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At Yokogawa, we offer comprehensive mining solutions from start to finish.
Our end-to-end services encompass automation and energy management, systems integration, water management, and risk management, as well as process control. Our expertise in these areas enables us to help you produce safe, intelligent, and dependable outcomes throughout your mining operations.
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Industry Challenges. Yokogawa Solutions.
Measurement & Control
• Flow meter Solutions
• Pressure & Level Solutions
• Temperature Solutions
• Analytical Solutions
Control Systems
• Centum VP
• PXiSE
• Digital Twin
• IA2IA
Environmental & Safety Systems
• RAP
• CyberSecurity Management
• Water Management
• Energy Management
Mining & Metal Segments
Whether it is extraction, crushing and sizing, processing, or discharge control, Yokogawa has innovative solutions for cost-effective and sustainable mining, increased productivity, reduced downtimes, improved efficiencies, and meeting environmental compliance.
Extraction & Transportation Boost productivity and profitability with innovative solutions for cost-effective, sustainable mining practices. Advanced technologies and innovations can improve drilling and blasting, excavation, loading, and hauling processes can boost productivity and profitability in mining operations. Explore innovative solutions for cost-effective and sustainable mining practices. |
Crushing & Sizing Discover the latest solutions to optimize crushing and sizing processes for better mineral recovery rates and productivity. Learn how advanced technologies and innovations can improve the efficiency of mineral processing, reduce downtime, and minimize energy consumption. Discover the latest solutions to optimize crushing and sizing processes for better mineral recovery rates and increased productivity. |
Processing Automation Improve efficiency by incorporating automation into mineral processing operations, with consistency. Discover the benefits of incorporating automation into mineral processing operations. From chemical separation and cyanidation to flotation and electrolysis, automated processes can improve efficiency, reduce downtime, and enhance consistency. |
Quality Control Minimize waste and enhance environmental compliance, implementing efficient controls successfully. Proper discharge and rejects controls are crucial for the success of mining operations. By implementing efficient controls, companies can improve the quality of discharged materials, minimize waste generation, and enhance environmental compliance. |
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Mining Process & Solutions
Process Automation Solutions – Pit to Port/Sensor to Boardroom
Conveyor, Fire & Temperature Solutions
In the mining industry, operations management solutions help to ensure safe, reliable and efficient plant operations and regulatory compliance by digitization of information related to key operations management practices. Is your operation still doing things the old-fashioned way? Discover how by embracing digital transformation, moving from manual processes and old-fashioned processes to digital solutions that add value, plants inherently become safer, and processes are optimized. < Explore how to reduce production loss and ensure operational continuity |
Distributed Temperature Sensing: DTSX SeriesFiber Optic Sensor Temperature Measurement |
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DTSX™1 Fiber Optic Heat DetectorAll-in-One, Self-Contained Fiber Optic Temperature Solution |
Environmental & Safety Solutions
Mining Industry: Solutions for Lifecycle Sustainability of Modern Process Automation SystemsAs part of the periodical Asset Health Check Service, Yokogawa's experts analyze environment data and propose a plan for optimizing the environment. This solution can prevent failures caused by deterioration due to the environment. < Explore the benefits of Yokogawa's Asset Health Check Service |
Reduction Monitoring in the Chromium |
Off the Grid – Distributed and Greener Energy |
Recorder and Analytical SolutionLiquid Analyzers and Recorders for Reducing Total Cost of Ownership |
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Energy Management Information System (EMIS)Decrease Energy Consumption, Monitor Performance and Determine Optimum Operating Targets |
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RAP4 Digital Permit to WorkLayers of Safety for All Industries, All scales, and All Risks |
Flow Meter Solutions
Mining Industry: The Total Insight concept supports the entire product life cycle.Yokogawa's flowmeter adopts the new "Total Insight" concept which provides total support to customers. Smarter more accurate measurement devices with less need for physical contact are in demand. That is why Yokogawa has co-innovated with the food & beverage industry to develop flowmeters that exceed customer expectations. Discover how other customers use our magnetic and Coriolis flowmeters in their operations. < Explore benefits of Yokogawa's next-generation smart flow meters
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Flow Meters - MagneticADMAG TI AXGThe ADMAG Total Insight (TI) AXG® is an electromagnetic flow meter featuring enhanced settings for customized setups, pre-defined trend views, and multiple configuration sets for fast changeover through a micro SD card. In the ADMAG TI AXG®, standard, built-in verification reduces the total cost of ownership. |
