Conquering the value chain to unlock the future for mining

技术在采矿业中的作用正在发生变化. 在过去, we witnessed changes in mining and processing technologies; mining equipment has become larger and new mines more isolated as ore is depleted and mineral grades decrease. While these changes have been significant, they have been gradual.

The approaching wave of technological changes to our industry promises to be faster and more disruptive as mining companies seek new performance levels for efficiency and mineral recovery. Mining companies across the globe are under pressure from capital markets to provide returns that can compete with industries in very different investment groupings. 随着自动化和大数据的进入, corporations are competing to leverage these approaches for greater return on investment.

整合创新

自动化给我们带来了3D, 4D和5D流程, bringing current planning and future scheduling into the industry with the further possibility to work in parallel across continents. The next wave of digital innovation will not replace these technologies or specialists – it will integrate them. 几十年来,, 我们一直在自动化工作面:在核能领域, 汽车制造, 石油和天然气, 当然还有采矿. Global equipment and control systems manufacturers are supplying modular components that are easier to add to overall control systems, 随着自动化在各个工作面上的传播, a need has become apparent: the role of the main automation contractor (MAC). Wood differentiates itself from other EPC/M service providers in the mining industry by bringing automation systems and advanced asset management into projects at an early stage as a uniquely experienced MAC.

带来早期优势

Wood’s mining and minerals solutions previously supported mining operations and mineral processing. Innovation from automation and control along with our broader capability across maintenance, operations and environmental services 现在 makes it possible for us to offer deeper support on the drive to the future mine. 随着我们专业知识的增长, a further horizontal integration of our services means greater savings and increased earnings for our mining 客户.

Customers can draw on this to implement intelligent operations that optimise production, 降低成本, 提高效率，提高安全性. Digital technologies will help transform and optimise core processes, 管理维护以减少停机时间, improve administrative support processes and enable more informed decision-making.

The next step is to make more efficient use of these systems, 以及他们提供的数据, to drive tangible improvements in the performance of the processes, while taking advantage of the total value of the data and previously undetectable correlations within. Data points under the traditional magnifying glass may have no relation, 然而, 当应用高级数据分析技术时, process modifications are detectable and can be implemented to improve performance.

对数据采取行动的能力, applying advanced algorithms and automation to translate decision and actions from the digital world into movements in the physical world helps deliver measurable value.

在智利, we are helping the country’s leading private mining group go digital with the preparation of studies for a technologically-advanced integrated operations centre, including cloud data storage and information management for its operations, 从世界任何地方都可以轻松访问. The new operations center will improve the management, 采矿过程的生产率和效率, providing a modern operation that is able to centrally store, 访问和管理大量数据.

为未来而合作

According to a recent paper from the World Economic Forum and Accenture, digitisation could bring more than $425 billion of value for the mining industry, 客户, 到2025年社会和环境.

的见解 from data analysis can be used to reduce capital expenditures, respond to changing project requirements on the fly and optimise mine planning to integrate real time changes.

The technologies to make the digital mine a reality are within reach. 在未来茁壮成长, the conversation between mining companies and their EPC/M providers must move to a more collaborative footing. 在木, we apply the latest digital techniques to deliver smarter, 更快、更具成本效益的采矿项目.  未来令人兴奋的挑战是如何设计, 构建, integrate and embed systems that will future-proof the next generation of mining.