Name
Rethinking Mining Digitalisation Through the Lens of Decision-Making
Date & Time
Thursday, November 26, 2026, 10:40 AM - 11:00 AM
Jacob Bennetts Oliver Chikumbo Gary North
Description
  • Moving beyond technology development to focus on the operational problems and decisions that digitalisation needs to improve. 

  • Exploring the decision-making layer connecting process data, predictive models and operational action. 

  • Applying process knowledge, predictive models and AI to mineral processing decisions under uncertainty and changing operating conditions. 

  • Introducing the emerging Grinding Intelligence approach being developed at JKMRC. 

  • Evaluating decision-making effectiveness through decision quality, timeliness, consistency and adaptability, and their impact on operational outcomes.