South32 and GE sign three year digital transformation partnership

A global mining and metals company South32 announced yesterday 10 April, that the company signed a three-year strategic partnership agreement with GE, the world's Digital Industrial Company, in Sydney. The partnership will help in the development of South32’s technology roadmap and activation of the Company’s digital transformation.

Graham Kerr, CEO of South32, commented: “Bringing the world of operational technology and information technology together to monitor equipment and systems remotely and predict future behaviour is a game changer. It has the potential to identify and solve a problem before it affects operations.”

Through this agreement, the company will use GE’s Predix platform which is designed for industry and connects industrial equipment, data analysis and instant insights. South32 said that the system will allow the company “to make fast, informed decisions, and provides the opportunity to optimise entire operations, rather than individualised assets and equipment”.

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The deal is the GE’s first with an Australian mining company in the digital space. This would allow the company to act a major part in the global mining sector.

GE CEO and Chairman Jeff Immelt said: “The future of mining is digital. With data and analytics, we can achieve greater levels of productivity, operational efficiencies and improve safety.

“We look forward to working with South32 to help them optimise their operations and accelerate the digital transformation of the mining industry at large.”