Mining solutions

Build or revamp your mine and mineral processing plant using optimal system solutions, coordinated and seamlessly integrated into fully engineered packages

Our unified, cross-functional, enterprise-wide approach to digital transformation in mining - ABB Ability™ MineOptimize is paving the way from a mine with islands of automation to a fully integrated, connected, mobile, collaborative, autonomous and carbon-dioxide-free mining of the future.

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ABB Ability™ MineOptimize approach

Engineering

System solutions

Digital applications

Collaborative services

Engineering competence under one roof

We bring substantial capital savings through early involvement, acting as the main electrical, instrumentation and/or automation contractor,
reducing human error, risks, labor costs and time overruns.

Project management
Feed studies
Conceptual / basic engineering
Manufacturing
Factory acceptance tests
Delivery
Installation & commissioning
Services

Audits, diagnosis, business case development

We help identify opportunities, recommend and prioritize the solutions to improve configuration, equipment performance, production processes, regulatory compliance and cyber security

Effectiveness (OEE)
Reliability and maintenance assessment
Life cycle strategy
Training needs
Spare parts criticality analysis
Process control performance
Cyber security
Financial impact, business case development

Automation and Integration

Delivering optimized automation-related equipment and systems (field instrumentation, control systems, safety systems, telecoms, etc.), ensuring that systems are integrated safely and securely, to support autonomous mining applications, new digital solutions and business models

Digitalization

Libraries and software applications for operations and production management, asset management, process and power control, advanced process control to maximize visibility, reliability, productivity and energy efficiency and optimize performance across the enterprise, piloting, rapid co-creation of new solutions

Electrification and infrastructure

Delivering optimized electrical systems (cabling, grounding, fire-fighting, air-conditioning, ventilation), power distribution (pre-fabricated substations, generators, UPS, power rectifiers, harmonic filters, switchgear, transformers), motors, drives, co-development to support all-electric mines

Optimized system solutions for:

Mineral extraction

Open-pit

Underground

Processing & refining

Grinding

Beneficiation

Transportation

Material handling

ABB Ability™ digital applications for entire mining processes

Process & power control
System 800xA Minerals Process Control Library
System 800xA Power Control Library _{(formerly MIDAS Library)}

Advanced process control
Expert Optimizer for mining
Ventilation Optimizer _{(formerly SmartVentilation)}

Operations & production management
Operations Management System for mining
Stockyard Management System
Knowledge Manager for mining

Asset management and condition monitoring
Asset Vista Condition Monitoring for mining

ABB Ability™ collaborative services

Remote assistance
Remote assistance for grinding

Availability improvement
Predictive Maintenance for grinding
Predictive Maintenance for mining

Performance and quality optimization
Performance Optimization for mining
Performance Optimization for hoists
Performance Optimization for control systems

Cyber Security Services

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System solution examples

ABB long-term service agreement supports grinding reliability for Atalaya Mining in Spain

With a lifecycle manager from ABB, you have hands-on, expert support on gearless mill drive (GMD) planning, execution and maintenance.

Production, personnel hoists and remote digital services for Kittilä gold mine in Finland

A kilometer deep mine shaft will utilize deeper parts of gold deposit, increasing mine capacity, improving energy efficiency and reducing fossil fuels

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