Joe Carr

Organisations from the mining industry are struggling to take full advantage of the data gathered by their Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications due to connectivity challenges.

Inmarsat, the global mobile satellite communications provider and Auxilium, a provider Australian mining technology solutions company,

Businesses in the mining industry are backing the Internet of Things (IoT) to help them retain their market share, as competition in the sector intensifies, the quality of seams decreases and profit margins are put under pressure.

The Internet of Things (IoT) has the potential to dramatically reduce the impact of mining operations on the environment, according to new research from Inmarsat. This found that environmental monitoring is the number one driver of IoT in the sector.

The health and safety of staff stands to be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the mining industry’s move towards automation and the Internet of Things (IoT), new research by Inmarsat has found.