{"id":1166055,"date":"2020-02-17T17:45:30","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T23:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mining.com\/?p=1014152"},"modified":"2020-02-17T17:45:30","modified_gmt":"2020-02-17T23:45:30","slug":"esa-hypervine-bring-blockchain-and-satellite-data-together-for-mining-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/?p=1166055","title":{"rendered":"ESA, Hypervine bring blockchain and satellite data together for mining teams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glasgow-based start-up<strong> <\/strong>Hypervine, announced Monday the start of a project, co-funded by the European Space Agency (ESA), to develop services using space-based data to improve efficiencies for extractive industries.<\/p>\n<div class='d-flex justify-content-center d-xs-block d-sm-block d-md-none'>\n<div id='div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0'><script>googletag.cmd.push(function() {googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1561499308230-0');});<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hypervine, through its blockchain ledger, enables<br \/>\nsatellite-sourced information to guarantee accuracy, so quarry companies gain<br \/>\nbetter oversight of their operations through the adoption of space assets, such<br \/>\nas readings for topography, liquid, mineral and density readings.<\/p>\n<p>Hypervine has worked with Edinburgh\u2019s Napier University and is currently involved in the Scottish Centre of Excellence in Satellite Applications (SoXSA) and its partnered Tontine incubator. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright\">\n<blockquote>\n<p>Data for mining teams and their subsidiaries is clearly recorded on an unalterable ledger, removing the risk of small changes being magnified down a chain <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Mining companies have to constantly adapt to<br \/>\never-changing economic, environmental and governmental policies making easily<br \/>\naccessible, high quality and up-to-date data vital. <\/p>\n<p>Through the implementation of Hypervine\u2019s<br \/>\ntechnology, data for mining teams and their subsidiaries is clearly recorded on<br \/>\nan unalterable ledger, removing the risk of small changes being magnified down<br \/>\na chain, which could result in potentially catastrophic yet avoidable dangers<br \/>\nand miscalculations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As well as increasing accuracy when surveying and<br \/>\nplanning works on a new site, reducing costs, margins for error and potential<br \/>\nrisks for teams on the ground, implementation of Hypervine\u2019s systems also<br \/>\nallows for wider environmental savings through operational efficiencies and<br \/>\ncarbon reduction.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cThe use of<br \/>\nsatellite-based data for mining work is already a sector experiencing huge<br \/>\ninvestment and funding across private and nationalised space programs, said Beatrice Barresi,<br \/>\ntechnical officer, ESA Space Solutions said. \u201cIt is a core goal of ours to make industries such<br \/>\nas quarrying safer, cleaner and more accountable<em>.\u201d <\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are currently a number of projects in planning to develop digital tools using satellite applications, including a proposed follow-on mining project to further increase the use of cutting edge digital processes in the mining sector, Hypervine said.  Whilst already working with firms in Germany, the UK and the US including Galliford Try Plc., Hypervine was recently announced as part of the latest cohort to join the Scottish Centre of Excellence in Satellite Applications (SoXSA) \/ Tontine incubator in Glasgow. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The European Space Agency and Scottish start-up partner to develop services for mining industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[624,2849,369],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166055"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1166055"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1166064,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1166055\/revisions\/1166064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1166055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1166055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/juniorminingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1166055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}