Case Study Category: White Papers

26 May 2021
Improving Convergence Monitoring Using LiDAR Data at the Argyle Diamond Mine
Rio Tinto engaged MineLiDAR to trial Hovermap for convergence monitoring at its Argyle Diamond Mine, in Western Australia. The trial showed LiDAR accuracy is sufficient for displacement monitoring and provides superior areal coverage of target areas.



26 May 2021
Improving Convergence Monitoring Using LiDAR Data at the Argyle Diamond Mine
Rio Tinto engaged MineLiDAR to trial Hovermap for convergence monitoring at its Argyle Diamond Mine, in Western Australia. The trial showed LiDAR accuracy is sufficient for displacement monitoring and provides superior areal coverage of target areas.


9 October 2020
Georeferencing Hovermap Point Clouds using ‘Best Fit’ Sphere Registration in CloudCompare
Accuracy Evaluation: Georeferencing Hovermap Point Clouds using ‘Best Fit’ Sphere Registration in CloudCompare


3 August 2020
Paper: BHP Olympic Dam use mobile drone LiDAR for structural data collection and analysis
This paper discusses the process of acquiring and preparing drone-based LiDAR data for geomechanics and explores the spatial and structural relationship between drone data and window mapping for implementation into Olympic Dam’s future stope designs.


1 August 2020
Overview of mobile LiDAR use underground
This paper details the background to how mobile mapping technology has been introduced into underground mining geomechanics.