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Case Study: Barrick Bulyanhulu and Kibali: Stope Scanning
January 16, 2023|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE, Resource Library | 2 Min Read
Shadowing in CMS scans was a perennial challenge at Barrick's Bulyanhulu and Kibali sites. Surveyors were unable to obtain accurate and complete production data using the traditional pole-mounted CMS scanning [...]
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Case Study: Pinpointing a Blockage in an Inaccessible Hydro Station Tunnel
June 27, 2022|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE, Resource Library | 2 Min Read
When a station in Hyltebruk in southwest Sweden was alerted to a surface level sinkhole above a water tunnel, they needed to locate and investigate the rockfall and probable deterioration [...]
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Case Study: Osprey Integrity Speeds up Natural Disaster Recovery with Fast, Accurate Data Capture
May 27, 2022|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE, Resource Library | 2 Min Read
After a natural disaster, repairing critical infrastructure can take years, making it difficult to return to life as usual. Forming an accurate damage assessment is vital as the first step [...]
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Case Study: Simplifying Detailed Data Capture to Create a Digital Twin of a Complex Onshore Compressor Station
May 4, 2022|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE, Resource Library | 2 Min Read
Digitally capturing 3D point cloud data for oil and gas assets presents unique challenges and opportunities. An onshore compressor station is no exception, comprising vast amounts of equipment that typically [...]
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Case Study: Maintaining Safe Operations at Northparkes Block Cave Mine
May 4, 2022|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE, Resource Library | 2 Min Read
CMOC's Northparkes mine is Australia's first block cave mine and one of Australia's largest copper producers, providing 26,997 tonnes of copper in 2020. In 2018 Northparkes commenced a ventilation upgrade [...]
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Report: Emesent’s High-Quality Mapping And Drone Autonomy Technology Enables The Rapid Creation Of 3D Digital Twins
April 7, 2022|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE, Resource Library | 2 Min Read
This report, produced by Verdantix, delves into the features that enable Hovermap to assist in the rapid creation of digital twins, including: the ability to enable compatible drones to navigate [...]
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Case Study: GeoZICHT Achieves Entire Traffic Bridge Inspection
April 6, 2022|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE, Resource Library | 2 Min Read
GeoZICHT sought a tool to enhance the collection of complete visual inspection data for bridge inspections while also increasing the overall safety of the underlying process. As the bearer of [...]
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Case Study: Glencore’s Mount Isa Mines Improves Safety and Productivity in Underground Survey
February 9, 2022|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE, Resource Library | 2 Min Read
Mount Isa Mines improves survey safety and efficiency The Emesent Hovermap helps Mount Isa Mines maintain safety and mining efficiency through rapid scanning of underground areas. An alternative to CMS, [...]
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Case Study: Brierley Associates Speeds up road tunnel inspection
January 11, 2022|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE, Resource Library | 2 Min Read
Brierley Associates sought a solution to tunnel inspection that would reduce the disruption to traffic while keeping the inspection team safe. Instead of using the typical tunnel inspection method of [...]
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Case Study: UDM Group Improves Efficiency and Safety for Topographic Surveys
December 22, 2021|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE, Resource Library | 2 Min Read
Hovermap helps UDM Group reduce time-on-site for a bridge survey and flood study. Utility Detection and Mapping (UDM) Group is an Australian survey firm based in Cambridge, Tasmania, that conducts [...]
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Case Study: Kalmar Municipality streamlines digital capture for community planning
December 17, 2021|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE, Resource Library | 2 Min Read
Kalmar Municipality captured a heritage landmark completely and quickly - a great start to their digital capture of the municipality. The municipal government of Kalmar, Sweden, embarked on an initiative [...]
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Case Study: Walden Environmental Engineering Captures New Insights and Revenue
December 6, 2021|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE, Resource Library | 2 Min Read
Walden Environmental Engineering have realized new revenue opportunities Walden have also improved efficiencies, all through their partnership with Hovermap user Harkin Aerial. Harkin have simplified and streamlined complex projects, including [...]
