DEREK DU PREEZ
Manager Tech & ImprovementSouth32
Digital Mine: Pit to Port Transformation Journey
JONATHAN MCCORMICK
Digital Transformation LeadDeloitte
NATHAN FORMBY
Principal Solution ArchitectGE Digital
MAGNUS NILSSON
Information Analytics LeadSouth32
South32 – Who we are
We want to make a difference to the world by developing natural resources in a safe and sustainable way, bringing long-term benefits to the communities we work with.
By investing in high-quality assets and maintaining financial discipline, we are unlocking value for our shareholders and global partners.
Purpose & Strategy
We are a global resources company, producing products that are used in nearly every aspect of our daily lives.
Africa SingaporeAustralia LondonSouth America
Locations
AluminaAluminiumBauxiteEnergy coalMetallurgical coal
Commodities
LeadNickelManganeseSilverZinc
The safety of people
Productivity: operations not running at their full potential
Ongoing cost challenges through commodity cycles
Degrading ore quality: more impurities, more complex to blend and process
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Data: multiple sources and disparate data
Increasing social, environmental and regulatory pressuresimpacting licence to operate
Siloed value chains: end to end integration and optimisation4 |
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Mining Industry Challenges
Areas of Strategic Focus
Our investment in technology and innovation will be guided by three areas of strategic focus to drive value.
Digital Mining
SUPPLIERS EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT MINING PROCESSING MAINTENANCE &
LOGISTICS TRANSPORT CUSTOMERS
Digitised Geological Data
Equipment Automation and
Remote Operation
IoT sensors for real time data capture
‘Digital Twin’ –Digitised engineering and asset information
Drones for inspection, stock and safety
monitoring
Wearables for field maintenance and operator safety
Diverse mobile connected workforce
Automated Operations and Digitised Assets
Digital Mining
Digital Core Platform
REAL-TIME DATAShort interval control and operational improvement from real-time data and
analytics
DIGITAL COREData-driven planning and decision-making
HISTORICALImproved visualisation, reporting and analysis of
historical data
FUTUREAnalytics for future
modelling, prediction and
simulation
DATAPLATFORMSIntegrated data
platforms
DIGITAL TWINDigitised engineering and asset information
SUPPLY HUMAN RESOURCESFINANCE SUSTAINABILITY LEGAL SHARED SERVICES MARKETING
Automated Support Processes and Enabling Platforms
“Re-imagined” cloud- based ERP
IT OT ConvergenceRobotic process automation (RPA)
Network connectivity and bandwidth
Cyber security
Digital Mining
We know how to enable successful delivery
Design led, Agile Enabled
We know how to enable successful delivery
Viability Fe
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Opportunities
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Value Focused
We know how to deliver value “pit to port”
fullstreamindustry domain
fullstreamservice
excellence
Differentiated productivity
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softwareand
analytics
Get Smart Get Guidance
• Access the wide number of specialized operational technology systems
• Data is available to all users
• Understand the source of the truth for data
• Making faster decisions since everyone has common insights
• See what’s happening now
Get Optimized
• Leverage asset centric machine learning to look at fleet health and prioritise effort
• Be alerted to changing operational conditions
• Capture human expertize to enable knowledge management
• Perform what-if analysis to determine actions that have highest impact to business goals
• Utilise the digital thread to understand the value chain impacts of events
• Balance assets to optimize for lowest operating cost, longest services intervals or life of mine
• Resource optimization and waste reduction
The Starting Point for Digital Industrial Transformation
GE Solution Roadmap for Mining TransformationO
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Valu
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Equipment Processes Operations Business
new businessmodels
complianceto plan
decisionsupport
OPMAPC
experton-demandPIID Loop
optimization
DigitalTwin
KPI
weather
BrilliantBlast
BrilliantBlend
OEE
DigitalTwi
APMField
Agent
collisionavoidance
in-vehicleunit
DigitalTwin
Cyber Security + Predix Platform
Digital Vision | Digitised Assets and Operations
Integrated Planning and Scheduling
Maintenance Optimisation
Operations Visualisation and Optimisation
Real Time Data Emerging Technologies MobilityOre Body
SUPPLIERS EXPLORATION & DEVELOPMENT MINING PROCESSING MAINTENANCE &
LOGISTICS TRANSPORT CUSTOMERS
Digitised Geological Data
Equipment Automation and
Remote Operation
IoT sensors for real time data capture
‘Digital Twin’ – Digitised engineering and asset
information
Drones for inspection, stock and safety monitoring
Wearables for field maintenance and operator
safety
Diverse mobile connected workforce
Digitised Assets & Operations
Digital Vision | Automated Operations and Digitised Assets
Digital Vision | Automated Operations and Digitised Assets
Digital Vision | Asset Performance Management
Work Management
Asset Management
RiskManagement
APM
(Documented benefits achieved in the first two years of over 125 APM sample implementations)
Maintenance Optimisation
Outcomes
More sustainable energy andwater usage
Improvedemployee experience and collaboration
IncreasedMargins
ImprovedProductivity
Smarterdecisions
Saferworkplace
Examples of where we are testing technology to drive outcomes
• Asset Performance Management for predictive maintenance
Maintenance Optimisation
Operations Visualisation and Optimisation
• Ore body knowledge tracking
• Operations Optimisation with Advanced Process Control
• Operations data visualisation • Automated drone inspections
Ore Body Knowledge
Integrated Planning and Scheduling
• Real time asset tracking and compliance to plan
Digital Vision | Expected Outcomes
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