IIoT Plant Asset Management Solutions
Mining Industry: Start Your Digital Transformation Journey and Simplify CompliancePlant managers are amidst a fast-changing business environment. Trends of Industry 4.0, advanced technologies of Industrial IoT (IIoT) & artificial intelligence(AI), and the rise of the energy-saving society and aging population have huge impacts on production activities. Under this situation, they must consider how to improve productivity and safety, train and sustain experienced operators, and cut operation costs all at the same time. < Explore how Yokogawa enhances facility maintenance
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IIoT Plant Asset ManagementSushi Sensors and GA10 AI Software |
Pressure & Level Solutions
In the mining industry, reliable measurements are critical for any control scheme, new or old. But as industries strive to improve control of processes, the quality of measurement-loops is often overlooked! No matter how good your DCS, PLC, SCADA, or cloud-based data collection is, if you do not have accurate reliable process data, it does not matter. Discover how accurately measuring pressure is a powerful piece of process data. < Explore how to get an accurate, reliable pressure measurement to the data user quickly
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Pressure and Level TransmittersOptimize Plant Operations with Fewer Resources than Ever Before |
Analytical Solutions
Yokogawa’s best-in-class digital smart sensors perfect for the mining industry Envision a mining operation where people are watchful and attentive while your process responds to change quickly and efficiently. Seeing clearly gives you the knowledge necessary to anticipate the changes required in your process. Knowing in advance brings you the speed and flexibility to optimize your operation in real time. Yokogawa analyzers are the heart of the control- and optimization process. With their robustness and accuracy, the analyzers must and will give you confidence in getting the critical process information to the operators and control systems. < Discover how Yokogawa's sensors are solving common challenges
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Process AnalyzerspH | ORP | Conductivity | Gas/Dissolved Oxygen |
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Gas Analytical SolutionsImproving the operation, reliability, and credibility of online process analyzers It is easy to maintain and reduce operating costs by self-diagnosing sensor deterioration (without using calibration gas)and replacing the heater assembly on site. |
Cybersecurity & Operational Risk Management Solutions
Minimizing Risks and Maximizing Corporate ValuesOpreX Safety and Security belongs to the OpreX Lifecycle category of the comprehensive OpreX brand for Yokogawa's industrial automation (IA) and control business. The valuable service lineup includes cybersecurity management/consulting and product security services. < Explore the benefits of Yokogawa's Cybersecurity Lifecycle Management
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Digital TwinRemote Plant Performance Operation and Remote Consulting |
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Operations Management SystemOperational Excellence Transformation Solution |
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CENTUM VP Distributed Control SystemYokogawa's Latest Generation DCS |
Mining Applications
Yokogawa helps leading-edge Mining, Metal & Mineral operations through automation solutions that enable plant-wide integration and lifecycle optimization. Here is a quick list of Mining units and applications for which Yokogawa has a global network of experts at your service, providing comprehensive automation solutions.
Exploration
- Geochemical analysis
- Geoscience surveys
- Raw Material Weighing
- Raw Material Analysis
- Mineral exploration
- Mineralogical studies
- Ore grade
- Drilling
- Sampling
Discovery
- Quality geoscience
- Site planning
- Permit considerations
- Safety risks
- Operational risks
- Mine Design
- Direct impact
- Environmental impact
- Reduce interference
- Reuse wastewater
- Eco-friendly equipment
- Land rehabilitation
- Reforestation
- Topsoil replenishment
- Economic viability
- Preliminary Economic Assessment (PEA)
- Pre-Feasibility Study (PFS)
- Feasibility Study (FS)
- Bankable Feasibility Study (BFS)
- Corporate social responsibility (CSR)
Development
- Railroad development
- Road construction
- Water, sewage access
- Power supply, generation
- Processing facilities
- Workforce accommodations
Production
- Surface mining
- Strip mining, coal
- Open-pi mining, quarries
- Mountaintop removal mining
- Dredging
- Highwall mining
- Underground mining
- Subsurface mining
- Mineral-rich processed, extraction
- Heap leaching
- Flotation
- Smelting facilities
- Mineral extraction, through chemical
- Bullion or ingots, from ore
Reclamation
- Mine rehabilitation program
- Decommissioning mine
- Removing waste and hazardous material
- Establishing new landforms and vegetation
- Minimizing environmental effects
- Preserving water quality
- Stabilizing land to protect against erosion
- Post-mining land use, repurposed plan
Resources
Yokogawa's UPM100 Power Monitor provides overall factory power monitoring operations and the DX1000 Paperless Recorder for temperature recording in refining furnaces.
