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Carbon containment Outotec’s CarbonSense is a carbon monitoring system designed to minimize gold solution losses from carbon-in-pulp and carbon-in-leach during gold extraction. The CarbonSense system consists of two measurement probes, placed directly in the carbon-containing and carbon-free areas of the slurry tank, which use electrodes to continuously measure carbon levels throughout the tank. “Since the activated carbon increases the slurry’s conductivity, the carbon concentration can be measured in real time by comparing the results from the two probes,” Peter Blanz, product manager of intelligent instruments at Outotec, told CIM Magazine. “This makes the measurement’s frequency and reliability much higher than traditional methods that involve taking a sample of the slurry.” According to Outotec, CarbonSense is fully automatic and easy to maintain.
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Intelligent flying Exyn Technology’s ExynAI is a flight guide software designed to make aerial robots and drones autonomous, allowing them to fly in complex environments without a pilot or GPS. ExynAI’s software algorithm uses light detection and ranging (LiDAR) along with 3D mapping to determine and map safe pathways for vehicle travel, producing optimal flight trajectories, according to Exyn Technologies. “This robot is a self-contained system that can intelligently understand where it is in the environment in real time,” Raffi Jabrayan, director of markets and industries at Exyn Technologies, told CIM Magazine. “Even if the environment is changing, [it can] safely navigate a complex mission that you might prescribe to it, without having any input from the human beyond the initial mission.” ExynAI is “platform agnostic” and is designed to be compatible with multiple hardware and software options.
Minetell Technologies has refocused its signature risk management platform to measure and monitor workplaces’ risk exposure and control performance for COVID-19. The new COVID-19 platform facilitates personnel screening to detect possible cases and evaluates control assessments, such as handwashing and distancing, for efficiency. According to Minetell Technologies, once the assessments are complete they are sent directly to decision makers, so they are able to address any issues quickly and reliably, thus reducing the chance of spread. “The problem we’re solving at Minetell is getting reliable information into the hands of decision makers,” Michael Hartley, president and CEO of Minetell Technologies, told CIM Magazine. “We’re still solving that problem, but [now] we’re doing it in the context of COVID-19, which helps employers, employees and their families know how safe their workplaces are right now.”
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