Conference Proceedings - World Mining Congress 2026

230 4. 5G IOT Machinery Sensors for knowing Fuel status, Speed & Utilization 5. 5G Enabled Automated Drilling Operations 6. AI enabled Traffic Control System 7. 5G Enabled Slope Stability Radar System (ability to miniaturize design) 8. AR with 5G enabled remote maintenance support. 9. 5G C-V2X based Collision Avoidance System for Dumpers 10. Digital Twin of Load Haul Dumper operations The implementation of the field Grade 5G CNPN will boost safety, productivity & efficiency and pave the path for autonomous mining operations. 4.2) Implementation of project Digital mining: an initiative towards modernization & digitalization with the goal to make coal mining and associated processes more efficient, transparent and data driven. It is a larger push towards adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies such as AI, IIOT, Drones etc. Digital technologies and tools used under Digital mining include: • Drones for accurate surveying, mapping, and planning of mines. • AI and machine learning (like drill & blast design optimization) to improve mining productivity. • IoT-based systems for fleet monitoring — helps track equipment usage, performance, and availability. • Digital land record systems to manage land acquisition and reduce manual paperwork. • Preventive asset maintenance via digital monitoring to reduce breakdowns and downtime. • A Digital War-Room and sometimes a Digital Command & Control Centre to monitor operations centrally. 4.3) Automated Haul Road Crossing in Open Cast Mines It is a long-time awaited solution to manually operated LMV - Haul Road Crossings in opencast coal mines. In the solution, two boom barriers are to be installed on the LMV road at crossing/intersection along and AI cameras on haul road and a wireless 4G SIM based Router for enabling communication from the crossing to Control room. 4.4) Integration of Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring System – CAAQMS with ICCC A CAAQMS is an automated system designed to continuously measure and record the concentration of various air pollutants in the environment. It provides real-time air quality data for analysis, reporting, and environmental management. With a schematic diagram below, routing of parameters from a CAAQMS in field to ICCC via radio network has been depicted. The CAAQMS systems in all the opencast mines will be integrated with ICCC as an IIoT solution for continuous monitoring of environmental parameters to ensure safe environment and regulatory compliances.

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