photogrammetry 5 Reasons Small Mines Should Conduct Pit Analysis Pit Analysis makes mine and quarry operations more efficient and profitable. Here are 5 reasons every mine and quarry should conduct regular pit analyses: 1. save time, 2. increase profits, 3. work smarter, 4. ensure compliance, and 5. prevent disasters.
drones Drones, Drills, & Data Three technologies enabling massive improvements in drilling are Drones, AI, and smart drills. Used individually, they give a huge advantage, but when combined, they allow the modern driller to accomplish a level of insights never before seen.
webinar Strayos' Flagship Webinar Was a Fantastic Success The Untapped Potential of Drone Data in Drilling & Blasting Strayos, in collaboration with Maurer & Scott, hosted its first Webinar on September 29, 2020. It was an amazing success. There were more
drones Improve Safety and Compliance with AI Powered Pit Analysis Using AI allows you to have the most up to date information on your site possible and allows you to optimize your operations for safety and compliance.
drones How to Map Elevation Changes Using Autonomous Drone Flights The challenge of elevation changes in autonomous drone flight planning is becoming a big problem as drones are being used more and more for mapping an ever increasing variety of site features.
pit analysis How AI is Making Pit Analysis Faster, Easier, and Safer Operations at mines are often planned based on a theoretical design that rarely matches reality. To optimize operations, you need to know what you are working with. Periodic Pit Analysis are Needed In
team Employee Spotlight- Shuo Zhong Strayos is proud to present... Shuo Zhong! Shuo aka Thor is our Computer Vision and Machine Learning Engineer, located in our Buffalo, New York office. Thor- Strayos' God of Deep Learning, pausing in
drones Best Drones for Drilling & Blasting 2020 Best Drones for Drilling & Blasting 2020 Drone use in the drilling and blasting industry has increased dramatically in recent years. As companies seek to improve their blasting practices, for example, by adding
team Employee Spotlight- Jon Introducing.... Jon Lewis! Jon Lewis is a Strayos Star, one of our exceptional employees dedicated to making your experience with Strayos amazing. Jon is our Solutions Engineer and is based in our Buffalo,
mining Thinking Outside the Rocks: Using Hyperspectral Imaging to Locate Ore After a Blast What if locating your ore post-blast, was as easy as flying a drone? One of the biggest problems a mine faces is locating ore after a blast- particularly for narrow deposits with a
fragmentation How to Get the Fragmentation you Want A recent survey of quarry companies attending Quarry Academy found that a whopping 60% of quarries feel their muck pile fragmentation could be better. Only 2% felt the quality of their muck pile fragmentation was excellent.
internship Intern Spotlight - Akash Adhikari Strayos is proud to introduce... Akash Adhikari! One of Our Brightest Stars and an Epic Person. Akash is studying Mining Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Why did you choose
internship Intern Spotlight - Judith Buaba Strayos is proud to introduce... Judith Buaba! Our Shooting Star and an Incredible Person. A mine tour to Coeur Wharf mine in South Dakota to complete MSHA Surface miner safety training. Judith is
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artificial intelligence Making Depleted Deposits Profitable by Increasing Extraction Efficiency Better extraction methods create better yields. As ore deposits become increasingly depleted and of lower quality, mines must become more efficient at accessing the remaining ore in order to maintain profitability while keeping commodity costs low enough to feed demand.
mining Influence of Front Row Burden on Mining Front row burden optimization improves the mean fragment size by 25% and reduces equipment cycle time by 20%.
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internship Intern Spotlight - Richard Amoako Strayos is proud to introduce... Richard Amoako! An All Star Team Member and Awesome Guy Richard is studying Mining Engineering at South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Lab Session: Preparing sample for
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OCP Bench to Farm : A Better Blast Means a Better Crop How Strayos is Helping Feed the World Using AI based Mineral Extraction
covid-19 Business in the Covid-19 Era : Social Distancing in Mining, Quarrying and Infrastructure industry Covid-19 has ground the US and world economies to a standstill. Governments and businesses everywhere are enacting increasingly extreme measures to try to slow the spread. Multiple states and companies are now requiring
Quarry General Drilling and Maine Drilling & Blasting transforms their operations with Strayos The article details the experiences of the two companies have had working with Strayos, the problems they were facing, why they decided to work with Strayos, and how Strayos has improved their work
Quarry Digital Geology: A Key to improve blast performance Importance of Rock Mass properties Rock mass properties have a substantial influence on blasting outcomes. Blasting outcomes including fragmentation is sensitive to geological conditions. Large scale features such as bedding planes, joints, faults,
Quarry Power of analytics in improving rock fragmentation Blasting is the most economical technique to achieve rock fragmentation in mines and quarries. The main objective of blasting is to realize the fragmentation in the desired size. Analytics can be of help in several considerations by providing a better understanding of the process.