NOVOSIBIRSK, December 11. /TASS/. Specialists of the Academy of Sciences' Siberian Branch developed an automatic system to extract apatite ore, the Branche's official magazine The Science in Siberia wrote. The system demonstrated smooth work at a Kola Peninsula field, and its attractive feature is resistance to cyberattacks.
"The complex we have made allows making the process of ore grinding and transportation practically free from involving people," the magazine quoted Stanislav Shakirov of the Branche's Institute of Computing Technologies as saying. "Of course, on the ground remains a dispatcher, who watches the machines and what happens inside the mine, but in the regular regime no more people are needed there. "
The system is installed at the Apatit Company's complex on the Kola Peninsula - it is an automatic mine inside a mountain at the height of 400 meters above the ocean, which continues under the ground for a few kilometers. The scientists have made for this complex electronic systems, a fire alarm, a communication network, a dispatch center, electricity power supplies and a system of video monitoring. "This complex has proved to be reliable in terms of smooth work," the scientist added.
Systems of the kind for mining companies will be used to ensure safety of people working in mines. "In places, where gases or coal dust may explode, the production cycle should be maximum, or ideally - absolutely without people," the expert said.
As he told TASS, the system is resistant to cyberattacks. "Our systems are highly resistant to failures in communication and security streams," he said. "This is extremely important, just remember the Stuxnet virus, which has caused failure at the uranium enriching plant in Iran.".