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The Smart Mining Value Calculator

Unlock the full potential of private 5G for your mining operations. Use our Smart Mining Value Calculator to quantify the financial and operational impact when integrating private 5G into your infrastructure.

The benefits of a private cellular network add up

Use our calculator to figure out your return on investment in your smart mine. It factors in cost reductions in maintenance, labor and energy, and adds up the triple bottom line benefits for worker safety, the environment, and the mine’s overall economics.

How to use the calculator*

Select your type of mine and choose one or more use cases by checking the boxes. Remember, deploying three use cases together will bring greater gains.

  • Enter your mine’s ore production per year, cost per tonne, and number of haulers and drill rigs.
  • Watch it update to show the return on investment. 
  • Hover over each color in the Value Build-up circular chart to see a breakdown of that use case.

*Note: Based on a joint 2020 study between Ericsson, Komatsu, Epiroc and Arthur D Little.  

Our baseline mines

The pre-entered numbers are based on two baseline mines:

  • a gold surface mine in Argentina with 25 million tonnes of annual production, revenues of $530 million USD, and a gross profit of $170 million USD.
  • a gold underground mine in Brazil with 2 million tonnes of annual production, revenues of $195 million USD, and a gross profit of $85 million USD.

Let us customize the numbers based on your environment and guide you on your digital transformation journey.