mechanical engineering

When paperwork fails the welds on a 70 tonne digger show why compliance plates cannot replace vigilance and independent checks in mining safety

When a brand-new 70-tonne excavator rolled onto site, it should have represented progress for Metromix.

From two weeks to two seconds AI is revolutionising mining by boosting safety, cutting downtime and delivering smarter, faster operational decisions

Every hour of downtime costs a mine tens of thousands of dollars, and Professor Amir Gandomi told the NSW Resources Regulator’s Mechanical Engineering Safety Seminar how artificial intelligence is now cutting those losses by predicting failures and optimising operations in seconds.