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Digital technologies allow todays mining
operations to reach new levels of performance from pit to port, across the whole
mine value chain.
Automation
Analytics/Big Data
Mobile
eCommerce
Connected Everything
Internet of Things
Cloud
Active Defense
Social Media/Collaboration
Decades of cost reduction and the aging workforce has left mining companies with
limited resources to adjust. To seize the opportunity, mining companies must leverage
digital tools and capabilities to improve operating efficiency, develop more accurate
and agile planning, heighten vendor awareness and collaborate with business partners
throughout the value chain.
Excess capacity
Maximize safety
Optimize sustainability
Maximize stakeholder engagement via analytics on social networks and
collaboration tools
Demand/price uncertainty
productivity
Improve CAPEX and OPEX
Better cash flow and working capital
Increasing productivity
geological data
Optimize available resources in alignment with market and shipment needs
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Industry chokepoints
The mining value chain is full of chokepoints that can be eliminated with intelligent use of digital enablers.
Mine
planning
Exploration
Comminute
CAPITAL EFFECTIVENESS
Processing
OPERATIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Inbound fleet
management
schedule)
Lack of effective collaboration across teams
Lack of controls in project reporting and execution
across geographies
mining plan
Lack of accuracy on mass and quality of materials
Mine
development
EFFECTIVE MAINTENANCE
Low maintenance support in on machine operations
Low collaboration levels among teams
Most operations based on on-site interventions
Highly reactive maintenance causing disruption to
operations
Thickening
and mineral
concentration
Stockpile
management
Shipping
FINANCIAL CONTROLS
large scale
Difficult/costly replenishment of
workforce
Skill imbalance
Mature vs. frontier markets
Changing skills profiles due to process/
technology innovations
Most work done onsite
Challenging to address skill shortage
due to aging workforce and talent
competition with other lucrative
sectors
COMMERCIAL OPTIMIZATION
Demand uncertainty and increasing
volatility
environmental constraints
Limited ability to track/identify
hazardous situations
Disperse teams/lack of personal
tracking
trading decisions
Low integration of trading and
planning
Weight and grade variability from
source to destination
DESCRIPTION
KEY BENEFITS
schedule
Digital Supply
Chain
Monitor stock across the value chain (both blend and quantity).
Improved visibility of the stockyard. Increased automation of rail
and fleet transport load and tracking. Applied analytics for improved
sourcing. Use of deep market intelligence and analytics for improved
supplier search and selection process supporting better negotiations
and improving overall TCO.
Optimize throughput
Reduce supply chain operational costs and working
Digital Capital
Projects
Digital
Organization
Agree on a roadmap,
based on business
need and technical
maturity.
Define a business
case for change
that includes a
prioritized set of
initiatives addressing
the roadmap.
Address the
skill gaps to get
started on your
digital journey.
trading opportunities
capital
Reduced sourcing costs/TCO
costs
Integrated project planning
Start execution
on 1 or 2 digital
initiatives to
get value.