Yokogawa’s CENTUM VP Distributed Control System is currently being used to process over 30% to Australia’s total gold output, placing it in the enviable position as the control system standard for gold processing.
- Smooth and safe migration to CENTUM VP enhances production efficiency at major Australian gold mine.
- The HMI stations instaled at the central control room, training system, primary crusher, workshop, and office are all connected via thesame communication bus.
- Configuration of complicated procedures in Exapilot leads to operational excellence.
- DENKA wanted to standardize the operation, reduce workload and prevent operator errors.
Yokogawa's integrated asset management system that combines FDT technology with a device management tool is being used to achieve real productivity advantages and savings in maintenance and service operations.
Maximize steel plant efficiency with comprehensive waste treatment solutions. From coal washer to blast furnace waste, optimize processes for quality.
Maintaining the reliable performance of a furnace fan allows operators to avoid wasting large batches, which sometimes require days of heat-treat processing.
The Yokogawa DTSX1 Fiber Optic Heat Detector protects your equipment against abnormal heat events while being more affordable than other heat detection solutions.
Yokogawa’s distributed temperature sensors ensure comprehensive monitoring of thermal events in real-time, limiting facility damage by decreasing the risk of fire/duct explosions in exhaust air/fume ducts, allowing for early detection and quick response.
Yokogawa’s latest generation of ADMAG AXG Series is the most suitable magnetic flowmeter with adhesion level diagnosis and dual-frequency excitation method provides stable flow measurement even under high flow noise in the severe applications like the flow of aluminum slurries.
Reducing waste in the separator and electrode drying furnaces with Yokogawa’s distributed temperature sensors ensure comprehensive monitoring of thermal events in real-time.
Data critical for quality control in aluminum casting is monitored and recorded by the DX1000/DX2000. Various kinds of data from a holding furnace are batch recorded, and data during occurrence of alarms is recorded separately.
A belt conveyor fire detection solution employing the DTSX distributed optical fiber temperature sensor can greatly reduce crises that can threaten a company's survival.
With industrial and economic development comes increasingly large and advanced power plants and factories. Nevertheless, we find many cases where the original cables, cable tunnels, and other components of the power infrastructure have languished under continuous operation.
In this Yokogawa RAP Best Practices eBook, you’ll discover how our wealth of knowledge about Integrated Safe Systems and Control of Work is available to help you and your teams design and implement a system that best suits your needs.
By embracing innovative solutions like Yokogawa’s DTSX, organizations can future-proof their operations, drive efficiency, and unlock new levels of performance and profitability in bulk material handling in the mining industry.
The world of process automation is governed by procedures. While we like to refer to the process industries as being largely "continuous", this could not be further from the truth. Process manufacturing is constantly in flux.
The automation suppliers that will be successful in the long term will be those that effectively address application or industry specific problems for end users with a value proposition that cannot be ignored. These problems exist throughout the process industries today, and they won't be solved by simply offering a product, but through a combination of hardware, software, services, application expertise, and knowledge.
When selecting a Level Measurement device, what to consider in order to be accurate and repeatable?
Discovering your Baseline with OT Security Risk Assessment
Smart devices, like Yokogawa’s line of Total Insight transmitters and flowmeters contribute to Digital Transformation during operations and throughout the lifecycle of the instrument.
Cryogenic treatment requires the same types of temperature control as higher range processes, but the methods are different
The islanded site will leverage wind, solar, and battery storage to provide up to 80% renewable energy across the year and can switch thermal generation off to operate on instantaneous 100% renewable energy.
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Brochures
- Yokogawa Corporation of America Corporate Overview - Products & Solutions (3.5 MB)
- Processing Minerals & Metals in the Mining Industry (38.5 MB)
- Temperature Sensing Solutions (673 KB)
- Mining Solutions (3.2 MB)
- Differential Pressure Level Solutions (23.1 MB)
- Improved Combustion Efficiency and Safety with TDLS Measurements (526 KB)
- Overcome Temperature Effects for DP Level (778 KB)
Videos
Open up control. Open Process Automation (OPA) opens the door to expanded choices, leverage, and customization.
Create a scalable, sustainable architecture. Remove the restraints of proprietary systems. OPA enables you to leverage all available technologies to open up solutions. Explore the possibilities today.
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News
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Press Release Oct 18, 2017 Yokogawa Corporation of America Releases Y-Flow® Flow Computer and Remote Terminal Unit
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