Energy, Materials & Mining

Predictive Seismic Risk Management

Overview
Machine Learning
API Development
Web Application
Data Processing System
Azure
Cloud Platform
We partnered with Rio Tinto to turn reactive underground seismic monitoring into proactive safety intervention. By integrating multi-sensor streams, training machine-learning models on historical events, and deploying real-time prediction services on Kubernetes, operations gained advance warning to evacuate personnel and coordinate responses - within a scalable, site-portable framework.
The Challenge

HIgh-risk environment, limited foresight

Traditional systems detected events after they ocurred, offering little lead time for evacuation.

Complex, heterogeneous data

Seismic, geotechnical, and environmental sensors produced noisy, unsynchronized signals at different rates.

Operational constraints

Any solution needed near-real-time performance, high availability, and low latency in an active mine.

Safety & trust requirements

Predictions had to be accurate, explainable, and conservative enough to support evacuation decisions.

The Approach

Co-development with domain experts

Embedded seismic specialists shaped features and validations criteria throughout.

Unified data foundation

Pipelines cleaned, synchronized, and engineered features across seismic waveforms, geotechnical, and environmental streams.

Early-warning ML models

Time-window prediction emphasizing actionable lead time, calibrated thresholds, and interpretable drivers.

Real-time, resilient deployment

Stateless prediction services ran on Kubernetes for horizontal scale, failover, and continuous scoring integrated into alerting workflows.

Results

Proactive personnel safety

Provided advance notice for evacuations before hazardous events, reducing risk to life.

Fastest, clearer decision-making

Continuous risk scores and rationale improved confidence among operations and safety leaders.

Lower noise & better focus

Calibrated thresholds and features reduced nuisance alerts and false positives.

A scalable blueprint

Cloud-native architecture is portable across sites and adaptable to other geotechnical risks.

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