How is iDBQuery used in mining?
Mining companies use iDBQuery to ask plain-language questions across production, grade, equipment, maintenance and cost data, getting cited answers in seconds without SQL. It builds one live model across historians, databases and spreadsheets and can run air-gapped, so operational data stays inside your network.
Mining operations generate data across fleet-management systems, production and grade databases, maintenance logs, HSE records and cost spreadsheets. iDBQuery unifies them into one live model so mine planners, maintenance and finance ask plain-language questions and get a cited answer.
Common questions:
- What is tonnes moved and head grade by pit versus plan?
- Show equipment availability, utilisation and top downtime causes by fleet.
- What is cash cost and all-in sustaining cost per tonne by site?
- Which haul trucks or shovels have the worst reliability this month?
- How do safety incidents trend by area and type?
iDBQuery joins production exports, maintenance databases, CSVs and PDF shift reports together with no pipeline, and cites each figure to source, so operational and cost reporting is trustworthy. The Analyst agent can investigate a production or cost variance on its own.
Because sites are remote and data is commercially sensitive, deployment leads: run in your own VPC or fully air-gapped, with the Desktop app and query-in-place keeping data inside your network, even offline at the pit. iDBQuery makes no certification claims; the value is architectural, operational data stays within your walls while site and head-office teams get instant, verifiable answers.
Updated 2026-06-22