Copper-mine implements management system | Operation Outpost

Description

The world?s largest openpit copper-mine in terms of
production, Minera Escondida,latest plant operator jobs in saudi arabia in northern Chile, has implemented
Modular Mining?s IntelliMine integrated mine management
system. The system consists of MasterLink, the wireless network
communications backbone; ProVision, the high-precision global
positioning system (GPS) for dozers, shovels, and drills; Dispatch,
the dispatching system designed to provide automatic, improved
haul-truck assignments; MineCare, the interactive maintenance
management system that allows users to access up-to-the-minute
operating information over the Internet; and Interfaces, for mine
planning, enterprise resource planning (ERP), and mobile fleet
systems.

Escondida is located in the Atacama desert, 170 km south-east of
Antofagasta, Chile, about 3 100 m above sea level. The mine
operates in a harsh arid environment, 24 hours a day, 365 days a
year, on a 12-hour, four-days-on and four-days-off shift schedule.
This makes it crucial for onsite systems to be made rugged, and to
be able to handle the intense pressures of constant use.
Additionally, Escondida has several existing software packages in
place, such as mine planning and ERP systems, making it vital that
any new mine management system be able to integrate and function
seamlessly with those systems. The IntelliMine system is reported
to fit all these requirements.

?Escondida was looking for a way to tie everything together
? production, operation, payload, ERP, and field systems all
needed to work together,? states, Modular Mining Latin
American division GM Scott Baker. ?They needed a system they
could rely on. The IntelliMine system, with its dynamic,
state-of-the-art software modules for communication, dispatching
and high precision, does just that. Escondida will be able to
integrate all systems with reliability, while increasing
productivity and improving quality-control throughout its
fleet,? he explains.

The copper-mine deployed the IntelliMine system in three phases.
Phase one included deployment of three core products, namely the
MasterLink wireless network, including 15 MasterLink access nodes;
the ProVision high-precision GPS system including 18 HP-GPS dozers,
15 HP-GPS shovels, 12 HP-GPS drills, and 7 HP-GPS graders; and the
Dispatch system, which included 93 trucks, nine dozers, and nine
pieces of auxiliary equipment. Installation was scheduled for
April, with start-up anticipated last month. Phases two and three,
which involve interfaces with the fleet and existing systems,
started following phase one commissioning. ?Additionally,
because fellow BHP Billiton mine Minera Cerro Colorado is
concurrently installing a similar system in Chile, Escondida can
jointly configure the operations, maintenance, and data management
modules to maximise corporate synergies and regional
efficiencies,? notes Baker.

Escondida began production in 1990 and is the largest copper-mine
in the world. Production potential has risen to 1,25-million tons
of copper a year, the majority of which is in concentrates, with
some in cathodes. Current production capacity is about 1,05 million
tons a year. The mine also produces over 100 000 oz of gold a year.
Escondida is 57,5% owned by BHP Billiton, with Rio Tinto owning
30%; a Japanese consortium led by Mitsubishi 10%; and the World
Bank International Finance Corporation 2,5%. Modular, headquartered
in Arizona, US, provides information management solutions to meet
the needs of openpit and underground mining operations worldwide.
The company?s products range from fully-automated total mine
management and control systems, using high-precision global
positioning systems for surface applications, to mining cycle
control, monitoring, and identification systems for underground
mines.

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