MineHarmony enters commercial use stage with 5G+AI mining industry

Speaking at Huawei Connect 2022, Ken Hu, Rotating Chairman of Huawei, emphasized the company's dedication to working with partners to help industry customers choose the right technology for their needs – and make the most of it.

"To provide our customers with scenario-based solutions that truly meet their needs," Hu said, "we have to work side-by-side to truly understand the challenges in their industry."

According to Hu, just one year after its formation, Huawei's Mine Team has made solid progress.

Of particular note is the MineHarmony OS, a joint innovation by Huawei and China Energy Investment Corporation. The system has been deployed on 3,300 sets of equipment in 13 mines and one coal washery.

It covers a multitude of innovative scenarios, including smart control of equipment, auto patrol of fixed sites, and online upgrade of equipment, the time for which has been shortened from one day to just four minutes.

With cutting-edge ICTs that are deeply interwoven with field practices, the Huawei Mine Team has created a mining Industrial Internet platform that runs on unified standards and unified frameworks, and is dedicated to a unified set of data specifications.

By building a next-generation IoT with cloud platforms as the core, data as a key factor, and security as a safeguard, the Mine Team is focused on forging a new mode of applications that integrate next-generation information technologies into the mining sector to forge new modalities for mine companies, supply chain, and the industrial chain.

In this process, the Team will work closely with the sector to unleash new value for the mining industry. This will help the industry to become safer and more efficient, while requiring fewer people for undesirable and dangerous assignments.