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CUSTOMER CASE STUDY AVEVA worked closely with Roy Hill to develop a greenfield iron ore mining site, connecting the entire value chain with industry leading efficiency from pit to port. Roy Hill INDUSTRY Metals, Mining and Minerals Goals AVEVA Solution y Build a greenfield iron ore mine and mine y Demand Chain Planning and Scheduling (DCPS) process plant based on modern control y Inventory Tracking and Quality Management (ITQM) room automation principles. y Delay Accounting (DA) y Establish end-to-end visibility of the entire mining value chain from pit to port. y Capacity Simulation Model (Pre-CAPEX Analysis) y Create an organizational culture free from bureaucracy. Results y Meet mining capacity of 55 million tons y Established an ROC (Remote Operations per annum. Center) that centralizes all roles and functions linking mining operations. Challenges y Creating a fully integrated, greenfield mine- to-port operation that’s controlled remotely. y Avoid the organizational silos that many leading mining companies have evolved from. y Managing an ore reserve of 2.3 billion tons. y Realize resource-to-market potential y Mining approximately 1 million tons/day. by avoiding hidden inefficiencies. y Feeding approximately 73 million tons y Connect, automate, and control each per year into crushing facilities. component of the pit-to-port mining y Streamlining processes by facilitating site from a control center located collaboration among different functions, 1,300 km away from operations. and creating a high performance team connected by a digitized process. y Optimizes resource-to- market opportunities with real-time execution. CUSTOMER CASE STUDY ROY HILL Real-Time Value Chain Optimization from Pit to Port Avoiding the Fragmentation of Organizational Silos Perth, Australia – Located in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Roy Hill is a fully integrated 55 “As a ground up development, Roy Hill million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) iron ore operation had the ability to recruit their own people, that includes a greenfield iron ore mine, process establish their own culture, and define plant, heavy haul railway system from mine-to-port, new port facilities and a Remote Operations Center their own operating model with a focus (ROC) in Perth. The Roy Hill deposit has more than on their own vision. What has resulted is 2.4 billion tonnes of proven iron ore resource. At full an organization free of bureaucracy where capacity, Roy Hill will be mining almost 350Mtpa efficiency is readily possible through total movement, requiring 14 mining fleets. streamlined processes that can drive high Navigating the Pitfalls of a Volatile Industry performance, fit for purpose outcomes,” Over the past three years, there has been little Doug Warren, Vice President, Software, to celebrate in the mining industry. Varying and Industry Solutions at AVEVA demand for commodities, unstable commodity prices, corporate restructuring, and reductions Whether its multiple mines, processing in CAPEX spending have been featured in facilities, or logistical requirements, most countless headlines over this period of time. With leading mining companies have historically the help of its ecosystem partners, including evolved as organizational silos. However, in AVEVA, Roy Hill is changing that narrative. the age of increasing automation, data, and digitalization, these silos can have the adverse “The reason why the technologies effect of preventing end-to-end visibility, limiting optimization opportunities, and creating hidden are essential is because machine inefficiencies that inhibit mining companies learning, AI, VR, Augmented Reality, from realizing resource-to-market potential. the Digital Twin is what enables our By establishing a fully integrated control center, Roy people to focus on more value-added Hill has been able to avoid these pitfalls with the work rather than repetitive work.” help of its ecosystem partners, including AVEVA. Christine Eriksen, Program Director, Automation 2 Partnering with AVEVA to Develop a Tailored Solution With mine and port operations involving electrical switchgear and distribution, variable frequency drives, critical power systems (UPS), and power monitoring systems, it was critical that Roy Hill have a trusted partner that can overcome the challenges of a modern greenfield site. With a fully integrated digital solution that was completely synchronized before the first shovel went into the ground, the AVEVA mining portfolio is enabling Roy Hill to make smarter, more timely decisions that fulfill its organizational vision. “It enabled us to rethink how is it that we can run an end-to-end mining business, and do that in a way that has never been realized before.” Mike Lomman, General Manager, Demand Chain Controlling it All from 1,300 km Away All of these processes and technologies are brought together in Roy Hill’s state-of-the-art ROC (Remote Operations Center) in Perth. In one facility, all aspects of Roy Hill’s operations–from real-time execution to scheduling to planning, and everything from the mine to the processing plant to rail and port–are being monitored and controlled at a location that sits 1,300 km away from the actual mine site. By cultivating all of this expertise in the same room, Roy Hill can dramatically improve opportunities to collaborate, de-risk decisions, and place greater focus on business improvements. 3 CUSTOMER CASE STUDY ROY HILL Roy Hill selected AVEVA as a strategic partner For key financial insights into production for its industry experience, consultative approach, slowdowns and outages, Roy Hill utilizes and compelling mining industry offerings, AVEVA’s DA solution. And while it may seem which included the following solutions: rudimentary compared to a typical manufacturing y Demand Chain Planning and Scheduling (DCPS) scenario, it is very rare in the mining industry to see these results on a shift by shift basis, y Inventory Tracking and Quality as it is often only reconciled monthly. Management (ITQM) y Delay Accounting (DA) With the amazing combination of process, technology, and people, Roy Hill has y Capacity Simulation Model (Pre-CAPEX Analysis) achieved industry-leading efficiency The DCPS solution enables Roy Hill to and competitive advantage, emerging as optimize its end-to-end demand chain from Australia’s largest single mine producer. pit to port–even across different time zones– AVEVA has worked closely with Roy Hill and gaining greater visibility throughout to help drive significant achievements, and its operating and asset lifecycles. continues to work hand-in-hand to further Roy Hill is tracking real-time inventory and high its digital transformation and innovation fidelity data through its ITQM solution, enabling the strategies within the mining industry. mining company to close the loop between actuals and the schedule (conformance to schedule), and between actuals and the plan (conformance to plan). About AVEVA AVEVA is a global leader in engineering and industrial software driving digital transformation across the entire asset and operational life cycle of capital-intensive industries. The company’s engineering, planning and operations, asset performance, and monitoring and control solutions deliver proven results to over 16,000 customers across the globe. Its customers are supported by the largest industrial software ecosystem, including 4,200 partners and 5,700 certified developers. AVEVA is headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with over 4,400 employees at 80 locations in over 40 countries. AVEVA believes the information in this publication is correct as of its publication date. As part of continued product development, such information is subject to change without prior notice and is related to the current software release. AVEVA is not responsible for any inadvertent errors. All product names mentioned are the trademarks of their respective holders. Copyright © 2018 AVEVA Group plc and its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. PN SS-0230 Rel. 01/17 aveva.com @avevagroup linkedin.com/company/aveva.

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