Metals, Mining & Minerals Industry Reference
Eliminate Down-time and Improve Quality
Adroit SCADA and Mitsubishi Electric Factory Automation across diamond, gold, manganese, steel and cement operations. Production references from Saldanha, Highveld, Modikwa, Debswana, Namakwa Sands, Mammatwan, Manganese Metal Company and Harmony Gold.
Adroit Solutions in Metals, Mining & Minerals
Adroit Technologies is a leading player in Research and Development, Production, Sales & Marketing, Training and Support of software products for Automation, SCADA, MIS and MES solutions. The Mining, Metals & Cement industries are vast and complex - Adroit SCADA is ideally suited to assist in the efficient monitoring and control of even the most complicated production plant. The rigid and quality-driven nature of this industry is ideally suited to the Adroit SCADA/HMI product, and by adopting a more holistic approach to operations management significant savings and operational efficiencies can be realised.
R&D
Research and development of software for Automation, SCADA, MIS and MES solutions, all undertaken by our own in-house team.
Production
Production of industrial software products that power mining, metals and cement deployments - from crushers to smelters.
Sales & Marketing
Sales and marketing of Adroit software products through a long-established dealer and partner network.
Training
Training of customer engineers and operators on every Adroit software product, on-site or at our training academy.
Support
Technical support for installed Adroit systems, keeping mining and metals operations running across Africa and beyond.
Technical Services
A professional services arm - Adroit Technologies Technical Services - consulting on and delivering customised industrial IT, MIS and MES solutions for mining and metals customers.
Metals, Mining & Minerals Industry Reference
Adroit SCADA
Target Areas
A unified operations platform purpose-built for the scale, harshness and uptime demands of mining, metals and cement production.
Diamond Mining
Open-pit and recovery operations across Debswana Damtshaa, Jwaneng and Orapa.
Gold Mining
CIL tank cyanide control, lime PH monitoring and slime tonnage tracking at Harmony Gold.
Aluminium Production
Smelting, refining and process control for high-throughput aluminium plants.
Phosphate Mining
Extraction, processing and reporting across remote, large-footprint phosphate operations.
Coal Mining
Conveying, washing and stockpile monitoring with real-time alarm management.
Mitsubishi Electric Factory Automation
Capabilities and Benefits
Mitsubishi Electric PLCs, HMIs, high-power VSDs and LVS sit alongside Adroit SCADA
to deliver a complete control platform for mining, metals and cement.
SCADA
Centralised monitoring and control for critical processes - improving efficiency and reducing energy waste.
PLC
Automation and precise control of equipment and machinery in mining and cement production.
HMI
Intuitive graphical interface for operators to interact with control systems and monitor processes efficiently.
LVS
Distributing electrical power and ensuring the safety of electrical equipment in challenging environments.
High Power VSD
High-power Variable Speed Drives controlling motor speed across mining and cement equipment - energy savings and better process control.
Where We Help
Target Areas, Challenges, Solutions
Target Areas
Challenges
Solutions
Case Studies
Production References - Mining, Metals & Cement
From Saldanha Steel's 24/7 processing plant to Debswana Orapa's million real-time tags - Adroit and Mitsubishi Electric run the world's most demanding mining and metals operations.
Saldanha Steel - South Africa
Ultra-modern, instrument-intense, 24/7 steel processing plant - Iron, Steel, Caster and Mill. Adroit Stand-Alone, 2 500 scan points, 12 remote client connections.
Modikwa Platinum Mine - South Africa
200 kTPM concentrator with three Siemens S7-400 'Hot-Standby' PLCs and 70 flotation cells. Adroit Active Cluster - 25 000 scan points, 5 remote client connections, dual-redundant with automatic switchover.
Highveld Steel - South Africa
Part of Evraz. Nine 984 PLCs linked via Modbus+ to Adroit through an SA-85 card driver. Adroit Active Cluster - 50 000 scan points, 40 remote client connections across 19 computers and 6 servers.
Debswana Damtshaa Mine - Botswana
Open-pit diamond mine on four kimberlite pipes - ~5 million carats over 31 years. Adroit controls and monitors ore crushers and delivery systems. Active Cluster - 50 000 scan points, 8 remote client connections.
