Isidingo Drill Challenge T he objectiv e of this challenge is t o cr ea t e bett er w orking c onditions f or miners thr ough an inno v a tiv e r ock drill c onc ept f or gold and pla tinum under gr ound mining T he c onc ept and pr oofofc onc ept phases ha v e been c omplet ed and pr ot otypes ha v e been de v eloped f or further t es ting MEMS A partnership T he vision of MEMS A is t o position the local mining capital goods c omponents and pr oduct manuf actur ers as a c os tc ompetitiv e inno v a tiv e and tr ansf orma tiv e indus trial clus t er MEMS A members participa t ed activ ely in the Isidingo Drill Challenge R ealtime inf orma tion management s y s t em T he objectiv e of this pr ogr amme is t o de v elop a unifed holis tic and smart c onnect ed s y s t ems model tha t will enable r ealtime and smart er decision making and support a t mines K e y outputs t o da t e ar e the defnition of r ealtime da ta r equir ements f or modern mines an appr opria t e s y s t em ar chit ectur e f or a Mining Int ernet of T hings de v elopment of IT pla tf orms tha t f acilita t e int egr a tion of point solutions as w ell as the design de v elopment and demons tr a tion of r ealtime da ta analytics Da ta 4 0 T he objectiv e of this pr ogr amme is t o support the br oader Miner als C ouncil Da ta 4 0 pr oject b y defning ca t egorising and mapping inno v a tion da ta t o which the Miner als C ouncil has or should ha v e ac c es s A fo w chart dictionary and v alue chain f or such da ta has been de v eloped Modernisa tionf ocused s tr a t egy support T he objectiv e of this pr ogr amme is t o enhanc e the Miner als C ouncil s o wn capabilities capacity and cultur e with r egar d t o RDI Ext ensiv e int ervie w s w er e c onduct ed with management t o unders tand the pr oblems tha t the y ha v e wher e RDI c ould as sis t In addition an Inno v a tion Pla ybook is in the pr oc es s of being de v eloped thr ough which emplo y ees can enhanc e their unders tanding of emer ging t echnologies such as artifcial int elligenc e augment ed virtual r eality and block chain and their applica tion in mining 20 19 S A Earth Observ a tion Challenge T he objectiv e is t o support the de v elopment of entr epr eneurs in South A frica who use sa t ellit e inf orma tion t o solv e miningsect or r ela t ed pr oblems W inners of this challenge made pr oposals r egar ding solving pr oblems of illegal mining and early det ection of tailings dam f ailur es A dv anc ed Or ebody Kno wledge A OK T he objectiv e of this pr ogr amme is t o es tablish a 3D r ealtime model tha t allo w s ac cur a t e planning design and scheduling and pr omot es c onfdenc e in mine plans Outputs include r ock char act erisa tion of v arious A OK t echnologies and the t es ting of ne w impr o v ement t echniques and r obotic pla tf orms f or r emot e oper a tion L onge vity of curr ent mines T he objectiv e of this pr ogr amme is t o r ee x amine all aspects of the mining c y cle t o achie v e a z er o harm quality blas t daily P ointsolution opportunities r ela t ed t o aspects such as drilling under gr ound support and ener gy r eduction f or shortt erm implementa tion ha v e been identifed f or further RD and or monit oring Mechanised drill and blas t T he objectiv e of this pr ogr amme is t o de v elop solutions tha t will lead t o the incr ease of ec onomically f easible gold and PGM or ebodies R esour c e modelling as w ell as gr eenbr o wnfeld c onc ept designs ar e outputs in the pr oc es s of de v elopment None xplosiv e r ock br eaking T his objectiv e is a c ontinuous mining s y s t em tha t maximises a v ailable time and r educ es dilution A set of pr omising r ock br eaking t echnologies lik e thermal spalling in gold and diamond wir e cutting in pla tinum ar e being r esear ched South A frica s futur e and w e ar e her e t o t ell y ou ther e is hope WE ARE UNL OCKING AngloGold Ashanti Mponeng P age 83 MINERALS C OUNCIL SOUTH AFRICA INTEGRA TED ANNU AL REVIEW 20 19