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YULIN, China, April 27, 2023 /PRNewswire=KYODO JBN/ --

The intelligent mine solution powered by 5G and the industrial Internet that

was jointly developed by Huawei and Shaanxi Coal Industry Co., Ltd. (Shaanxi

Coal Company) hit its one-year milestone, marking a full year of continuous

operations. The solution has leveraged technologies like 5G, cloud computing,

and AI, as well as related digital applications, to significantly improve

production efficiency and operational safety at the mines of Shaanxi Coal

Company. This makes a powerful case for intelligent upgrade for the global

mining industry, and provides a reference for applying the industrial Internet

in other industries.

The solution has integrated ICT technologies into every step of the coal mining

process to eliminate silos and enable data sharing. This supports intelligent

collaboration between safety assurance, production, operation, energy

conservation, environmental protection, and other systems, and has improved

efficiency during geological exploration, tunneling, mining, and more. The

solution is also the first of its kind to use an industrial Internet platform

with a three-level architecture of Shaanxi Coal Company, its mine subsidiaries,

and the coal mines themselves. This platform has enabled collaborative

management and control, intelligent sensing, and efficient decision making.

Xu Jun, CTO of Huawei's Mine BU, said that Huawei has worked with Shaanxi Coal

Company's Hongliulin Coal Mine and Xiaobaodang Coal Mine to develop new

practices and applications that meet the specific requirements of coal

production. In this process, Huawei has leveraged the expertise it has built up

in 5G, AI, cloud, big data, and other technologies, as well as its capability

to integrate global resources. This partnership has created a new benchmark of

intelligent mines for the industry. In particular, the intelligent mine

solution can build virtual mines that act as the digital twins of physical

mines underground, generating greater value with the massive amounts of mining

data in a safer and more efficient way.

As a result, the Hongliulin Coal Mine now has 18% fewer workers working

underground. In addition, 97.7% of its mine faces now support intelligent

mining, and intelligent management has been made possible for the underground

mine face using 5G video splicing and video calls. More than 2,700 sets of

equipment at the mine are now interconnected using unified data standards, with

170 million pieces of data streamed to the data lake every day. This data has

been used to create over 100 digital models. This data can also be used to

inform production and operation decision making and develop new digital

applications using "zero-code" development tools.

The Xiaobaodang Coal Mine has also used 5G and other technologies to enable

intelligent mining processes, equipment, and management, significantly

improving operational safety and production efficiency. The mine's underground

workforce is reduced by 42%. Key facilities in the mine, such as the

underground water pump rooms and substations, have achieved intelligent,

unattended operations, thanks to machine patrol inspection and video-based

collaboration. In terms of production safety, environmental monitoring devices

are able to autonomously detect and give out warnings related to gas buildup,

fires, flooding, ventilation issues, and geological events, and enable

real-time data interconnection. This can support more informed decision making

to greatly improve safety management at the mine.

Xu said, "The industrial Internet is the foundation of intelligent mines.

Huawei Mine BU is committed to working with partners and mining enterprises to

bring digital technology to every mine and build intelligent mines with the

industrial Internet more quickly." To achieve this goal, he explained, Huawei

is working to provide digital services for major coal and metal mining

enterprises around the world to enable safer and more efficient intelligent

mine management with fewer staff working underground.

Source: Huawei

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