Accenture's mining lead in charge of applied intelligence, Liv Carroll, told Mining Journal the mining industry was at risk of collecting swathes of data but neglecting to develop the skills required to analyse that data and take advantage of cutting edge artificial intelligence opportunities.

"If you don't do anything with that data and you don't have a clear understanding and clear workflow to what actions you might take based on the insights that are generated from that data, the value or the risk mitigation won't be achieved," she said.

Part one of our podcast recording with Liv Carroll is here.