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Case Study: Glencore Kidd Operations Stope Mapping
September 29, 2021|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE, Resource Library | 2 Min Read
How Emesent Hovermap technology is helping Glencore improve its understanding of stope conditions at the Kidd Operations mine site. Kidd Operations mine in Ontario, Canada, operates at depths below 3,000 [...]
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Case Study: Glencore Kidd Operations Convergence Monitoring
September 29, 2021|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE, Resource Library | 2 Min Read
Improving convergence and ground control monitoring at Glencore's Kidd Creek Operations with Emesent Hovermap. At Glencore’s Kidd Operations, the geotech team rely on data captured with Hovermap to inform their [...]
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Case Study: Grass Valley Center for the Arts Optimizes Operations with Hovermap
July 6, 2021|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE | 2 Min Read
Hovermap provides Grass Valley Center for the Arts great insights after a new renovation and valuable data for future renovations. The Grass Valley Center for the Arts is a multi-use [...]
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20+ Ways to Use Hovermap in Underground Mining
July 5, 2021|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE | 2 Min Read
Underground mines see savings on equipment and consultancy services with Hovermap’s versatility providing multiple applications. Hovermap's capability to reduce safety risks for personnel and equipment, and improve mining efficiency, comes [...]
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WHITE PAPER: Rio Tinto
May 26, 2021|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE, Resource Library | 2 Min Read
Improving Convergence Monitoring Using LiDAR Data at Rio Tinto's Argyle Diamond Mine Hovermap mobile LiDAR scanner improves safety and areal coverage in convergence monitoring. In December 2019, Rio Tinto engaged [...]
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How Dwkya Mining Services is using Hovermap to scan and manage open cast voids
February 19, 2021|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE, Resource Library | 2 Min Read
In November 2020, Emesent partner Dwyka Mining Services was contracted to assess the geometry and volume of a cavity that was exposed in a client’s open pit, following surface blasting. [...]
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Case Study: Evolution Mining
February 5, 2021|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE, Resource Library | 2 Min Read
How Emesent Hovermap technology helped Evolution Mining improve its stope design and reconciliation process at Mungari gold mine In March 2020, Evolution’s survey team purchased Hovermap to map stopes. However, [...]
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Case Study: BHP’s Olympic Dam Mine
February 5, 2021|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE, Resource Library | 2 Min Read
How mobile LiDAR data delivers better outcomes at BHP’s Olympic Dam mine BHP’s Olympic Dam mine was an early adopter of Hovermap. First deployed in Feb 2019 to map stopes, [...]
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How Emesent Hovermap technology helped Petra Diamonds save millions
January 6, 2021|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE, Resource Library | 2 Min Read
Petra Diamonds save millions in remediation costs at its Finsch Mine. Finsch mine management needed an accurate condition assessment of an orepass to help them decide between remediation, to repair [...]
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Case Study: LKAB Kiruna Seismic Event Inspections
October 30, 2020|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE | 2 Min Read
Emesent Hovermap technology helps LKAB complete fall of ground inspections quickly and safely at Kiruna mine. Swedish mining company LKAB mines and processes iron ore for the global steel market. [...]
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Case Study: Pertamina Balongan Refinery Data Capture
October 30, 2020|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE | 2 Min Read
Emesent Hovermap technology helps Pertamina safely survey a bulk oil storage tank at the Balongan refinery. Indonesian national energy company Pertamina produces and processes oil and gas for the domestic [...]
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Stope Mapping with Hovermap
October 29, 2020|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE | 6 Min Read
Map stopes in minutes Hovermap enables data capture of critical underground mine excavations, delivering new insights for mine planning and operations. With Hovermap, mine and geotechnical engineers can easily map [...]
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Use Case: Vertical Infrastructure
October 21, 2020|Case Studies, PDF USE CASE | 2 Min Read
Mapping Vertical Infrastructure - Hovermap in Underground Mines Vertical infrastructure, orepasses, shafts, and raises, can be difficult, dangerous, and costly to scan. With Hovermap, it’s now possible to capture data [...]
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