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MIPAC Customer Projects

  Xstrata Zinc: George Fisher materials handling system
Mount Isa, Australia
RSLogic 5000 PLC
Wonder Ware InTouch
1-Mar-2012 |  Xstrata Zinc operates George Fisher Mine, an underground zinc/lead mine located about 20 kilometres north of Mount Isa in north-west Queensland. MIPAC is helping to introduce a new materials handling system at the north end of the mine with a view to expanding the current operation to 4.5 Mtpa.
  Gold mine SAG mill control, western Africa
Western Africa
Wonderware
01-Mar-2011 |  MIPAC is helping optimise productivity and profit at a large gold mine in western Africa. To increase production, MIPAC was commissioned to improve throughput, specifically working on inefficiencies in SAG mill controls.
  John Holland: Murrumba Downs Alliance
Murrumba Downs, Qld, Australia
Emerson DeltaV
23-Jun-2010 |  John Holland Water, in conjunction with new alliance partner Moreton Bay Regional Council, is delivering the augmentation and upgrade of the Murrumba Downs Wastewater Treatment Plant that will eventually guarantee its ability to service local needs until 2016. MIPAC is providing engineering and control strategies.
  Kazzinc: Ust-Kamenogorsk New Metallurgy project
Ust-Kamenogorsk, Kazakhstan
Emerson DeltaV DCS; CellView® Wireless solution
07-Jun-2010 |  2008 PACE Zenith Award Winner. | MIPAC has been contracted through Xstrata Technology to design and commission a plant wide control system which is a major component of the upgrade to the Kazzinc Ust-Kamenogorsk zinc, lead and copper complex in Kazakhstan.
  Queensland Rail: upgrade diesel-electric locomotive test console
Redbank, Qld, Australia
Allen Bradley PLC and Citect SCADA
01-Feb-2008 |  The upgraded facility has been in faultless operation since 2008. It has enabled Queensland Rail to gather an expanded range of process parameter data for reporting to higher management; improve overall testing flexibility; achieve consistency of test results; and allows maximum utilisation of the plant.
  Xstrata Zinc: SAG Mill Power / Load Control
Mount Isa, Australia
Yokogawa CS3000 DCS
01-Oct-2007 |  The new SAG mill at Xstrata’s Zinc/Lead Concentrator had not been performing to expectation. The mill was operating below design power (2100kW), and at lower rock loads – leading to reduced throughput and a shorter liner service life.
  MMG Century Mine: SAG Mill Stabilising Control
Century Mine, Queensland
Foxboro I/A
01-Jun-2007 |  The Century Zinc SAG mill has been the recipient of two major advanced control projects since its commissioning in 1999. Over time both systems had failed to meet the needs of the mill and operating staff lost confidence, preferring to operate the mill semi-automatically.
  SCC Ilo Smelter Modernisation
Ilo, Peru
Emerson DeltaV
01-Feb-2007 |  Kicking off in 2005, SPCC engaged MIPAC as part of a major modernisation of their Copper Smelter in Ilo, Southern Peru. This upgrade was driven primarily by the need to reduce emissions and comply with the Peruvian Government’s emission laws. The project involved the replacement of the old reverb furnace with an ISASMELT™ smelter and two Rotary Holding Furnaces from Xstrata Technology in Australia.
  Mopani: Mufulira Smelter Upgrade – PWCS
Mufulira, Zambia
Yokogawa CS3000
01-Jan-2006 |  Upgrade of existing copper smelter involving replacement of core smelting technology (ISASMELT™) and installation of associated oxygen plant, acid plant, electric holding furnace & services.
  NorthParkes: Grinding & Flotation Optimisation
Parkes, NSW, Australia
Schneider PLC, Citect HMI
03-Jan-2005 |  Improve the stability of the grinding (SAG / Ball Mills) and flotation plant (conventional and Jameson cells), through improved instrumentation and control strategies

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