H ealt h Saf et y Health and safety is a k ey element of the Sustainability goals and E ur omines members seek c ontinual impr o v e ment of good safe and positiv e working c onditions taking all pr otection measur es nec essary In 2019 the association ther efor e carried out a number of activities and published some guidanc e Euromines HS Seminar Safety F irst Industry 4 0 Modern mines ar e being incr easingly digitiz ed and au tomiz ed Industry 4 0 offers new possibilities to c ombine incr eased pr oductivity with stimulating workplac es in a good work en vir onment But ev en mor e importantly for the sector it impr o v es workplac e safety Automation in mining means dev elopment of autonomous v ehicles autono mous dump truck autonomous ex ca vator autonomous drills etc digitalization of the mining pr oc esses smart c onnected mines the Internet of Things IoT wir eless network technology By utilizing integrated automation servic es and c ontr ol systems mineral raw materials indus tries can emplo y driv erless trucks r ealtime monitoring of pr oductivity data and supervisory c ontr ol of mining oper ations fr om r emote operations Smart c onnected mines ar e bec oming the new tr end in mining industry The in v olv ement of IoT in the mineral raw materials industry has also led to impr o v ement in workplac e safety A C onnected Mine establishes networks among machines humans and the Internet that leads to better energy efficiency opti miz ed pr oductivity and higher pr ofitability Wir eless net work technology that allows the use of IP telephones and data traffic undergr ound advanc ed positioning technolo gy and monitoring systems ha v e been installed in sev eral mines Such solutions allow c ommunication and ac c ess to information thr oughout the mines and can quickly estab lish wher e work ers and equipment ar e located at an y time C ollectiv e c ontr ol systems and demandc ontr olled v en tilation systems ar e other examples of mine automation technologies that some mines ha v e installed In No v ember 2019 E ur omines org aniz ed a seminar aiming at showcasing the curr ent futur e technological dev elop ment c ontributing to eliminating the ph ysical hazards in the mineral raw materials industry Mining c ompanies ar e making c ontinuous strides in impr o ving working c ondi tions thr ough digitalization and automation and r emo ving its workfor c e fr om danger ous situations The ev ent was an ex c ellent opportunity for networking with the industry r epr esentativ es academia r epr esentativ es trade unions go v ernmental r epr esentativ es The ev ent was held back toback with the Standing W ork ing Party for Extractiv e Industries meeting on 18 19 No v em ber 2019 Table of Contents page 23 of 35 S ustainabi li ty and Competi ti veness