How MonitorPro Helps Gold Mines Ensure Environmental Compliance
Gold and Gold Mining
Gold has several consumption sources including jewellery, bar production, coins, medals, and electronics. Due to its high conductivity and resistance to corrosion, gold has become increasingly important in the technology industry, where demand has grown for producing computers, communications, jet engines, and other products (UGSG.gov 2024).
The top 5 gold producing countries are China, Australia, Russia, Canada and the United States, producing a total of 1360 tons of gold between them in 2023 (USGS, Mineral Commodity Summaries 2024).
Figure 1: Worldwide gold mining map, highlighting the top gold producing countries (World Gold Council, Gold.org, 2024).
Gold Mining and Environmental Data Collection
Gold mining sites are required to collect a range of environmental data including noise, dust, surface water, groundwater, weather data, and social impacts through noise and visual appearance. Without suitable environmental data management software, this data is often contained in multiple spreadsheets at different sites requiring staff to manually input and transfer data to produce the require compliance reports and analysis. The remote location and scale of gold mining operations can also make field data collection difficult, which, in turn can result in data input errors if data is recorded on paper documents in the field and transposed later.
MonitorPro Provides a Solution
MonitorPro and MP-Field provides a range of features which make data collection and further reporting quick and easy, even in remote locations and at multiple sites locally or internationally, making it the perfect solution for environmental data collection in the gold mining industry.
Working on a Global Scale
Gold mining companies frequently have mining sites across multiple locations, both locally and internationally. MonitorPro has been specifically developed to address some key issues:
1. Centralised secure system;
- Sites in different locations often independently manage their own data and systems. Whether home grown databases, or various spreadsheets, sites may find it difficult to share site environmental data internally and externally.
- MonitorPro provides a centralised secure database, where all sites can bring their data into one place making data sharing and further reporting much easier and less time consuming.
- Data is automatically uploaded into the database removing the need for manual data input and reducing data input errors.
2. Language and data input differences;
- If sites are in different countries, reports required for submission to different authorities may need to be in multiple languages.
- MonitorPro supports multiple languages so reports can be generated in the necessary language required by the site
- Different sites may speak different languages.
- MonitorPro is fully internationalised, allowing users to navigate the system in their own language.
- Language packs are fully configurable, and default translations can be updated by the users to ensure technical terms are clearly translated, allowing for regional or country differences.
- Different sites may utilise different data and date formats based on their geographical location.
- MonitorPro can identify different data and date formats and can report in the correct format required for the specified geographical location.
Improved Field Data Collection with MP-Field
MP-Field makes sample point data collection and importing easy even at large mining sites and remote mine locations.
- Data can be collected in the field even without network connection and will automatically upload once a connection is made.
- Easily take pictures in the field and upload them to the database with the sample point’s data. Previous photos and documents can also be referred to in the field.
- Built in mapping makes site navigation easy.
- No missed sample points since MP-Field highlights where data collection is still required or if a point has been missed.
- If multiple groups are monitoring, progress is updated ensuring locations are not sampled twice, increasing data collection efficiency.
- Avoid data input errors through the utilisation of drop-down lists and date pickers for data input.
MonitorPro and Gold Mining: A Perfect Combination
MonitorPro has been implemented a multitude of gold mining sites, significantly improving their environmental data management. Application of MonitorPro and MP-Field means our gold mining clients have:
- Confidence that their environmental data is accurate, easily accessible, and complete, meaning their environmental targets are being reached, and can be seen to be fulfilled by the regulatory authorities.
- Streamlined internal and external data collection processes, eliminating the need for spreadsheets and manual processes, saving a considerable amount of time and money.
”It’s hard to find a tool that streamlines all of these components like MonitorPro does. I would suggest that if you are interested in something like this, schedule a demo. That is what made us decide and go with MonitorPro.
Environmental CoordinatorAustralian Mining Client
- Simple means to both access and interpret environmental data so it can be easily shared with stakeholders, including regulators and nearby communities.
- Tools within MonitorPro mean that data from many different sources are available in one place for analysis, trend investigation, and reporting.
- By having a more efficient data management process, environmental staff can focus more on data analysis and reporting.
”Easy to use, easy to set up, and good support.
Environmental SupervisorAustralian Mining Client
Want to Find Out More?
To find out more about MonitorPro check out our features of MonitorPro, why choose MonitorPro, and benefits of MonitorPro pages. For more information on MonitorPro and gold mining take a look at our MonitorPro and mining page. For a free demo or to speak to one of our consultants contact us at enquiries@ehsdata.com
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The complete, professional environmental data monitoring solution, MonitorPro is the IT solution trusted by environmental teams worldwide to manage their environmental compliance and data collection. MonitorPro is a web-based or locally hosted solution for the collation of ALL sources of environmental data, where it is generated by loggers, laboratories, weather stations, calculations, or other data repositories. MonitorPro is the first EHS Software solution to receive an MCERTS accreditation from the Environmental Agency.
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EHS Data is a world leading UK based software company providing Environmental Data Management Solutions to over 1,000 sites in 40 countries worldwide. For over 20 years, our versatile software solution, MonitorPro, has helped organisations save time, improve planning, quality control, site analysis and reporting to manage environmental obligations and sustainability.
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