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Mining: the mine measured from pit to tailings: the site at a glance.

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Mining
The mine, measured from pit to tailings.

Private 5G across the pit and underground, slope and tailings monitoring, fenceline air and methane measurement, site power and microgrids, and environmental reporting built from the same observations.

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01In the field

Open-pit mine

GNSS slope monitors on the benches, a blast seismograph at the boundary and a private cell for the fleet, around a benched pit cut into the ground.

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02Stories

How it works, in place.

Interactive stories with figures drawn to scale and every claim referenced.

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03What it needs to observe

What this industry has to measure.

Mining, oil and gas, ports, utilities, rail, construction and manufacturing: private networks and compliance-grade sensing.

01

Slope and tailings stability

02

Dust, gas and methane

03

Water discharge

04

Coverage underground and in the pit

05

Site power

04Use cases

Where it is deployed.

Deployment scenarios from the sector research and the use-case library.

Use case · high complexity

Utility grid-edge private LTE and wildfire weather

Private LTE on substations and poles for distribution automation, with weather nodes that inform public-safety power shutoff decisions.

Who
Electric utilities.
Data
Fault location, isolation and service restoration telemetry; Distributed-energy control and islanding events; Wildfire-risk weather observations

3GPP Band 106

IEC 61850

IEEE 1547 / 2030.5

NERC CIP

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Use case · high complexity

Mine site private 5G and environmental monitoring

A standalone 5G core, radios across the pit and edge compute for autonomy, with dust, vibration, slope and weather sensing for environmental records.

Who
Mining companies and their contractors.
Data
Autonomy and safety communications records; Environmental monitoring records (dust, blast vibration, slope, tailings)

3GPP Rel-16/17 URLLC

ISO 17757 (autonomous mining machinery safety)

GISTM (tailings)

ISA/IEC 62443

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Use case · medium to high complexity

Methane fenceline observatory

Point sensors on the fenceline with optical gas imaging and quantification, feeding leak-detection reports.

Who
Oil and gas operators.
Data
Leak-detection survey records; Site-level emission estimates with uncertainty

Regulation (EU) 2024/1787

OGMP 2.0 reporting levels

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Industrial

Mine-wide private LTE or 5G with environmental sensing

Autonomy communications plus dust, blast vibration, slope and tailings monitoring.

Industrial

Utility private LTE for the grid edge

Distribution automation, distributed-energy control and wildfire-risk weather on a dedicated band.

Industrial

Continuous methane monitoring

Fenceline sensors and optical gas imaging under regulatory leak-detection cadences.

Every use case

05Solutions

What we deliver.

Each offer is designed, deployed and run on the open protocol by Nexus Observatory Inc.

managed service, hardware + software

Private Wireless as a Service

Standalone private 5G or LTE for a site, campus, port or mine: radios, core, SIMs, spectrum route and operations.

How we deliver it →

hardware + software, managed service

Microgrids and off-grid site power

PV, storage and generator sizing for instruments and edge sites, with telemetry and remote control.

How we deliver it →

managed service, data licence

Structural and ground-movement monitoring

GNSS, InSAR, tilt, strain and fibre sensing on bridges, dams, slopes, tailings and pipelines, with alert thresholds set by the owner.

How we deliver it →

managed service, data licence

Environmental and permit monitoring

Emissions, water quality, noise and dust monitoring for permit conditions, with traceable calibration and evidence bundles.

How we deliver it →

managed service, hardware + software

Mine, plant and port site monitoring

Slope radar, tailings monitoring, dust and water, and site connectivity for operations and closure.

How we deliver it →

06Service platforms

The platforms behind it.

8 of the network’s service platforms build the systems this industry runs on.

Service platform

Sensors & instruments

Measurements that carry their own proof.
Service platform

Earth observation & GeoAI

The ground, measured and modelled.
Service platform

Connectivity

Private 5G, AI-RAN and orbit, on site.
Service platform

Field services

Survey to decommission, one accountable crew.
Service platform

Data & licensing

Grid data, licensed for your use.
Service platform

Hardware & power

Built for the site, not the lab.
Service platform

Digital twins and simulation

Model the site before you build it.
Service platform

Security and trust

Every node proves what it is.

07Open and community

Open by default. Built with the people who use it.

Open data, open methods and the open protocol, with the people who use them.

Open projects this community builds on

  • Open5GS
  • OpenAirInterface
  • Magma
  • OpenMetBuoy
  • OPC UA open stacks

Take part

08Infrastructure and industry

Neighbouring industries.

Industry

Energy

The grid edge, observed.
Industry

Telecom

Towers that compute, sense and connect.
Industry

Transport

Corridors that report their own conditions.
Industry

Infrastructure

Assets that report their own condition.
Industry

Industry

Plants and ports, sensed and connected.

Bring us the site.

Survey, design, deployment and operation for mining. The form names who receives your details.

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The mine, measured from pit to tailings.

Reference design, drawn to scale · drag to turn