South32 and GE sign three year digital transformation partnership

<p>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&rsquo;s technology roadmap and activation of the Company&rsquo;s digital transformation.</p> <p><img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://www.alcircle.com/uploads/images/2373668-1-eng-GB_jeff-immelt-ceo-ge-l-graham-kerr-ceo-south32-r-860x560.jpg" alt="news" width="517" height="226" /></p> <p>Graham Kerr, CEO of South32, commented: &ldquo;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.&rdquo;</p> <p>Through this agreement, the company will use GE&rsquo;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 &ldquo;to make fast, informed decisions, and provides the opportunity to optimise entire operations, rather than individualised assets and equipment&rdquo;.</p> <p>{googleAdsense}</p> <p>The deal is the GE&rsquo;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.</p> <p>GE CEO and Chairman Jeff Immelt said: &ldquo;The future of mining is digital. With data and analytics, we can achieve greater levels of productivity, operational efficiencies and improve safety.</p> <p>&ldquo;We look forward to working with South32 to help them optimise their operations and accelerate the digital transformation of the mining industry at large.&rdquo;</p>