Why Digital Transformation Cannot Wait
Coal mining margins are under pressure from rising fuel costs, labor shortages, and growing regulatory compliance requirements. Digital technologies offer the most powerful lever for improving productivity and reducing cost per tonne without compromising safety.
Mine Management Systems (MMS)
Integrated MMS aggregates real-time data from drills, shovels, trucks, and processing plants into a single dashboard. CDE's MMS implementation has reduced truck queue times at crushers by 28% using machine-learning dispatch optimization trained on 18 months of historical fleet data.
Autonomous Haulage
Autonomous haul trucks deployed at scale in Australia are increasingly adopted in Indonesia. Benefits include 15-20% higher truck utilization, reduced tire wear, and elimination of operator-related safety incidents.
Drone Surveying and Stockpile Measurement
CDE uses LiDAR-equipped UAVs to complete topographic surveys in under 4 hours with accuracy within 0.3% of true volume — critical for accurate ROM production tracking and inventory reconciliation.
Predictive Maintenance
Vibration sensors on critical assets enable our maintenance team to predict failure 14-21 days in advance. In 2024, this prevented three major crusher breakdowns that would have collectively cost 11,000 tonnes of production loss.
