{"id":6500,"date":"2025-10-31T18:55:52","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hexagonmining.com\/?p=6500"},"modified":"2025-11-04T19:22:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T00:22:16","slug":"vale-and-green-cubes-making-nature-visible-in-mining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hexagonmining.com\/en\/vale-and-green-cubes-making-nature-visible-in-mining\/","title":{"rendered":"Vale and Green Cubes: Making nature visible in mining"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Erik Josefsson<\/span>, <\/span>CEO of Hexagon\u2019s R-evolution<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As the world demands more responsible resource extraction, the challenge for the mining industry is no longer just about productivity \u2014 it\u2019s about balance. How can mines operate efficiently while safeguarding biodiversity and restoring ecosystems?<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s the question Vale and Green Cubes are answering at the historic Mina de \u00c1guas Claras site in Brazil.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The challenge: understanding nature at scale<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Mining has long been associated with deforestation, soil disturbance, and water contamination. But understanding these environmental impacts in a measurable way has always been complex. Ecosystems are dynamic, vast and interdependent; traditional biodiversity monitoring methods often require large teams and long timelines.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For Vale, one of the world\u2019s largest mining companies, this posed a unique challenge as it transitioned from extraction to restoration. The Mina de \u00c1guas Claras (MAC) project in Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, became the first Brazilian mine to enter Vale\u2019s <\/span>Future Use<\/span><\/i> process, a long-term initiative designed to rehabilitate decommissioned mining areas and return them to nature.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Through advanced sensing, 3D visualisation, and AI-driven analytics, Green Cubes transforms physical environments into measurable ‘digital realities’. Pictured, an audio trap is installed for ground-truthing fauna verification.<\/p><\/div>\n

The solution: making nature visible with digital reality<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

Enter <\/span>Green Cubes<\/span><\/a>, an environmental monitoring platform powered by Hexagon\u2019s <\/span>R-evolution<\/span><\/a>, Hexagon\u2019s <\/span>green-tech business subsidiary. <\/span>Through advanced sensing, 3D visualisation and AI-driven analytics, Green Cubes transforms physical environments into measurable \u2018digital realities\u2019.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

MAC is using the technology to:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n