Digitization of Polish mining industry by reducing costs and improving safety and quality of finished product

Abstract

This paper presents the current level of digitization of the Polish mining industry on examples of copper and hard coal mines. A proposal to digitize the individual business processes in mining production was presented. Six basic components were defined: mineral deposit management, SOP (Sales and Operation Planning), production, machines, security, and analyses. These components define the specifics of the functioning of the mining process. New methods of collecting and processing data based on Big Data technology were proposed.