In 2014 I was working as the mine manager of a raw materials extraction operation for a major cement plant. During this role, I was continually frustrated by the lack of geospatial and geomining data relating to the operation. Simply put, the information required for efficient decision making was either unavailable or out of date. For example, site surveys would be, at best, annual and, in most cases, out of date before even received on site. To compound this, much of the information that could be available was tied up with different consulting groups, which meant that in each instance, I had to guess who might have the data and then pay to access work that the company had previously commissioned.
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