Do more with digital in Mining

Do more with digital in Mining

Like extract greater performance out of your entire mining operation.

Doing more with digital in mining means driving greater efficiencies, extending machine life, increasing savings and improving sustainability. It means using IoT and AI tools to optimize your energy management, and leveraging automation to remove workers from dangerous environments. It means being prepared for cyber security threats you don't even know about yet. Partner with ABB and you'll see that there are more opportunities in your mine than just the ore you pull out of it.


 What’s on your mind: Challenges


 What's on ours: Doing more with digital

Environmental impact:
The need to reduce carbon emissions in mining operations.

Integrating IoT and AI tools into our cutting-edge digital solutions to monitor, analyze, and optimize energy consumption and reduce overdosing of reagents, ensuring sustainable and efficient mining operations.

Safety and health risks:
The need to mitigate the high risk of accidents and health issues.

Reducing risks and ensuring healthier working conditions through continuous monitoring and automated systems like VoD.

Leveraging automation to remove workers from dangerous environments.

Using advanced software to provide real-time health and environment monitoring.

Economic Volatility:
High susceptibility to commodity price changes and operational costs impacts mining profitability.

Helping mines stay productive and cost-effective and supporting decision-making on when to stop production under varying economic conditions by combining our expertise and digital analytics to ensure operational excellence.

 

Digital value pillars and proof points

Operational excellence

Pillar: Operational Excellence

Product: ABB Ability™ Operations Management System for Mining
Promise: ~10% increase in productivity
Proof: Gold Mine, Australia – Integrates systems to increase production and react in near real time as the teams achieve new levels of scheduling efficiency with the ability to optimize resource usage and maintenance.
Sustainability

Pillar: Sustainability

Product: ABB Ability™ Energy Management System
Promise: CO2 and SO2 reduction and increased energy and operational efficiency
Proof: Module 1: Monitoring & Reporting – Monitoring, reporting for HQ, several mines and harbors
Asset performance

Pillar: Asset Performance

Product: ABB Asset Performance Management
Promise: ~20% increase in operational uptime  from preventive to predictive maintenance 
Proof: Iron Ore Processing Plant, South America – Reduction of unplanned shutdowns after implementation of APM system; improved operations and maintenance due to increased visibility and quality of asset health data. Asset Management saves up to 40% in maintenance.
Process performance

Pillar: Process Performance

Product: ABB Ability™ Expert Optimizer
Promise: 1-2% recovery increase
Proof: Zinc Flotation Circuit, Sweden – Maximizes mass pull and minimizes reagent dosing whilst honoring grade targets.
Connected workforce

Pillar: Connected Workforce

Product: Digital Expert Connect
Promise: Speed solving critical issues remotely
Proof: Remote Mine 1200km, 4700m above sea level, Chile – Used a smartphone and XR for remote procedures and medical assistance
Cyber security

Pillar: Cyber Security

Product: ABB Ability™ Assess
Promise: Plan prioritized action plan
Proof: Boliden Mining, Sweden – Control system cyber security report leads to fast resolution of issues

See how we’re doing more with digital

Case studies

Gold Fields and ABB pioneer digital mining in remote Chilean desert
One of the most digitally connected mines - Gold Fields Granny Smith in Australia
Case study: the use of a digital twin with Advanced Process Control at Boliden Aitik mine
Boliden in Sweden mitigates risk with ABB Ability™ Cyber Security Fingerprint
Ventilation on demand at Boliden Kankberg gold mine in Sweden
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Expert insights

eBook
Grinding transformation
Blog by Marcos Hillal
Race to a carbon-neutral digital mine: what can mining learn from ABB Formula E
By Eduardo Lima
Ending analysis paralysis with agile digital partnerships
By Ben Berwick & Eduardo Ingegneri
Next-generation asset performance management as a driver of mining productivity
Q&A with Jacob Abbott
Productizing interoperability in mining
Blog by Rajesh Nandakumar Nair
5 business drivers for adopting digital operations in mining
Article
ABB on pillars for stronger digitalisation platforms
Insight
The mining workforce of the future
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