Ministry of Mines
MEAI and IBM to jointly host Regional Workshop on AI Enabled-Mining Tenement System
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The Nagpur chapter of the Mining Engineers' Association of India (MEAI), in association with the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), is hosting a one-day regional workshop on the AI-enabled Mining Tenement System (MTS) in Nagpur on September 5, 2026. The IBM-designed MTS is an end-to-end digital system processing regulatory data across the mineral concession life cycle, supporting initiatives like the National Critical Mineral Mission – 2025. The workshop focuses on adopting technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, GIS, Cloud Computing, Remote Sensing, and Advanced Data Analytics to transform MTS into an intelligent decision-support platform for automated compliance, anomaly detection, and mineral conservation.