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Mining gains momentum as integrated digital systems cut bottlenecks, boost energy savings and turn data into real- time decisions underground

From the outside, the conversation around digital mining often gets framed in broad terms - automation, Information of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) but for those working underground or in control rooms, the real question is more practical: how do these tools actually solve the daily challenges? For Stewart Johnston, Account Manager - Mine Electrification and Automation at ABB Australia, the key lies in making information usable, timely, and connected across the mining value chain.

Smart miners know one plan won’t cut it - stochastic thinking is helping them outsmart uncertainty, reduce risk, and mine with more confidence than ever

For decades, mine planning has leaned heavily on deterministic models - tools that simplify the earth into a single version of the truth.

Better roughly right than smoothly wrong? Dr Marcelo Godoy urges miners to ditch comfort models and embrace uncertainty for real planning power

At the 2025 AusIMM Mineral Resource Estimation Conference in Perth, AngloGold Ashanti's Chief Technology Officer, Dr Marcelo Godoy, delivered a keynote that sparked serious introspection across the resource estimation profession.

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Mining gains momentum as integrated digital systems cut bottlenecks, boost energy savings and turn data into real- time decisions underground

Smart miners know one plan won’t cut it - stochastic thinking is helping them outsmart uncertainty, reduce risk, and mine with more confidence than ever

Better roughly right than smoothly wrong? Dr Marcelo Godoy urges miners to ditch comfort models and embrace uncertainty for real planning power