Nov 12: Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary Yokogawa America do Sul Ltda. has received an order from Samarco Mineração S.A., a Brazilian iron ore mining company, to supply distributed control systems, safety instrumented systems,field instruments, and related solutions and services for the Germano mining complex in Minas Gerais and the Ubu iron ore pellet production facilities in Espírito Santo.
Samarco, a joint venture between Brazil's Vale and Australia's BHP, produces high-quality iron ore pellets that are used as raw material in steel production. The existing control systems at Samarco’s Germano mining complex and Ubu production facilities will be partially replaced with Yokogawa's DCS and SIS solutions. The upgrades will also include pressure and flow instruments. The new systems will comprise more than 50,000 I/O points, including both physical and communication points, and will leverage the latest industrial protocol and technologies, such as Ethernet-APL, PROFINET S2, and PROFIsafe.
Covering a broad range of processes, from ore crushing, grinding, and flotation to pelletizing and induration, the new systems will strengthen integrated control and monitoring of operations across both sites, which are located approximately 400 kilometers apart. By leveraging operational data from the field, the systems will support safe and efficient operations while contributing to stable production.
Marco Figueira, President and CEO of Yokogawa America do Sul., stated,
“Leveraging our extensive expertise in control and safety systems for the process industries, together with our experience in the mining sector across South America, we look forward to supporting Samarco's safe operations and production capacity expansion.”
