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PERTH (miningweekly.com) – Mining major Rio Tinto has expanded its Mine of the Future programme with the introduction of the world-first Analytics Excellence Centre, in Pune, India.
The miner said this week that the centre would assess massive volumes of data captured by an array of sensors attached to the company’s fixed and mobile equipment, enabling experts to predict and prevent engine breakdowns and other downtime events, thereby significantly boosting productivity and safety across its global operations.
Using predictive mathematics, machine learning and advanced modelling, data scientists in the Analytics Excellence Centre would be working to identify a range of problems before they occurred.
Rio Tinto group executive technology and innovation Greg Lilleyman said that the Analytics Excellence Centre would allow Rio to extract the maximum value from the data captured around the performance of its equipment, making the company’s operations more predictable, efficient and safer.
“This is a world-first for the mining industry and is all part of Rio Tinto’s relentless pursuit of productivity gains across our businesses. The centre will help us predict the future through the use of advanced data analytic techniques to pinpoint with incredible accuracy the operating performance of our equipment. Our aim is to run more efficient, smarter and safer mining operations and provide greater shareholder returns.”