Ore grades are declining and processing costs are increasing in many commodities in the mining industry and implementing proven technologies to improve sustainability: reducing energy, water, and reagent consumption, tailings generation and GHG emissions. Ore quality variability affects metal recoveries by up to 10-15%. Recovery improvements of just a few percent generally result in a major improvement to a company’s bottom line. Measurement is required to manage ore quality effectively and in a timely manner. Mining companies have realized value in sensing ore quality in real time to better understand quality variability implications on processing and assess potential benefits through improved control. Real time measurement to digitalize conveyed flow quality using proven technologies has been implemented with minimal risk. High performance Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA) has been used successfully in the minerals sector for over twenty years for representative, continuous, real time multi-elemental measurement of conveyed flows in over a dozen commodities. The technique is suitable for primary crushed rock and unaffected by particle size, belt speed, mineralogy, dust, layering and moisture content. Recent developments include direct measurement of gold in conveyed ore using GEOSCAN-GOLD, allowing copper, gold and many other elements to be measured at accuracies useful for improved control. Measurement times have reduced with smaller parcels measured at good precisions allowing high confidence in decisions. High performance PGNAA has been successfully applied in bulk ore sorting where 20%+ increases in ore grade have been recorded and 5-20% of the mined material being rejected as waste after primary crushing. The diverted coarse waste has saved up to 20% of GHG emissions, mainly due to not being milled, with only minor (up to 2.5%) metal losses. Multi-elemental data is used to improve ore blending, waste diversion from plant feed, feed forward control to process operations, ore reconciliation and metal accounting. Complementary technologies to the multi-elemental measurement include real time free moisture measurement using transmission microwaves, and particle size distribution analysis using next-gen 3D infrared camera technology. Synergies from the multi-sensor data allow a greater understanding of the material characteristics that remain directly unmeasurable in conveyed flows, such as ore hardness. Installations at multiple sites have proven the measurement capabilities and the paper outlines results at various copper operations. Methods for risk reduction in assessing and implementing the technology are discussed.