OES.Mine Fleet Management System Deployed in West Africa Gold Mine
Six months ago, we entered a large #gold mining operation in West Africa with a pilot project to deploy our fleet management system OES.Mine.
Due to NDA restrictions, we cannot disclose the company name, country, exact fleet size or operational details. But we can share what matters most: the pilot was successful, and the client has now signed a contract for full-scale implementation.
This was not a laboratory test. The operating environment was a serious challenge for both hardware and software: heat, dust, heavy rain season, LTE coverage limitations, site-specific workflows and a completely new operational context for our team.
The pilot scope was deliberately limited: several haul trucks, one excavator, and one month of test operation. During the pilot, we confirmed several critical things:
As a result, we are now moving into full-scale deployment in two stages.
1️⃣ Stage 1: core mining fleet We will deploy a full fleet management system for excavators, haul trucks and loaders, including automatic haulage and cycle tracking, real-time dispatching, downtime control, live fleet map and digital ore accounting instead of paper-based records.
2️⃣ Stage 2: auxiliary equipment and road/speed management We will connect dozers, graders, water trucks and drill rigs. The next layer will include road quality and speed control, where every haul truck becomes a sensor of haul road condition, and auxiliary equipment can be managed online based on real operational needs.
This is an important step for OES Ventures. Africa, gold, new climate, new equipment, new language, new operating culture. Full-scale deployment will not be easy. But that is exactly why the pilot mattered: to test the system in real conditions before scaling.
We will continue sharing practical lessons from the field.
Read more — in our LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/oesventures/
Six months ago, we entered a large #gold mining operation in West Africa with a pilot project to deploy our fleet management system OES.Mine.
Due to NDA restrictions, we cannot disclose the company name, country, exact fleet size or operational details. But we can share what matters most: the pilot was successful, and the client has now signed a contract for full-scale implementation.
This was not a laboratory test. The operating environment was a serious challenge for both hardware and software: heat, dust, heavy rain season, LTE coverage limitations, site-specific workflows and a completely new operational context for our team.
The pilot scope was deliberately limited: several haul trucks, one excavator, and one month of test operation. During the pilot, we confirmed several critical things:
- The hardware works in African mining conditions, with installation adapted to the client’s environment, including cooled tablets, antenna positioning and equipment-specific mounting logic.
- The system was deployed in the cloud from scratch in two weeks.
- Local LTE connectivity was sufficient for real-time fleet visibility and dispatching.
- The system recognized more than 95% of haul truck cycles, validated against manual records and onboard truck data.
- The client worked with the system in daily operations and gave strong feedback on the core functionality: live map, haulage cycles, delays, downtime, reports and dashboards.
As a result, we are now moving into full-scale deployment in two stages.
1️⃣ Stage 1: core mining fleet We will deploy a full fleet management system for excavators, haul trucks and loaders, including automatic haulage and cycle tracking, real-time dispatching, downtime control, live fleet map and digital ore accounting instead of paper-based records.
2️⃣ Stage 2: auxiliary equipment and road/speed management We will connect dozers, graders, water trucks and drill rigs. The next layer will include road quality and speed control, where every haul truck becomes a sensor of haul road condition, and auxiliary equipment can be managed online based on real operational needs.
This is an important step for OES Ventures. Africa, gold, new climate, new equipment, new language, new operating culture. Full-scale deployment will not be easy. But that is exactly why the pilot mattered: to test the system in real conditions before scaling.
We will continue sharing practical lessons from the field.
Read more — in our LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/company/oesventures/