Customer Stories

In 2016, Goldcorp launched an ambitious plan, dubbed “20/20/20,” that aims to achieve a 20% increase in gold production, a 20% increase in gold reserves, and a 20% reduction in all-in sustaining costs. As part of that plan, the company initiated a PI System pilot project at its mine in Peñasquito, Mexico, to provide operators with real-time data and deliver dynamic performance targets to enhance metal recovery from the feed moving through the plant. In its first year, the project achieved a rapid return on investment, boosting the recovery rate of metals and effectively adding the equivalent of four to five days of additional production at Peñasquito.

Something needed to change at Aurelia Metals. Gold recovery rates were less than 75 percent and throughput low at the end of the fourth quarter f 2015. If Aurelia was going to survive, its Perth processing plant needed to increase its recovery rate to 85 percent. It also needed to increase cash flow and capital. When Peter Smith, Metallurgy Superintendent at Aurelia Metals, started his role on February 1, 2016, he had no idea of the task at hand. Two days later, when he was briefed on the state of the plant, he knew one thing: he needed the PI System to remove manual processes and gain the necessary visibility to implement process control. By mid-March, the PI System was up and running, recovery rates and throughput were improving, and Aurelia's stock was rising.

For TraPac, automating its flagship operations at the Port of Los Angeles terminal enabled the company to cut costs, slash emissions, and move human operators out of harm's way. In order to fully realize the benefits of automation, however, TraPac also needed to harness their data. In 2017, the company implemented OSIsoft's PI System to organize and analyze the information generated by their operations. The result was a 10+% decrease in cycle time, improved maintenance, and faster issue resolution.