Internet of Things World Forum
Chicago
John McGagh – Head of Innovation
October 2014
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About this presentation
I will address three points during our
time together:
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2
3
Our world
Connectivity
Our internet of “big” things
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Who are we? A journey from 1873 to 2014
From
To
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Mining is physical, it is connected to “places”
Mining is a physical activity, the ore bodies cannot be moved.
This drives a locally focused self-sustaining management culture
that has been very successful over time.
Large mines trigger significant parallel development through towns,
schools, hospitals, roads etc. This further drives the concept of
self- sufficiency.
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Technology enablers reduce geographic
boundaries
Power & cost of computer chips
Cost & capacity of data storage
Cloud-based
systems
Interconnectivity & cloud
systems
are interconnecting
“everything”, the
physical world is
becoming part of the
data pool
Sophisticated
mathematics is being
developed to interpret
large data sets to
develop new insights
Proliferation of sensors
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Stepping out – our location experiences
2009 – regional
2014 - global
Western Australia, the world’s
first and largest integrated Iron
Ore operations centre
Integrated global multi
commodity Processing
Excellence Centre
Collaboration
Skills leverage
Productivity
Value add
Exploit Big Data
Distance
irrelevant
Human systems
Advanced models
Intelligent
analytics
Network partners
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Snapshot – remote operations and autonomy
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Rio Tinto and Autonomous Haulage (today*)
x58
x5
x3,500
x1,000
We own and operate the world’s largest autonomous
haulage fleet operating in full production mode on three
mine sites
Our autonomous fleets have covered ~3,900,000km
hauling material in our operations (x 5 trips to moon
and back)
We have moved >200,000,000 tonnes using
autonomous technology (~ 3,500 Sydney
Harbour Bridges or 540 Empire State Buildings)
We have over 1,000 Rio Tinto person years
of experience operating autonomous haulage
embedded in our business
*Correct as of August 6 2014
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Two worlds - fixed and mobile infrastructure
Mining – Mobile
Concentration – Fixed
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Fixed infrastructure, connected sensors
Concentration
Fixed infrastructure
Significant capital investment
Low levels of uncertainty
Well instrumented
Processes reacting to changes
in mineral feed driven by
geology
Significant theoretical process
models developed by
academia over decades
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Mobile infrastructure, machines are sensors
Mining
Mobile infrastructure
Individual operating units
High levels of uncertainty
Machines individually
instrumented
Equipment used on board the
machine
Operating within a constantly
changing geographic/geologic
landscape
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Value, frequency and use of information
Typical plant
High
Typical mine
Future mines
Relative
information
value for
decisions
Low
s
min
hr
d
Information time scale
m
y
The information required to
make the “correct” decision
has a significant time driven
value component
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Mines look simple - how hard can this be?
Grab the (sensor) data
Turn into information
Improve shorter-term decisions
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Multiples of the weight of a 737 (take off weight)
Thinking model - the 737 index
100
20
x107
x21
737 weighs 79 tonnes t/o
x7
10
x2
x6
x2
x1
Machines commonly used in the mining industry
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Grasping the scale
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Machines are our mobile sensor platform(s)
example
32 Sensors
Rio Tinto has ~900 HME trucks
Useful data produced by trucks
120 Sensors
~4.9 Tb/day (fleet)*
Significant value to leverage
40 Sensors
* Note; 70% utilized fleet, x5 overhead wrap on raw sensor data
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An integrated strategy – data is the glue
• Rio Tinto Mine Automation System (MAS)
− A seven year programme, partnership with University of Sydney
− Embed many learnings and technologies from the defence sector
• One version of the “truth” in mining
− Autonomy is one component in the mine
− One part of our Sense/Think/Act strategy
Stitching it all together
Vehicles are components in the wider complex mine
landscape. Rio Tinto believes we have to integrate many
mining systems to capture most value
Run 2 min MAS Video
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Mine Automation System (MAS)
CAT - Aquila™
Vulcan™
Visualization
Mine
Automation
System
Dispatch – (i.e. Modular®)
Plants – control & historian
Sensors
Anything, anything, anything
SENSE
THINK
ACT
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Mine Automation System (MAS)
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Summary
I addressed three points during our
time together:
1
2
3
Our world is physically
connected to an ore body
Connectivity provides new
opportunities to improve
Our internet of “big” things
Fixed v/s Mobile - MAS
I hope the presentation was
interesting and challenging.
The world is wired and the internet
of “big” things is upon us.
This is the end of the beginning.
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Internet of Things World Forum
Chicago
John McGagh – Head of Innovation
October 2014