AI for Ore Sorting and Mine Dispatch

Ore Sorting, Dispatch & Stockpiling

Ore sorting and dispatch are where sensor fusion earns its keep: belt-mounted grade sensors like BeltSense, SWIR and XRT-based ore-sorting systems, and the dispatch and control-room software that routes trucks and stockpiles based on real-time grade data rather than a fixed plan.

This category covers the sensing hardware, the sorting technologies built on top of it, and the dispatch logic that turns sorted, graded material into a coherent plant-feed strategy rather than a pile that gets reprocessed later.

Belt Sense

Key Takeaways MineSense BeltSense is a real, named, commercially available product — not a generic concept — for continuous ore-grade sensing directly on the conveyor. It measures mineral content on the belt independent of belt speed or throughput, closing the gap between blasthole/shovel grade …

Dispatch and Control Room

Key Takeaways Fleet dispatch is one of the longest-established “AI-adjacent” systems in mining — Modular Mining’s DISPATCH (now under Komatsu) and Wenco FMS (Hitachi) have run truck-shovel optimization for decades. What’s new is the AI layer on top: Modular’s Adaptive …

Ore Sorting

Key Takeaways Sensor-based ore sorting is a mature, high-adoption category — TOMRA and Steinert together hold over 40% of the market. The “AI” is in the real-time classification logic that decides, particle-by-particle, whether a rock is ore or waste based on sensor signal — this has …

Ore Sorting Technologies

Key Takeaways The competitive frontier in ore sorting isn’t a single sensor — it’s sensor fusion: combining XRT, optical/machine vision, laser, and induction/NIR signals on one platform. Steinert’s KSS is explicitly built as a combined sensor system, letting you pair XRT, XRF, or …

SWIR

Key Takeaways SWIR (short-wave infrared, roughly 1,300-2,500nm) hyperspectral scanning reads mineralogical signatures that visible-light imaging simply can’t see — especially clay and alteration mineral fingerprints. Corescan’s Hyperspectral Core Imager and Malvern Panalytical’s …