• A Framework for Integrated Operations in Mining and Metals

    It is generally accepted that implementing integrated operations planning and execution is a best practice that should yield significant improvements in efficiencies and costs. Over the last decade, several mining and metals companies have attempted to or are in the ...
    Year: 2015

    Innovation in Control System and Information, Copper Mining

    Innovation is one of the driving forces in MLP. In the company, there is a dedicated group named SCAPIE which is responsible for the development and support of the Control Systems, Advanced Control, and the PI System. The PI System ...
    Year: 2015

    Project to Program - Enabling Information as a Key Enabler for Competitive Advantage (Part 1)

    A global leader in lightweight metals engineering and manufacturing, Alcoa innovates multi-material solutions that advance our world. Our technologies enhance transportation, from automotive and commercial transport to air and space travel, and improve industrial and consumer electronics products. We pioneered ...
    Year: 2015

    Project to Program - Enabling Information as a Key Enabler for Competitive Advantage (Part 2)

    A global leader in lightweight metals engineering and manufacturing, Alcoa innovates multi-material solutions that advance our world. Our technologies enhance transportation, from automotive and commercial transport to air and space travel, and improve industrial and consumer electronics products. We pioneered ...
    Year: 2015

    Achieving Enterprise-wide Operational Intelligence using the PI Server's Asset Framework

    SunCoke Energy operates six sites in the US and Brazil for the conversion of metallurgical coal into metallurgical coke used in the manufacture of steel. The core technology used across the coke oven batteries has remained consistent across the sites ...
    Year: 2015