The project, which has been running since 2022, has allowed Gold Fields to modernise its technology stack and use analytics, machine learning and artificial intelligence to improve operational efficiencies and enhance workplace safety.
The company also makes extensive use of predictive models to determine when machinery and other equipment will need maintenance. Computer vision technology has become an important tool in Gold Field's health and safety procedures.
In a keynote address at the Johannesburg leg of Amazon Web Services's AWS Summit 2024 last Thursday, Strini Mudaly , vice president and group head of ICT at Gold Fields, provided insight into the challenges the company faced in its migration from on-premises IT to the cloud.
"Our journey into the future and into the cloud pushed the boundaries of what is possible in our industry," said Mudaly. "AI introduced opportunities to improve in all of our mission's components, but moving our data to the cloud was the first step we needed to take - we turned to AWS as our technology partner."
"There are a number of low-Earth orbit satellite solutions already available, but Kuiper is working to bring an enterprise-grade solution to market, which is what we need. Integration with AWS is also important to us," said Mudaly.
