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Real-Time Value Chain Optimization from Pit to Port

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Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
  • Pacific
Country
  • Australia
Product
  • Demand Chain Planning and Scheduling (DCPS)
  • Inventory Tracking and Quality Management (ITQM)
  • Delay Accounting (DA)
  • Capacity Simulation Model
Tech Stack
  • Control Room Automation
  • Remote Operations Center (ROC)
  • Real-Time Execution
Implementation Scale
  • Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
  • Productivity Improvements
  • Cost Savings
Technology Category
  • Functional Applications - Inventory Management Systems
Applicable Industries
  • Metals
Applicable Functions
  • Discrete Manufacturing
  • Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases
  • Predictive Maintenance
  • Inventory Management
Services
  • System Integration
  • Software Design & Engineering Services
About The Customer
Roy Hill is a fully integrated 55 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) iron ore operation located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The operation includes a greenfield iron ore mine, process plant, heavy haul railway system from mine-to-port, new port facilities and a Remote Operations Center (ROC) in Perth. The Roy Hill deposit has more than 2.4 billion tonnes of proven iron ore resource. At full capacity, Roy Hill will be mining almost 350Mtpa total movement, requiring 14 mining fleets. The company aims to meet a mining capacity of 55 million tons per annum.
The Challenge
Roy Hill, a fully integrated 55 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) iron ore operation in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, aimed to build a greenfield iron ore mine and mine process plant based on modern control room automation principles. The goal was to establish end-to-end visibility of the entire mining value chain from pit to port and create an organizational culture free from bureaucracy. The challenge was to avoid the organizational silos that many leading mining companies have evolved from and realize resource-to-market potential by avoiding hidden inefficiencies. The company also aimed to connect, automate, and control each component of the pit-to-port mining site from a control center located 1,300 km away from operations.
The Solution
AVEVA partnered with Roy Hill to develop a tailored solution that included Demand Chain Planning and Scheduling (DCPS), Inventory Tracking and Quality Management (ITQM), Delay Accounting (DA), and Capacity Simulation Model (Pre-CAPEX Analysis). The DCPS solution enabled Roy Hill to optimize its end-to-end demand chain from pit to port, gaining greater visibility throughout its operating and asset lifecycles. Roy Hill tracked real-time inventory and high fidelity data through its ITQM solution, enabling the mining company to close the loop between actuals and the schedule (conformance to schedule), and between actuals and the plan (conformance to plan). For key financial insights into production slowdowns and outages, Roy Hill utilized AVEVA’s DA solution.
Operational Impact
  • Established an ROC (Remote Operations Center) that centralizes all roles and functions linking mining operations.
  • Created a fully integrated, greenfield mine to-port operation that’s controlled remotely.
  • Managed an ore reserve of 2.3 billion tons.
  • Streamlined processes by facilitating collaboration among different functions, and creating a high performance team connected by a digitized process.
  • Optimized resource-to market opportunities with real-time execution.
Quantitative Benefit
  • Mining approximately 1 million tons/day.
  • Feeding approximately 73 million tons per year into crushing facilities.

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