THE ROLE OF ICT IN MINING

The aims and objectives of this seminar are to investigate the role ICT has played towards the improvement of the mining business performance in the mining industry. Concern for the human security inside mines is as old as the mining itself. However, ICT (Information and communication technologies), which has impacted human life in so many ways has not been much used for making mines safer. We propose a method that has been practically implemented which can enhance mine safety enormously. It is based on integration of wireless sensor network with an external network through a gateway.