Founded on the conviction that it ’ s digital transformation time for the mining industry , Imvelo is marrying deep expertise with supersmart robotics and automation innovation to help that happen

T he mining industry has seen multi-factor productivity decline over the last 30 years and though injury rates have reduced , improvements have been too often piecemeal and localised . With more than 40 years ’ experience at a senior level in some of the biggest mining groups and most prestigious research institutes between them , Dr Sharna Glover and Prof Alan Bye were not happy with the current state of the mining industry . “ One reason Alan and I decided to start up Imvelo is that we feel both safety and productivity have flatlined ,” Glover explains . “ I think the last safety frontier is removing people from all hazardous situations . We still have people working on mine equipment or around molten metal in the processing plants but robotics and automation can definitely remove people from these high risk areas .”