Use of generative AI is becoming widespread in day-to-day engineering and operational work. These tools accelerate workflows and shift effort from manual tasks to higher-value analysis, improving productivity while maintaining engineering rigour in the mining industry: 

• AI can support concept-design activities, including early engineering design and materials take-off (MTO) generation, reducing effort from weeks to hours. 

• Digitisation of logs converts manual operational records into structured datasets, enabling better outlier detection and higher data quality for decision-making.