en.Wedoany.com Reported - Xinjiang Nonferrous Metals Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. (referred to as "Xinjiang Nonferrous Metals Group") has relocated the central control system of its Dahongliutan mining and processing project from the mining area at an altitude of 4,600 meters to the living base, establishing a comprehensive information-based production management and control system featuring "centralized control, unified dispatch, efficient handling, and rapid response," providing a replicable model for digital transformation of mines in extreme environments.

The Dahongliutan mining area is located in the heart of the Karakoram Mountains, at an altitude of 4,600 meters, with an oxygen content less than 60% of that in plain areas. At high altitudes, equipment and control systems face challenges such as signal interruptions and data distortion. A single communication failure could lead to production system paralysis or safety accidents. To address this industry-wide challenge, the project has built a data transmission architecture with redundancy, strong fault tolerance, and stable operation. Even under extreme weather conditions such as blizzards and strong winds, the system can achieve "zero latency, zero interruption, and zero lag" in data transmission, command issuance, and remote control. Employees in the control center of the living area can operate grab buckets 30 kilometers away at an altitude of 4,600 meters and rock breakers at 4,850 meters. Combined with new unmanned mining trucks and synchronized transmission of five high-definition video feeds, this significantly reduces labor intensity and improves production efficiency. Fu Xiaoqiang, head of the Production Technology Department, stated that the equipment predictive maintenance system pushes early warning information to computer terminals, shifting equipment management from "passive repair" to "active prevention."

Xinjiang Nonferrous Metals Group has relocated the "central control brain" originally located in the mining area to the dispatch center in the living area, where oxygen levels are sufficient. This decision allows employees to no longer stare at screens for long periods in an oxygen-deficient environment, enabling remote precision control in a safe and comfortable living area. The production dispatch center integrates the entire business chain, including mining, mineral processing, and power supply, covering functions such as video surveillance, slope early warning, tailings pond online monitoring, and personnel health monitoring. The intelligent solution helps achieve a shift from "human monitoring of hazards" to "intelligent risk prevention," ensuring worker safety through technological innovation.

Since the system went live, the Dahongliutan mining and processing project has focused on five key tasks: "stabilizing production, training teams, adjusting processes, connecting equipment, and strengthening foundations," striving to cultivate a digital industrial workforce adapted to the plateau environment. From "human-controlled experience" to "intelligent control standards," and from "single-machine intelligence" to "system collaboration," the project's intelligent management and control system integrates hardcore technology with humanistic care, providing an industry benchmark for the digital transformation of mines in high-altitude cold regions.