Rio Tinto
Rio Tinto optimizes its mining value chain with AVEVA solutions
Rio Tinto is streamlining data at every stage of its mining value chain, from mine to port, using AVEVA Asset Information Management, AVEVA Production Management, AVEVA PI System, AVEVA System Platform and AVEVA Plant SCADA. Configuring digital tools could previously take three to six months for a single project; by providing its engineering contractors with a preconfigured, standardized system from the outset, Rio Tinto has significantly reduced lead times and costs. This data infrastructure delivers real-time insights into multi-site operations, connects the group's many projects through a unified data context and makes it possible to optimize and modernize plants while improving day-to-day engineering and operations.
Integrated AVEVA software
AVEVA System Platform
Rio Tinto uses the AVEVA System Platform to centralize oversight of its global mining operations. This industrial platform unifies asset management and integrates SCADA systems for complete visibility across all mining sites.
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AVEVA PI System
Rio Tinto leverages AVEVA PI System to collect and analyze mining production data in real-time. This solution enables yield optimization, predictive equipment maintenance and informed decision-making across the enterprise.
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FAQ
How does AVEVA Asset Information Management accelerate mining projects?
At Rio Tinto, configuring digital tools could take 3 to 6 months per project. AVEVA Asset Information Management provides engineering contractors with a system that is preconfigured and standardized from the outset. This library-driven approach makes it possible to reuse asset models across projects, ensure document consistency and drastically reduce commissioning times. It is a major efficiency lever for a mining group running multiple mine-to-port projects simultaneously.
Why unify data across the entire mining value chain, from mine to port?
Rio Tinto streamlines its data at every stage: extraction, processing, transport and shipping. By combining AVEVA PI System, System Platform, Production Management and Plant SCADA, the group creates a unified data context linking all its sites. This end-to-end view makes it possible to identify bottlenecks, optimize flows and make decisions based on a single source of truth. For a global mining company, it is the prerequisite for large-scale industrial performance and responsiveness to market fluctuations.
What role does AVEVA Plant SCADA play in Rio Tinto's multi-site supervision?
AVEVA Plant SCADA provides real-time industrial supervision of operations at mine sites, often in remote, demanding environments. Combined with System Platform, it offers a unified view of production, equipment and alarms. Control room operators have standardized HMIs across the group, which facilitates team mobility, speeds up training and ensures a consistent response to incidents. It is a standard suited to the reliability requirements of the mining sector.
How can the gap between availability and utilization in a mine be closed?
Diego Lachiavo, project manager at Rio Tinto, sums up the challenge: "If we have a plant running at 100% availability and 80% utilization, how do we close that gap?" The answer lies in AVEVA Production Management and PI System, which make the causes of underutilization visible: waiting times, micro-stoppages and desynchronization. By turning data into decisions, Rio Tinto identifies concrete optimization levers and improves its OEE measurably and sustainably.
What ROI does standardizing digital tools across a portfolio of mining projects generate?
By moving from a 3-to-6-month project setup to a preconfigured AVEVA Asset Information Management system, Rio Tinto has considerably reduced its engineering lead times and costs. Standardization generates economies of scale on every new project, accelerates commissioning and reduces the risk of documentation errors. For a mining group running dozens of simultaneous projects, the cumulative ROI across the portfolio is massive and frees up budgets for new strategic investments.