OVERVIEW The Kennecott Copper Mine (Bingham Canyon) is 25 miles southwest of Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. The mine, in production since 1903, is one of the world’s largest and deepest open-pit mines and employs over 2000 people. Owned by the Rio Tinto Group, it has produced more copper than any other mine in history. […]
READ MOREContinuing to Set the Standard in Geohazard Monitoring for Another 20+ Years
Although we are celebrating 20 years, GroundProbe is still a young business with a lot of growth ahead of us. We have big plans to cement our standing as the most trusted brand for real-time geohazard monitoring, well into the future. We will do this by continuing to invest heavily in research and development to […]
READ MORE20-Year Anniversary Video
GroundProbe is celebrating 20 years of operation and 20 years of the patented Slope Stability Radar! From home-grown start-up to a global innovation powerhouse and a trusted partner of companies around the world. Here’s a look at what our founders, supporters, and the team had to say …
READ MOREProudly Celebrating 20 Years Solving High-Value Problems with our High-Tech Solutions
For 20 years, GroundProbe has been creating state-of-the-art technologies and software that delivers precise and reliable information to our customers, helping them better manage risk, maintain operations and production, and keep people and communities safe. As part of our celebrations, we are proud to share with you a few facts. #Didyouknow that our technologies are […]
READ MOREFrom Home-Grown Start-Up to a Global Innovation Powerhouse and a Trusted Partner of Companies Around the World
2021 sees GroundProbe celebrating 20 years of operation and 20 years of the patented Slope Stability Radar (SSR). #Didyouknow how it all began? In 1993 we were simply a group of university friends with creative engineering minds who became involved in an industry-funded PhD project at the University of Queensland. In 1997, the Australian Coal […]
READ MOREGroundProbe Opens Third Dedicated Monitoring Centre in Belo Horizonte, Brazil
GroundProbe have opened a dedicated Geotechnical Support Service (GSS) monitoring centre in Belo Horizonte, Brazil to better serve our growing Brazilian customer base. The centre will provide 24/7 real-time remote radar and laser monitoring services for mine slopes and tailings dams. The centre joins our two existing high-tech monitoring centres in Santiago, Chile, and Balikpapan, […]
READ MOREGroundProbe Launches World-Leading Reactive Geohazard Monitoring and Alarming System
Global technology leader GroundProbe has launched the industry’s most advanced doppler radar for reactive geohazard monitoring, the RGR-Velox. RGR-Velox (Reactive Geohazard Radar) is a military-precision reactive monitoring and alarming system for tailings dam breaches, large slope failures, landslides, and avalanches. It detects, tracks and alarms on moving geohazards in real-time, keeping people, assets, and communities […]
READ MOREGeotechnical Support Services
To ensure our technologies are always operating at their maximum potential and our customers are getting the most out of their assets, GroundProbe has a team of highly experienced Geotechnical Engineers, Geotechnical Support Services (GSS). GSS is a world-class global support network that assists our customers with effective slope stability and underground risk management through […]
READ MOREEmploying Slope Stability Radar Technology for Effective Geotechnical Risk Management in Civil Applications
GroundProbe’s Senior Geotechnical Engineer – Americas, Andrei Torres Landslides are more widespread than any other geological event in the world. In the last 20 years, they have caused 18,000 deaths worldwide. Up until recently, identifying an instability process with enough time to ensure the safety of human life and amenity has been incredibly challenging, in […]
READ MOREConsiderations for Tailings Dam Monitoring
Reducing the impact and risks of tailings dam failures is a concern for both mining companies and communities around the world. Significant tragedies in recent years have increased the priority and urgency to comprehensively manage these challenges. The monitoring aspect of tailings dams is an important component of a complete solution for each tailings dam. […]
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