Mining and information: Defining the need

CIM Bulletin

Volumn 89, Issue 1002, 1996, Pages 59-65

  Gray, Jim ^a   Peck, Jonathan ^b  

^a AQUILA Mining Systems Ltd   (Canada)

^b AQUILA Mining Systems Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communications; Information system; Surface mining; Technology; Total Mining System

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COST ACCOUNTING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INVENTORY CONTROL; MINERS; MINES; MONITORING; PLANNING;

COMPUTER BASED SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MINE OPERATORS; PRODUCTION MONITORING SYSTEMS; SURFACE MINING; TOTAL MINING SYSTEM;

OPEN PIT MINING;

EID: 0030194819     PISSN: 03170926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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