods improve inventory measurements. Drones equipped with LiDAR can capture millions of data points in a fraction of the time. Use this accurate volumetric data of stockpiles for inventory management or to reconcile volume moved by subcontractors. Additionally, these scans can be pre-programmed and flown repeatedly. Therefore, you can keep track of materials for site monitoring or forecasting. Improved measurements lead to tighter record keeping, better budgets, and more accurate financial projections.
Reduce Liability and Increase Worker Safety
Protect workers by keeping them off unstable slopes and out of the way of heavy equipment. Saving the mission and pressing the button to redeploy on a regular basis will help identify problems earlier. Haul roads and slopes can be inspected for signs of erosion. Tailings ponds, dams, and water flow can also be monitored for changes before they become larger issues.
Make Better Business Decisions
When more kinds of data are available (3D point clouds, orthomosaic maps, digital terrain models, digital surface models, 3D textured mesh) business leaders have more resources. This accurate data can help inform decisions and create better forecasting, budgets, productivity, and a stronger bottom line.
Drone Workflows Increase Productivity
Drones fly overhead, out of the way of equipment. This way, operations do not have to stop for a site survey or inventory reconciliation. Additionally, drones perform site surveys with more accuracy and with greater speed than traditional methods. Further, haul roads can be analyzed and optimized to reduce fuel costs. Finally, projects can be monitored and documented with the push of a button.
Stockpiles
Drones can do more than supporting your mining excavation operations. Drones can also help to monitor the quantity and value of the produced material on site (lignite, coal, sand, …) before it is used or sold.
Slope Safety
Mines and quarries are fast changing environments where safety is always an important concern. Drone data provide instant insight into slope stability for walls and haul roads. Simply set a threshold and slopes exceeding it will be highlighted.
Excavated Volumes
Calculate volume differences in seconds and identify areas of change between drone surveys taken at different points in time. Visualize where material is taken away or added, or identify areas without change.
Break lines and Surfaces
Break lines are key topographic features in a mine site. Our intelligent break line tool allows you to quickly capture them. Add a point grid to enhance the model, triangulate, and export the CAD surface model to your mining software.
Use drone imagery on a regular basis to track the progress of your mining operations, ensuring the excavations or blastings meet the design. Keeping an entire history is valuable for future audits or environmental inspections.