Rockwell Automation Wins Major Contract to Develop World’s Largest Open Pit Mine in Chile
羅克韋爾自動(dòng)化贏得高額合同，開(kāi)發(fā)智利全球最大規(guī)模的露天銅礦

Codelco, the National Copper Corporation of Chile and one of the world’s largest copper producers, has awarded a major contract with an approximate value of $50 million U.S. to Rockwell Automation to supply a number of important systems for the Chuquicamata underground mine, a “super cave” mine in Chile.

全球最大銅礦生產(chǎn)商之一的智利國(guó)家銅礦公司 Codelco 與羅克韋爾自動(dòng)化簽訂了一份價(jià)值約5000萬(wàn)美元的高額合同，羅克韋爾自動(dòng)化將為Codelco提供一系列重要系統(tǒng)，用于開(kāi)發(fā)智利的丘基卡馬塔“超級(jí)崩落型”地下銅礦。

Rockwell Automation will collaborate in the transformation of the century-old, open-pit mine, one of the world’s largest, into a technologically advanced “super cave” mine that uses a block-caving extraction process. This advanced method is expected to extend the life of the mine by at least 40 years, improving its asset utilization.

羅克韋爾自動(dòng)化將與 Codelco 通力協(xié)作，促使這座已有百年歷史、規(guī)模居世界前列的露天銅礦實(shí)現(xiàn)技術(shù)升級(jí)，成為采用礦塊崩落開(kāi)采法的“超級(jí)崩落型”銅礦。這項(xiàng)先進(jìn)的開(kāi)采技術(shù)預(yù)計(jì)可將銅礦的服務(wù)年限延長(zhǎng)40年以上，從而實(shí)現(xiàn)更高的資產(chǎn)利用率。

Cave mining techniques are becoming increasingly popular because they yield high production rates at lower costs. Block caving is a mining method in which blocks of ore are undercut to induce caving, allowing it to break up and be drawn off, pulled by gravity.

崩落開(kāi)采法能夠以更低的成本實(shí)現(xiàn)較高的生產(chǎn)率，因此得到了愈加普遍的應(yīng)用。礦塊崩落開(kāi)采法的原理是對(duì)礦塊進(jìn)行拉底，誘發(fā)礦體在重力的作用下崩落，從而逐漸分解出礦。

The contract includes a detailed engineering, supply, configuration and assembly of four systems that comprise the mine’s control system. This consists of an integrated operational platform, security system, supervision and control network, predictive maintenance and a general administrative network.

銅礦的控制系統(tǒng)由四個(gè)子系統(tǒng)組成，合同中詳細(xì)規(guī)定了這些系統(tǒng)的工程設(shè)計(jì)、供應(yīng)、配置及裝配等事宜。系統(tǒng)包括集成運(yùn)營(yíng)平臺(tái)、安全系統(tǒng)、監(jiān)視及控制網(wǎng)絡(luò)、預(yù)測(cè)性維護(hù)和通用管理網(wǎng)絡(luò)。

“We are pleased that Codelco has selected us for this epic mining project,” said Alejandro Capparelli, president, Rockwell Automation Latin America. “We are committed to helping our customers bring the connected enterprise to life. Our work together will increase mine throughput and lower operating costs. By leveraging Rockwell Automation’s integrated control and information systems, connected services and deep domain expertise, Codelco will extract more value at every stage of their mining operation.”

“很高興 Codelco 選擇由我們來(lái)執(zhí)行這一大型開(kāi)采項(xiàng)目，”羅克韋爾自動(dòng)化拉美地區(qū)總裁Alejandro Capparelli說(shuō)道。“我們致力于幫助客戶實(shí)現(xiàn)互聯(lián)企業(yè)愿景。我們雙方的合作不僅可以提升銅礦產(chǎn)量，同時(shí)也有助于降低運(yùn)營(yíng)成本。借助羅克韋爾自動(dòng)化的集成控制和信息系統(tǒng)、互聯(lián)服務(wù)以及深厚的專業(yè)經(jīng)驗(yàn)，Codelco在各個(gè)開(kāi)采作業(yè)階段都將獲得更多的價(jià)值回報(bào)。”

Rockwell Automation is currently working on the engineering and construction phase, in advance of a project start-up by mid-2019. Annual production is projected to be 320,000 tons of fine copper and 15,000 tons of molybdenum.

羅克韋爾自動(dòng)化目前已提前進(jìn)入工程與建造階段，該項(xiàng)目將于2019年年中啟動(dòng)。預(yù)計(jì)年產(chǎn)320,000 噸純銅和15,000噸鉬。