Schneider Electric and AVEVA have announced that its combined technology portfolio is supporting mining companies’ sustainability goals in four key pillars. These include energy efficiency, yield improvement, low greenhouse emission technology adoption, and new green processes.
The technology giants said they are providing the tools required by organsations to make informed decisions that will empower people across the mining, minerals, and metals value chains to be more strategic in their choices based on sound advice with sustainability in mind.
“Although the benefits of digital transformation are crystal clear, the mining industry has thus far been limited by legacy infrastructure, data inadequacies, and piecemeal optimisation programmes,” said Martin Provencher, industry principal, Mining, Metals and Materials, AVEVA.
“Increasingly virulent cyberattacks and a growing mandate for decarbonised minerals have further emphasised the importance of having high data availability and embracing a secure, cloud-first approach to visualise and contextualise enterprise-wide processes across global operations.”
He added that the combination of Schneider Electric’s energy management solutions, automation systems and services, and AVEVA’s Digital Mining Transformation solutions “enable customers to transform conventional mining operations into intelligent, resilient and sustainable undertakings.”
A recent IDC Technology Spotlight, sponsored by AVEVA and Schneider Electric, ‘Transitioning to Sustainable Mining, Minerals and Metals Practices’, revealed that the top three market pressures driving the sustainability agendas of mining and metals organisations are – the need to improve brand equity, reduce the risk of an adverse event and ensure compliance with current and future regulations
The IDC Technology Spotlight also reinforced the fact that as the industry continues to experience backlash from its perceived stagnant position on sustainability, platforms with added analytics are enabling improved operational efficiencies while enhancing the visibility of the changes being made.
“Digitally integrated operations can address key areas of an organisation’s sustainability agenda by combining power and process intelligence and controls,” said David Willick, VP North America, Mining, Minerals and Metals Segment, Schneider Electric.
“Digitalisation is a critical evolution for the resources industry, and Schneider Electric and AVEVA are uniquely qualified to help. We are experts at marshalling the power of connected systems and human insight to bring operational performance to its highest level.
“Together, we have won the trust of the world’s leading companies with thousands of implementations onsite and in the cloud. Today our joint customers can benefit from our shared customer-centric innovation culture, unmatched R&D capabilities, and extensive sector-specific expertise.”
