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# [Skycatch Partners with Dwyka to Provide Mining Solutions in South Africa](https://blog.skycatch.com/dwykapartnership_announcement)

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# [Skycatch Partners with FEDS on Mining Technology in the Middle East](https://blog.skycatch.com/fedspartnership_announcement)

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# [Drone Photogrammetry vs. Lidar –Which is Most Suitable for Your Mine?](https://blog.skycatch.com/drone-photogrammetry-v-lidar-which-is-most-suitable-for-your-mine)

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# [Mitigating Mining’s Environmental Impact With Technology](https://blog.skycatch.com/mitigating-minings-environmental-impact-with-technology)

6.3.2021 | [Mining](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining) | [Drone Capture](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/drone-capture) | [3D Data](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/3d-data) | [Mining Innovation](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-innovation) | [Tailings Dams](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/tailings-dams) | [Drone Data](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/drone-data) | [Mining Safety](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-safety) | [Mining Drones](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-drones) | [Tailings Storage Facility](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/tailings-storage-facility) | [Environment](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/environment) | [Sustainability](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/sustainability) | [Mining Waste](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-waste) | [Tailings](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/tailings)

 Traditionally, tailings dam monitoring has been a tedious, manual process with mixed results. Mine operators bore holes along the dam surrounding the tailings storage... [continue reading](https://blog.skycatch.com/mitigating-minings-environmental-impact-with-technology)

# [How Deployment of High Accuracy Drones Makes Surface Mining Safer](https://blog.skycatch.com/how-drone-deployment-makes-surface-mining-safer)

5.18.2021 | [3DMapping](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/3dmapping) | [aerial maps](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/aerial-maps) | [Computer Vision](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/computer-vision) | [high-accuracy](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/high-accuracy) | [Safety](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/safety) | [UAV](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/uav) | [UAVs](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/uavs) | [Unmanned aerial vehicle](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/unmanned-aerial-vehicle) | [AI](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/ai) | [Mining](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining) | [Aerial Data](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/aerial-data) | [Reality Capture](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/reality-capture) | [Open Pit Mines](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/open-pit-mines) | [High Wall Scanning](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/high-wall-scanning) | [Automation](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/automation) | [Drone Capture](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/drone-capture) | [High Wall Mapping](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/high-wall-mapping) | [Highwall Scanning](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/highwall-scanning) | [Highwall Mining](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/highwall-mining) | [3D Data](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/3d-data) | [Mining Innovation](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-innovation) | [Mine Surveyors](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mine-surveyors) | [Tailings Dams](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/tailings-dams) | [Stockpile Measurement](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/stockpile-measurement) | [Drone Data](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/drone-data) | [UAV Data](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/uav-data) | [Highwall Mapping](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/highwall-mapping) | [Mining Software](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-software) | [Mining Drones](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-drones) | [Skycatch Vision Engine](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/skycatch-vision-engine) | [Highwall Safety](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/highwall-safety) | [Mine Survey](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mine-survey) | [Tailings Storage Facility](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/tailings-storage-facility) | [TSF](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/tsf) | [Tailings](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/tailings) | [Computer Vision Software](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/computer-vision-software)

 Drones are no longer "a nice to have" option at an open-pit mining site. They have become a necessity to explore and survey land, assist with drill and blast planning,... [continue reading](https://blog.skycatch.com/how-drone-deployment-makes-surface-mining-safer)

# [What Does Earth Day Mean for Mining Companies?](https://blog.skycatch.com/what-does-earth-day-mean-for-mining-companies)

4.22.2021 | [Mining](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining) | [Drone Capture](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/drone-capture) | [Geologists](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/geologists) | [Geotechnical Engineers](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/geotechnical-engineers) | [Tailings Dams](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/tailings-dams) | [Drone Data](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/drone-data) | [Mining Software](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-software) | [Mining Safety](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-safety) | [Mining Drones](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-drones) | [Tailings Storage Facility](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/tailings-storage-facility) | [Environment](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/environment) | [SDGs](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/sdgs) | [Earth Day](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/earth-day) | [Sustainability Development Goals](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/sustainability-development-goals)

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# [Extracting Useable Minerals from Mining Waste in Tailings Dams](https://blog.skycatch.com/extracting-useable-minerals-from-mining-waste-in-tailings-dams)

