Newton Fund - Waste and Energy Management for sustainable development through Pipeline pumping System Optimisation

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The project aims to demonstrate the feasibility of applying Big Data and Internet of Things technologies tounique challenges faced by mining companies managing large pipelines over long distance that are transportingsea water and slurry. These pipelines require multi stage pumping stations that consume enormous energy andare placed in difficult to access terrain. The technology demonstrated as a part of the project will introduce anew way to automate running these pumping stations with minimum human intervention and has the potentialto significantly reduce the energy and water impact of mining, increasing sustainability and reducing resourcecompetition with local communities. The project will result in a prototype deployment at one of the pumpingstations in the Anglo American Sur Chile Limitada, Los Bronces mine.