Jan Nyqvist, Senior Scientist, ABB Corporate Reserarch, Bergforksdagarna 2014, May 22nd 2014, Luleå
Future mine 2030
Fully automated mine
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Challenges for Global Mining Companies
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Ensuring workforce safety
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Managing capital projects
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Maximizing production effectiveness
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Ensuring equipment operates reliably and predictably
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Ensuring different departments work together
Source: Ventyx – An ABB Company, 2012 Mining Executives Insight Study
Subsea Factory by 2020
“ABB and Statoil to develop deep water
subsea power and control technologies.
A$100 million R&D program enabling future
ultra-deep water and remote subsea
factories”
- Zurich, Switzerland, September 6, 2013
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Process plant on the seabed
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Remote-controlled transport any facility.
For Arctic areas and deep water areas as
the Gulf and Brazil
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The first generation in the late 80’s
The 6th generation will be proven on
Gullfaks and Asgard fields
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Truck-less mining system by Vale
Vale $20bn truck-less venture key to its revival
3 April 2013, abstracted from Bloomberg
“Vale is replacing trucks with 23 miles of conveyor
belts and building a second railway through the
Amazon to cut costs. It will be the first major iron-ore
venture to fully replace in-mine trucks with conveyor
belts, according to the miner. Will retake the title of
world’s secondlargest mining
company by value
from Rio Tinto
Group
Sul project, part of the Carajas mining
complex in northern Brazil
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Will reduce mine-to-port costs with 50% to
about 15$ per ton
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A $20bn investment to start operation 2016
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Will supply 90m tons of iron ore per year.
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In full capacity 230m tons per year
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77% reduction of fuel consumption
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Energy savings 18000 MWh
Ore factory – Mine as one operation
Demand
Design
Production
Production plan
Assets
Work
Material
KPI report&visualization
Asset availability
Schedule, Dispatch and Activity follow-up
Work orders
People
Status on-line
Ore Monitor, Predict and Control
Machine operation data (3rd party)
Activity report
Finance
Production data
Machine position
Geological model
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Control system
Control system
Control system
Control system
Control system
Control system
Control system
Control system
Drilling rig
LHD/Trucks
Train
Hoist
Electrical power
Material Handling
Media
Port
Enabling technologies today
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Wireless communication
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Integration of mobile equipment
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Instrumentation
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Computerization of machines
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Standardisation
Localization
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Process flow
Automated scheduling
Automated scheduling
Closed loop visualization
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Future workforce…
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Remte operation - Future functionalities
For a safer and healthier working environment
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Remote operational center – multi site
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Remote collaboration and remote assistant
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Remote control and monitoring
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Remote mobile manipulation
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Remote condition monitoring
Remote operations - Future control rooms
Multi-site lead centers
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New functions of lead centers and field operators
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Remote collaboration and manipulation integration
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Will use several interaction techniques to make it more live
Remote collaboration and remote assistant devices
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On-line access to experts 24/7
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On-line integration of relevant information
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On-line integration of tools and inspection devices
Remote manipulation
Industrial mobile manipulation
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Mobile manipulator will be remotely controlled or autonomuous
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Will interact with and assist human in unsafe working conditions
Fully automated Mine 2030
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”It’s got to move from being an innovation, into a robust and
operationalized solution, and be part of an entire system”
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Gavin Yates, Vice President Mine Optimisation, BHP Billition
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Ways forward
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”Without technology and without new ways of doing things,
we will not do what we need to do to stay in front of
productivity curve”
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John McGagh, Head of Innovation, Rio Tinto
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”It’s not about technology, it’s about changing the way
we’ve been operating for decades”
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”It’s got to move from being an innovation, into a robust
and operationalized solution, and be part of an entire
system”
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Gavin Yates, Vice President Mine Optimisation, BHP
Billition
”Transition from automated equipment to integrated
automative operations.”
- Hugh Durrant-Whyte, CEO, National ICT
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Source: Austmine Smart Mine, Inspiring Global Mining Innovation 2013
Fully automated Mine 2030
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SmartAir - Mine ventilation control
Benefits
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Reliable control of ventilation based on feedback
control
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Extended lifetime of existing infrastructure
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Energy consumption reduction of 30-50% validated on
site
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”Mot en fullautomatiserad gruva
Jan Nyqvist, ABB. Jan arbetar vid ABB:s forskningsenhet
Corporate Research med inriktning mot gruvindustrin. I
gruvbranschens gemensamma strategi STRIM är det
långsiktiga målet en fullautomatiserad gruva. Vart ligger vi
idag och vad ska till för att nå målen? Hur kommer
kompetensen för arbete vid morgondagens gruva se ut?
Remote manipulation
Industrial mobile manipulation
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Mobile manipulator will be remotely controlled or autonomuous
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Will interact with and assist human in unsafe working conditions
Grows up with…always connected
I
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Easy to access information
where ever you are
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Easy to inform where ever you
are
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Easy to use and add
functionality
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Easy access to social life
Some general technology trends
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3D visualization techniques
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Augmented reality
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Internet of things (IoT)
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Robotics – Human interaction
Current general technology trends
In Industry
Collaboration board
Rock bolt sensing system
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Augmented reality concepts
Frida
Youbot