3.10.2021 | [Mining Innovation](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-innovation) | [Tailings Dams](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/tailings-dams) | [Mining Software](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-software) | [Mining Safety](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-safety) | [Tailings Storage Facility](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/tailings-storage-facility) | [minerals](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/minerals) | [Bioleaching](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/bioleaching) | [Mining Waste](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-waste) | [TSF](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/tsf) | [Tailings](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/tailings)

 In order to reach the mineral resources, miners must first remove layers of topsoil and waste rock from the ground, and when extraction is more or less complete, you are... [continue reading](https://blog.skycatch.com/extracting-useable-minerals-from-mining-waste-in-tailings-dams)

# [How Digital Innovation in Mining is Changing the Face of the Industry](https://blog.skycatch.com/how-digital-innovation-is-changing-the-face-of-the-mining-industry)

2.2.2021 | [AI](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/ai) | [Mining](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining) | [Open Pit Mines](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/open-pit-mines) | [Automation](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/automation) | [High Wall Mapping](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/high-wall-mapping) | [Highwall Scanning](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/highwall-scanning) | [Mining Innovation](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-innovation) | [Mine Surveyors](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mine-surveyors) | [Tailings Dams](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/tailings-dams) | [Mining Software](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-software) | [Surface Mines](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/surface-mines) | [Mining Safety](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-safety) | [Mining Drones](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-drones) | [Tailings Storage Facility](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/tailings-storage-facility) | [Industry 4.0](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/industry-4-0)

 As a species, we have been mining the earth for tens of thousands of years. Techniques have come a long way since the Romans first began digging for tin using iron... [continue reading](https://blog.skycatch.com/how-digital-innovation-is-changing-the-face-of-the-mining-industry)

# [How Surveying Is No Longer The Highwall Mining Data Bottleneck](https://blog.skycatch.com/how-capturing-highwall-mining-data-is-no-longer-the-bottleneck)

1.27.2021 | [Computer Vision](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/computer-vision) | [Drones](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/drones) | [Explore 1](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/explore-1) | [Unmanned aerial vehicle](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/unmanned-aerial-vehicle) | [Mining](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining) | [Aerial Data](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/aerial-data) | [Highwall Scanning](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/highwall-scanning) | [Highwall Mining](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/highwall-mining) | [3D Data](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/3d-data) | [Geotechnical Engineers](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/geotechnical-engineers) | [Mining Innovation](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-innovation) | [Mine Surveyors](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mine-surveyors) | [Tailings Dams](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/tailings-dams) | [Highwall Mapping](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/highwall-mapping) | [Mining Software](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-software) | [Mining Safety](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-safety) | [Pit Design](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/pit-design) | [Mining Drones](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-drones) | [Highwall Safety](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/highwall-safety) | [Mine Survey](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mine-survey)

 Capturing good, accurate data for highwall mining analysis has been a persistent challenge facing the mining industry, and we think it’s one worth improving. A... [continue reading](https://blog.skycatch.com/how-capturing-highwall-mining-data-is-no-longer-the-bottleneck)

# [Expanding Digital Transformation is Top of Mind for Miners in 2021](https://blog.skycatch.com/expanding-digital-transformation-is-top-of-mind-in-2021)

1.13.2021 | [Mining](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining) | [Highwall Mining](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/highwall-mining) | [3D Data](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/3d-data) | [Geologists](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/geologists) | [Geotechnical Engineers](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/geotechnical-engineers) | [Digital Transformation](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/digital-transformation) | [Mining Innovation](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mining-innovation) | [Mine Surveyors](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/mine-surveyors) | [Digital Twins](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/digital-twins) | [Tailings Dams](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/tailings-dams) | [Stockpile Measurement](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/stockpile-measurement) | [Drone Data](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/drone-data) | [UAV Data](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/uav-data) | [geotech](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/geotech) | [digital mines](https://blog.skycatch.com/blog/topic/digital-mines)

 Happy New Year! As we continue to work with our customers and learn more about their needs in the new year, one theme has come through loud and clear. The number one... [continue reading](https://blog.skycatch.com/expanding-digital-transformation-is-top-of-mind-in-2021)

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