Mining

Save time, money and improve safety on mine sites

Mine sites are easily affected by rain, wind, heat and lightning storms, so anticipating these events is vital.

Changes in the weather can create huge problems for mine site managers, but with highly accurate half hourly weather forecasts and exact timing of rain, the challenge of planning critical operations is much easier.

The benefits of using The Weather Company

  • Save time, money and improve safety. Highly accurate half hourly weather forecasts and custom radar and lightning interfaces save time, money and improve safety on mine sites.
  • Plan critical tasks. Opticast can allow a project manager to plan critical tasks down to great detail.
  • Effectively plan earth moving operations. Exact timing of rain can allow more efficient planning of critical earth moving operations.
  • Plan outdoor work around extreme temperatures. Many mine sites are located in some of the hottest parts of the country.  The Weather Company’s detailed forecasts can allow site managers to plan outdoor work around these periods of extreme temperature.
  • Improve safety through early warning of lightning. Real time lightning tracking provides early warning of lightning and is essential when workers are outdoors.

The Weather Company’s products

  • Stormtracker WeatherBrief Pro provides a storm tracking feature, combining observations, lightning, radar, satellite and your mine site on a single animating display.
  • Opticast gives highly detailed forecasts that are updated every hour.
  • 14 Day Forecast. The 14 Day Forecast allows project managers to plan rosters, logistics and resources in advance.
  • Alerts and Alarms. Forecast alerts out to 7 days for specific areas are updated daily by meteorologists with written commentaries, while observational alarms allow real-time monitoring of severe weather events.

Get in touch

To create positive financial outcomes through innovative and customised weather solutions, please call The Weather Company for a no obligation chat on +61-2-9965 9200, or send us an email via our Contact page.