BUMN Holding Mining Industry Indonesia (MIND ID), conducted a digital application trial to increase the effectiveness of mine waste water management. The application, called MASTERMINE , is designed to make it easier to monitor the quality of mine waste water by changing it from manual to digital.

MIND ID Business Development Director Dilo Seno Widagdo said digital transformation has become one of MIND ID's main strategic themes. With this theme, MIND ID seeks to increase cost competitiveness through digital.

"The company is trying to apply the latest technology and the application of digitalization in all lines of the value chain to be able to create cost savings and business continuity," said Dilo, Saturday (2/4).

MASTERMINE is an application developed by the POWERxWIT team, winners of the MIND ID Goes Digital competition in 2021. This application created by the nation's children is being tested at PT Bukit Asam Tbk (Bukit Asam) and is expected to be fully operational in the 4th quarter of 2022.

The basic philosophy of MASTERMINE is a chemically and digitally integrated system to be able to process, monitor, and control an online mine waste water treatment system that is easy to use.

Through this application, mine workers can monitor the quality of mine waste water and adjust the dose of reagents injected into mine waste water in real time.

MASTERMINE also has an alert & notification feature that serves to warn workers when there is a decrease in the quality of mine waste water.

That way, users of this application can immediately take corrective action by adjusting the reagent dosage further. In short, this process can ensure the consistency of mining wastewater is within the quality standards according to digitally applicable regulations.

The development of the MASTERMINE application was motivated by the need for waste management as a commitment to implementing good mining practices.

Dilo said, as a natural resource management company, mining operations and mineral processing, MIND ID Group produces by-products that require high priority handling.

“Waste treatment is one element of mining operational costs which are quite high. The MASTERMINE application is expected to generate an efficiency value of 10 to 20 percent of the total cost of treating mine wastewater,” said Dilo.

Hustler POWERxWIT, Rhesa Avila Zainal said, the MASTERMINE application proves that the work of the nation's children can support the progress of the mining industry in Indonesia.

"In the future, the mining industry's digitalization climate will be higher, mining operations will be more efficient and more environmentally friendly. The use of digital applications must be a priority for all mineral and coal mining businesses in Indonesia," said Rhesa.

Source: https://www.republika.co.id/berita/r9pr49349/mind-id-uji-coba-aplikasi-digital-pengelolaan-air-limbah-tambang