Digitalization in Open-Pit Mining: A New Approach in Monitoring and Control of Rock Fragmentation

Mining enterprises are widely introducing digital technologies and automation is one of such tools. Granularity monitoring, namely, the size determination rock mass pieces a common operational component processes that extract minerals by open-pit mining. The article proposes an approach that, in addition to lump distribution, makes it possible estimate form distribution as well. To investigate effectiveness monitoring blasted lumps, authors conducted experiments four stages related condition. They include geological occurrence, explosive crushing, trommelling, mill crushing. relationship between these presented change lumps fragment traced. present informational analytical model at mining enterprises, extracting mining, well algorithm for determining obtaining their mass.