Internet of Things World Forum - Rio Tinto · Internet of Things World Forum Chicago . John McGagh – Head of Innovation . October 2014

Internet of Things World Forum Chicago John McGagh – Head of Innovation October 2014

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I will address three points during our time together:

1 Our world

2 Connectivity

3 Our internet of “big” things

About this presentation

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Who are we? A journey from 1873 to 2014

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To

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Mining is physical, it is connected to “places”

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Large mines trigger significant parallel development through towns, schools, hospitals, roads etc. This further drives the concept of self- sufficiency.

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.

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Technology enablers reduce geographic boundaries

Sophisticated mathematics is being developed to interpret

large data sets to develop new insights

Cloud-based systems are interconnecting “everything”, the physical world is

becoming part of the data pool

Power & cost of computer chips Cost & capacity of data storage

Interconnectivity & cloud systems Proliferation of sensors

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Stepping out – our location experiences

Western Australia, the world’s first and largest integrated Iron

Ore operations centre

Integrated global multi commodity Processing

Excellence Centre

2009 – regional 2014 - global

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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We have moved >200,000,000 tonnes using autonomous technology (~ 3,500 Sydney Harbour Bridges or 540 Empire State Buildings)

Our autonomous fleets have covered ~3,900,000km hauling material in our operations (x 5 trips to moon and back)

Rio Tinto and Autonomous Haulage (today*)

We own and operate the world’s largest autonomous haulage fleet operating in full production mode on three mine sites

We have over 1,000 Rio Tinto person years of experience operating autonomous haulage embedded in our business

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x3,500

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x1,000 *Correct as of August 6 2014

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Concentration – Fixed Mining – Mobile

Two worlds - fixed and mobile infrastructure

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Fixed infrastructure, connected sensors

Concentration

Well instrumented Processes reacting to changes in mineral feed driven by geology

Fixed infrastructure Significant capital investment Low levels of uncertainty

Significant theoretical process models developed by academia over decades

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Mobile infrastructure, machines are sensors

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Mining

Machines individually instrumented Equipment used on board the machine

Mobile infrastructure Individual operating units High levels of uncertainty

Operating within a constantly changing geographic/geologic landscape

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Value, frequency and use of information

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Information time scale

Typical plant

Typical mine

Future mines

Low

High

Relative information value for decisions

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The information required to make the “correct” decision has a significant time driven

value component


Mines look simple - how hard can this be?

Turn into information

Grab the (sensor) data

Improve shorter-term decisions

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Thinking model - the 737 index

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Machines commonly used in the mining industry

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Grasping the scale

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example

Machines are our mobile sensor platform(s)

32 Sensors

120 Sensors

40 Sensors

Rio Tinto has ~900 HME trucks

Useful data produced by trucks

~4.9 Tb/day (fleet)*

Significant value to leverage

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* Note; 70% utilized fleet, x5 overhead wrap on raw sensor data


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)

Mine Automation

System

Dispatch – (i.e. Modular®)

CAT - Aquila™

Vulcan™

Plants – control & historian

Sensors

Anything, anything, anything

Visualization

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SENSE

THINK

ACT


Mine Automation System (MAS)

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I addressed three points during our time together:

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.

1 Our world is physically connected to an ore body

2 Connectivity provides new opportunities to improve

3 Our internet of “big” things Fixed v/s Mobile - MAS

Summary

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Internet of Things World Forum Chicago John McGagh – Head of Innovation October 2014

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