Debswana Jwaneng Mine - Botswana
Contributes 60-70% of Debswana's earnings. Fully automated sifting, sizing and sorting plant - no operator required. Active Cluster - 50 000 scan points, 20 remote client connections.
Debswana Orapa Mine - Botswana
World's largest diamond mine. CARP plant reading more than 1 million real-time tags from over 25 Siemens S7 400 PLCs. Active Cluster - 50 000 scan points, 30 remote client connections.
Manganese Metal Company - South Africa
World's largest producer of pure electrolytic manganese - Nelspruit. 12 SCADA machines, Modicon 984 to Telemecanique Premium PLCs. 5 sites of Adroit Stand-Alone - 1 500 scan points and 1 remote client each.
Mammatwan Manganese Mine - South Africa
Samancor open-quarry manganese ore mine and sinter plant, Hotazel. Adroit runs all seven mining areas plus Alarm Management, Analysis and SCADA Intelligence. Active Cluster - 50 000 scan points, 5 remote client connections.
Namakwa Sands - South Africa
Rare-earth minerals: heavy-mineral mining (Brand-se-Baai), separation (Koeknaap, Ilmenite and Zircon) and smelting (Saldanha Bay, titanium slag and pig iron). Active Cluster - 50 000 scan points, 10 remote client connections.
Harmony Gold - South Africa
3rd-largest gold miner in SA, 5th-largest producer in the world. Adroit monitors CIL tank cyanide addition, slime PH and tonnage to slime dams. Stand-Alone - 300 scan points, 4 remote client connections.
Application - Ireland
Batching Plant for Concrete, Ireland
Cement and concrete production plant of company Techmatik, City of Lubin. 3x MAPS SCADA at 1 500 scan points, 2x L-series PLC, 2x Q-series PLC. Recipe module based on SQL Server DB and Microsoft Reporting Suite - included in the MAPS Product.
Application - South Africa
Anglo American, South Africa
Application - Poland
Batching Plant for Cement & Concrete, Poland
Cement and concrete production plant of company Techmatik, City of Lubin. 3x MAPS SCADA
at 1 500 scan points, 2x L-series PLC, 2x Q-series PLC. Recipe module based on SQL Server DB and Microsoft Reporting Suite - included in the MAPS Product.
Applications
Adroit and Mitsubishi Electric in Metals, Mining & Minerals
Real-world deployments from steel mills and platinum concentrators to diamond recovery and cement batching -
redundant clusters running million-tag plants without operator intervention.
Saldanha & Highveld Steel - SA
Adroit Stand-Alone and Active Cluster deployments running pipeline consumption, environmental data, plant emissions and Modbus+ networks - up to 50 000 scan points and 40 remote clients.
Debswana Damtshaa, Jwaneng & Orapa - Botswana
World's largest diamond producer by value. Adroit Active Cluster from 50 000 scan points to over 1 million real-time tags across crushers, conveying, recovery, boreholes, water treatment and a fully automated CARP plant.
Cement Batching - Ireland & Poland
MAPS SCADA on Techmatik batching plants with L-series and Q-series PLCs - SQL-Server recipe module and Microsoft Reporting Suite included.
Adroit Technologies in Metals, Mining & Minerals
Questions often asked.
Diamond, gold, manganese, platinum, phosphate, coal and rare-earth minerals - plus steel making and cement batching. Crushers, conveying, flotation cells, smelters, recovery plants, water treatment and CARP plants are all in scope.
Debswana Orapa runs more than 1 million real-time tags from over 25 Siemens S7 400 PLCs. Multiple Active Cluster sites operate at 50 000 scan points and dozens of remote clients - and we deploy Stand-Alone systems for smaller plants.
Yes. Adroit Active Cluster delivers dual-redundant SCADA with automatic switchover on failure of any component. Modikwa Platinum and the Debswana mines all run on this architecture.
Siemens S7-400 hot-standby (Modikwa, Orapa), Modicon 984 and Telemecanique Premium (Manganese Metal Company), and Mitsubishi Electric L-series and Q-series PLCs on the MAPS-based cement batching plants. Modbus+ networks are bridged via the SA-85 card driver as deployed at Highveld Steel.