Ministry of Mines
MEAI and IBM Hold Workshop on AI-Enabled Mining Tenement System
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The Nagpur Chapter of the Mining Engineers’ Association of India (MEAI) and the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) jointly organised a one-day workshop in Nagpur on the Mining Tenement System (MTS). The workshop focused on leveraging artificial intelligence, data analytics, GIS, and IoT to transform mining data into an intelligent governance and regulatory framework. Officials noted that the MTS currently has 14 modules covering mine spatial data, operations, production, and revenue, and that the Bureau is working to integrate AI to automate alerts for violations, reduce traditional inspection dependence, and ease industry compliance.