making that experience available to mining , oil & gas as well as forestry operators , wherever in the world they need to look . Take the field of sensors – companies like Canada-based MineSense have developed sensors that can gauge the quality of the mineral in every bucket , bringing down the level of decision-making from around 10,000 tons to 100 tons . Another smart start-up is Southern Innovation of Melbourne whose technology improves the performance of radiation-based analysis in mining applications . Its SITORO technology performs digital pulse processing in a more efficient way than traditional methods , improving detection speed and accuracy . They work on sensors as well as the algorithms that process the sensor information allowing much more efficient discrimination of mineral content , says Bye : “ In a system approach you need the sensors and also the analytics of the sensor data . You require a consortium of sensor companies to get a holistic picture of your operation . At Imvelo we understand the industry challenge , the business case for solving that
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