Modern Mining January 2019

COVER STORY

WorleyParsons puts the power of data to work With the rapid development of new technology and the advent of the ‘Fourth Industrial Revolution’ which is disrupting traditional processes and the way we live and work, data is becoming a hot commodity. The challenge lies not in obtaining the data but how to use it to its maximum potential to add real value to customers and organisations, particularly in a technologically stagnant sector such as mining.

F or a company like Wor- leyParsons that provides engineering solutions to the world’s energy and resources challenges, har- nessing the power of data is vital for the organisation and its customers to prosper in the new digital age. With a long history of innovation, WorleyParsons has already been active in this space for a number of years and has established a strong digital reputation. In South Africa, the project delivery com- pany has positioned itself at the forefront of mining technology by developing various leading-edge data management tools, such as the Stepwise process that makes it possible to expediently create option analyses to assist

customers and prospective funders in making strategic investment decisions, and integrated design project tools to create a living digital ‘twin’ of a facility that can reduce risk and improve productivity on a project. Driven by teams of technical experts across the global organisation who have the unique advantage of also having years of EPCM expe- rience, WorleyParsons’ data management solutions are aimed at addressing the ongoing challenges that energy and resources customers continue to face: how to increase productivity, reduce maintenance and operation costs, and improve safety. Through collaboration and sharing of digital knowledge across WorleyParsons’ mul- tinational regions, the company’s global digital

Denver Dreyer, CEO of WorleyParsons RSA.

The digital mining team of WorleyParsons RSA. Russell Du Plessis, BIMManager for WorleyParsons RSA, is second from the right in the back row.

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