Mining Solutions
Enhance safety, efficiency, and environmental stewardship in mining. From block cave monitoring to mineral exploration and beyond, discover how ONYX™ peta Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DFOS) can transform operations and protect sites through advanced data acquisition and analysis.
Mining
Monitoring
Enhance safety, efficiency, and environmental stewardship in mining. From block cave monitoring to mineral exploration and beyond, discover how ONYX™ peta Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DFOS) can transform operations and protect sites through advanced data acquisition and analysis.
ONYX™ Distributed Fiber Optic Sensing (DFOS) technologies, including Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), Distributed Strain Sensing (DSS) and Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) are revolutionizing geotechnical monitoring, providing persistent, real-time, long range and gapless monitoring in both open pit and underground mines at significantly lower costs.
Industry-Leading Performance
ONYX™ Sensing Units provide the most accurate and scalable data acquisition solutions for mining applications. Available in ONYX™ nano, ONYX™ peta, and ONYX™ peta EX variants, each unit is optimized for specific operational ranges, performance levels, and environments, with operational ranges spanning from ≤10 km to >100 km. Featuring industry-leading noise floors and ultra-low frequency response, ONYX™ sensors ensure precision and reliability across diverse mining applications, seamlessly integrating with other geotechnical instruments for a comprehensive and efficient monitoring system.
Flexible design options for Mining Environments
The Sintela ONYX™ system is designed to convert existing fiber-optic cables into a dense array of vibro-acoustic sensors that detects naturally occurring acoustic and seismic signals. The configuration of deployed fiber across different environments can be optimised for different acquisition scenarios.
Mining Solutions
Rock Mass Response Monitoring
As the mining industry advances, the demand for cutting-edge geotechnical monitoring and instrumentation has never been greater. ONYX™ delivers continuous, real-time insights into rock mass behavior in both open-pit and underground mining operations. With advanced microseismic and strain monitoring, ONYX™ enables early detection of critical geotechnical hazards – such as slope stability, rockburst , abnormal seismic activity, dynamic strain changes and subsidence – helping to enhance safety, minimize downtime, and optimize productivity.
Seismic Hazard Analysis
Seismic Imaging, Tomography
Numerical Model Calibration
Block Cave Monitoring
Harnessing the power of Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) and Distributed Strain Sensing (DSS), ONYX™ redefines geotechnical monitoring for modern mining operations. Suitable for block caving, panel caving, and sub-level caving, ONYX™ seamlessly integrates cave back profiling, cave propagation analysis, stress redistribution, microseismic monitoring, and deformation tracking into a single, powerful platform. By accurately identifying yielded, seismogenic and elastic zones, ONYX™ delivers real-time insights that optimize production rate, and drive safer, smarter, and more efficient ore recovery.
Targeted hydraulic fracturing (HF)
Targeted hydraulic fracturing (HF)
Improved draw control
Improved draw control
Reduced risk of rockbursts, air blasts, and mudrushes
Reduced risk of rockbursts, air blasts, and mudrushes
Tailings Dam Monitoring
ONYX™ Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS), Distributed Strain Sensing (DSS), and Distributed Temperature Sensing (DTS) offers real-time, continuous monitoring of Tailings Storage Facilities (TSF), transforming the management and preventing failure of these industry critical structures. From the immediate detection of seepage, internal erosion, settlement, and seismic loads to improved geotechnical instrumentation and pore pressure insights. DFOS supports comprehensive dam stability analysis, sub-surface imaging, automated data transmission, and remote monitoring. The integrated DFOS platform reduces the need for frequent inspections, improving environmental monitoring, and compliance with Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (GISTM).
Remote and web accessed
Remote and web accessed
Real time with customized alert settings
Real time with customized alert settings
Continued monitoring post closure
Continued monitoring post closure
Mineral Exploration
ONYX™ Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) is revolutionising seismic surveys and mineral exploration with high-resolution data through fiber optic cables. This cost-effective technology provides detailed subsurface imaging without the need for traditional geophones and is quick to deploy with low environmental impact. Ideal for Vertical Seismic Profiling (VSP), DAS supports mineral exploration, and resource management by delivering precise insights into subsurface structures and ore deposits. With its broadband response and low noise floor, ONYX™ ensures superior data quality, making it the perfect solution for efficient, sustainable, and accurate mining exploration.
High Spatial Resolution
High Spatial Resolution
Time-Lapse Monitoring
Time-Lapse Monitoring
Minimal Environmental Impact
Minimal Environmental Impact
Perimeter Monitoring
Whatever the size or environment, protect critical mining infrastructure against breaches with round-the-clock, real time fiber perimeter intrusion protection system (PIDS) that can be fence-mounted, buried or deployed in a wall top. ONYX™ uses advanced Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) technology, to collect and analyse real-time, quantitative data to identify active intrusions. It integrates seamlessly into existing security systems such as Video Management Systems (VMS), IP Cameras and Radar Devices, delivering 100% positive detections with zero nuisance alarms.
ONYX™ nano up to 10km per unit
ONYX™ peta up to 100km per unit
Operates in harsh environments and temperatures
Operates in harsh environments and temperatures
-81 dB Rad.Hz-½
Leading sensitivity – SEAFOM results
Cost effective
Suitable for short mining distances with built-in microseismic detection, and low power/low weight.
0.53m
Small spatial and gauge lengths available
Get in touch with Sintela for a quote regarding your bespoke requirements
Quantitative Advantage
Sintela Case Studies
Explore our case studies below to see how Sintela could improve your business
Border Surveillance
In 2019 Sintela responded to a request for information from the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for solutions for their Linear Ground Detection System (LGDS) program. After submitting our response based upon...
International Oil & Gas Project
One of the world’s largest oil pipeline customers was faced with a problem of how to test leak detection performance on a fiber optic distributed acoustic sensing system. The method proposed...
National Oil Company
A National oil company wanted to deliver sensing as a service through a single control centre. The client had a number of fiber optic distributed acoustic sensing systems from...
Global Rail Industry Operator
The customer had explored the application of distributed acoustic fiber sensing for the rail industry using several manufacturers products. The issues the client had...
