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Technology Investment Priorities in Mining in Europe and the Former Soviet Union, 2015

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Published: Mar. 2015| No. Of Pages: 39 Pages

Synopsis

Technology Investment Priorities in Mining in Europe and the Former Soviet Union, 2015 report provides a detailed analysis of investment intentions in 12 areas of technology in the European and the former Soviet Union mining sector. The analysis is based upon Timetrics survey of 100 mine managers, procurement managers and other key decision-makers, and focuses in particular on mine management and vehicle-related technologies.

Areas of analysis include:

Mining companies priorities for investments in the coming two years, across 12 mine-site technologies. These include machine automation, mine design software, environmental monitoring, mine survey equipment and fleet management to name a few, with separate analyses for mine management technologies and vehicle-related technologies.

Comparisons of investment intentions across segments, including commodities produced, mine type and size of company, as measured by global annual revenues.

Regional comparisons highlighting differences between current and prospective investments across Western Europe, Southern Europe, Eastern Europe, Scandanivia and the Former Soviet Union.

Specific insight into the potential for autonomous vehicles and expectations for investment over the next ten years.

Summary

Overall trends in the data revealed:

The primary technologies in which respondents plan to increase investments are mine management software for scheduling/optimization, mine survey equipment, equipment health monitoring and mine design and modelling software.

For 11 of the 12 areas, a minimum of 50% of respondents already had these technologies in place at their sites, including all mine-management-type...