Modern Mining July 2023

UMS brings high-tech digital solutions to mining

product to customers, who could then use it to develop their own solutions,” he says. “What soon became apparent, how ever, was that clients were not interested in doing their own in-house development. What they wanted was for us to provide ready-made solutions using the platform and this then became our primary focus.” 

UMS, a leading provider of engineering and contracting services to the mining industry, has partnered with 1Worx to deliver cutting edge IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) and Augmented Reality (AR) technology to the conceptualisation, design, construction and operational management of mining proj ects and mining operations. “We have signed a shareholder agreement which has resulted in the estab lishment of a new joint venture company, UMS 1Worx, which is based at UMS’s head quarters in Sandton,” says Digby Glover, CEO of UMS. “Not only will UMS 1Worx broaden the UMS service offering but it will also act as an independent business within UMS, with its own customer base.” Heading the new venture as MD is Charles Anderson, who has enjoyed a long career in the IT indus try and who has extensive professional experience in robotics and mechanical engineering. The GM is Martin Hobbs, a well-known figure in mining circles who was previously

the MD of one of South Africa’s best-known shaft-sinking and mining contracting com panies. Anderson co-founded 1Worx in 2016 to market a leading US-developed IIOT development platform in South Africa. “We initially aimed simply at selling this

UMS partners with 1Worx to establish UMS 1Worx.

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