Active RFID Solutions Support Health and Safety Global Initiatives for the Mining Industry

Logistics Insight Asia - Technology & Market Trends, 6/8/2008

The implementation of active RFID in the mining industry provides application solutions that support the required health and safety initiatives that are employed globally. The deployment of active RFID involves many divisions/departments within an organization. In many instances, the coherent flow of communications and data between the different divisions of an organization, in this case, an ore mining facility, are complex in nature. To deploy and commission an active RFID solution involves intricate processes, workflows and strong relationships between the different divisions within an organization.

Wavetrend in partnership with its solutions partners provide a solution suite, which can be seamlessly integrated into the mining sector. When integrating the Wavetrend solution into a mine’s operational methodology and structure, advantageous effects in mining productivity and risk management are experienced. In addition to the mining section, the tunneling sector has successfully implemented active RFID for the location of workers on the construction sites of tunneling projects in Switzerland and Australia.

This White Paper, found on the Company’s website, identifies and discusses the valuable solutions Wavetrend has developed, in the successful development and deployment of active RFID in the mining and tunneling sectors. The advantages of active RFID solutions over more conventional techniques will also be identified. The paper also discusses the challenges faced by the different parties involved.


Wavetrend, www.wavetrend.net.