Mining operations face growing cybersecurity threats as they embrace digital transformation and connected systems. From automation and AI to cloud-connected systems, today's mining environments face an expanded attack surface. Our cybersecurity strategy includes network segmentation to protect operational technology, role-based access controls, secure authentication methods, near real-time monitoring and incident response strategies. Using zero-trust principles for remote access and a standards-based approach, we help mining operations build resilience and protect critical infrastructure from ransomware and cyberattacks.
Base Metals
Intelligent automation for base metal mining
Base metal mining companies need automation that delivers productivity gains and reduced operational risk.
Base metal mining companies need automation that delivers productivity gains and reduced operational risk.
What Automation Can Do for Base Metal Mining Companies
Base metal producers face intense pressure to improve throughput and recovery while managing complex mineral variability and strict environmental requirements. With decades of experience serving copper, zinc, nickel and aluminum operations globally, we deliver automation that helps operators harness operational data, improving processing and workforce productivity across the mining value chain.
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Proven Results in Base Metal Mining
Solutions Built for Base Metal Operations
How we help base metal mining companies optimize their operations
Trusted Technologies for Base Metal Applications
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Insights and Innovation in Base Metal Automation
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Varying treatment rates and ore conditions can impact recovery, often decreasing the volume of processed materials. Our automation systems include advanced analytics and machine learning models that can adapt to these variations. By monitoring plant context, operational variables, and recovery metrics, automation can adjust grinding parameters, flotation process variables and other control variables to help maintain consistent performance. A clustering model based on key context variables detects changes in operating conditions and triggers improvements to adapt process recommendations to an updated operational context. This flexible approach helps operators improve recovery and stabilize performance across different ranges of treatment.
Base metal operations turn to renewable energy sources and battery energy storage systems (BESS) to reduce costs and carbon emissions. Our automation can integrate these energy sources with existing power infrastructure to help optimize usage across variable production demands. The system coordinates between grid power, renewable sources and battery storage to reduce costs while maintaining reliable operations. For remote mining sites or operations facing high electricity costs, this integrated approach can deliver significant savings while supporting sustainability goals.
