Case Study: Mining Traceability around Bulk Materials and Digital Product Passoport Compliance with Boliden
Mining operations are redefining traceability around bulk materials, chain-of-custody verification, and Digital Product Passport compliance as regulators and downstream customers demand verifiable origin and sustainability data. In modern mineral supply chains, traceability no longer ends at shipment documentation; it requires a secure and continuous digital record that follows material from extraction to industrial use.
Mining traceability works at batch and container scale across remote sites and multiple intermediaries, facing the challenge of linking bulk materials to reliable, auditable digital identities in environments with limited connectivity, inconsistent standards, and uncertain data integrity.
Case Study: Boliden
Boliden needed to implement a bulk-level and chain-of-custody traceability framework across its green copper operations to strengthen origin verification, sustainability transparency, and compliance readiness. Operating in rugged mining environments with limited connectivity, Boliden faced the structural difficulty of capturing reliable and geolocated production data at the point of extraction and maintaining data integrity as copper batches moved across facilities and logistics nodes. Traditional documentation processes provided limited real-time visibility and were not designed to support emerging Digital Product Passport expectations or increasingly stringent downstream ESG requirements.
Myneral Labs deployed its MynOne device at mining sites to enable secure data capture in low-connectivity and harsh operating conditions. These rugged hardware units allowed operators to register geolocated production events and batch-level information directly at the source. RFID tags and other physical identification consumables were assigned to batches and containers, creating a tangible link between physical material and its digital identity. All captured data was anchored within Myneral Labs’ blockchain layer and structured through Myneral Trace, providing Boliden with a live control tower environment that enabled continuous monitoring of material flows and verifiable chain-of-custody documentation across its green copper operations.
From complexity to measurable impact.
In less than six months, NextCore achieved 94% on-time delivery, an 87% gain in operational efficiency, and a 63% reduction in critical risks. Transparency was restored at every level, from ground operations to the boardroom.
We built predictive models that flagged potential supply delays before they occurred, developed heatmaps of supplier risks, and tested scenarios for renegotiating contracts. Weekly transparent dashboards ensured executives had an objective, up-to-date picture to act on immediately.
The measurable improvements didn’t just stabilize operations — they unlocked new opportunities. NextCore secured two major global contracts and lowered its insurance premiums, as risk scores significantly dropped. Internally, the leadership regained confidence to scale with clarity.
Rebuilding trust and unlocking growth.
The measurable improvements didn’t just stabilize operations — they unlocked new opportunities. NextCore secured two major global contracts and lowered its insurance premiums, as risk scores significantly dropped. Internally, the leadership regained confidence to scale with clarity.
Our method ensured clarity at every step: from a discovery audit to surface inefficiencies, through precise KPI alignment, to execution cycles supported by live dashboards. Each phase closed with measurable checkpoints, reducing uncertainty and creating accountability across teams.
We built predictive models that flagged potential supply delays before they occurred, developed heatmaps of supplier risks, and tested scenarios for renegotiating contracts. Weekly transparent dashboards ensured executives had an objective, up-to-date picture to act on immediately.
Our method ensured clarity at every step: from a discovery audit to surface inefficiencies, through precise KPI alignment, to execution cycles supported by live dashboards. Each phase closed with measurable checkpoints, reducing uncertainty and creating accountability across teams.
We built predictive models that flagged potential supply delays before they occurred, developed heatmaps of supplier risks, and tested scenarios for renegotiating contracts. Weekly transparent dashboards ensured executives had an objective, up-to-date picture to act on immediately.
