DevexCargo, a Devex Group company, is implementing SmartCargo in the Port Complex of Tubarão, in Vitória (ES). The new system will monitor 84 equipment in Vale´s Pelletizing and Mobile Equipment sector, within the port area.

MineInside, a company from Devex Group, achieved a grade of 100 in Vale´s Supplier Performance index, with Carajás Project, in Parauapebas (Pará).  The project obtained the highest grade on the three categories evaluated by the mining company (Project´s General Grade, Technical and Documentation), demonstrating the standard of excellence of the product MineInside PREMIUM- a virtual reality platform that integrates data from many mine softwares to plan, monitor and evaluate the activities of the mine.

Devex finalized the implantation of Smartmine in the Vale mine of Carajás, the largest open pit iron ore mine in the world,  at Parauapebas- Pará. Devex, the Brazilian leader of solutions for the management and optimization of open pit and underground mine operations, will start now in Carajás the support in loco phase, keeping employees at the site so they can assist the system and the 136 equipment installed. During the project´s implantation, the team trained 1200 Vale employees to operate Smartmine and the Trackers in order to monitor the mine fleet.

Devex is starting the implementation of Smartmine at Mine Azul (Vale), in Paraupebas, Pará. The project includes the installation of 48 equipment to monitor the cargo and transportation fleet. This is in addition to the auxiliary equipment in the manganese mine, which runs alongside Carajás Mine.

The project was formalized in a kickoff meeting in November, at Devex´s central office in Belo Horizonte. According to Renato de Souza, the company´s Manager of Business Analysis, there was an agreement on the Project Plan during this meeting. ´´The proposal was approved and now we are working to installSmartmine, aiming to guarantee more efficiency in the management and optimization of Mine Azul,´´ he explained.

The Brazilian Certification Association (Associação NCC Certificações do Brasil) has just granted Devex with the conformity certification for the TRACKER SMT100C. The equipment was developed to protect on board computers utilized in iron ore mines.

Robert Subtil, Devex Products Specialist, has just arrived from Australia with an unprecedented experience not only for him but for the history of the company as well. From October 26th to 29th, he participated in APCOM 35, International Symposium on Application of Computers in the Minerals Industry.  Hosted in Wollongong, Australia, this Symposium is considered one of the most important conferences in the mining sector.

During three months, Robert developed an article for the scientific community with the purpose of presenting to the academic world, using Smartmine, solutions to real problems faced in the mining industry.

In the article, Robert confirms how the solutions developed by Devex can algorithmically optimize transportation fleet and increase mine efficiency and productivity in real time. The goal was to put these computational methods to the test; and it was exactly what he did. After various discussions with the scientific committee responsible for APCOM, the Specialist achieved the expected result. ‘’Devex solves, for example, the dynamics of truck location. It is clear that real problems can be corrected using the solutions we developed. Our systems are capable of resolving different issues faced by the mining sector, and the result is real gain’’, explains Robert Subtil.

For him, the experience gained in this event, which focused on the academic and scientific world, will be essential for new presentations and for knowledge exchange. ‘’I made many connections not only with students, but with mines that still do not operate with the systems created by Devex. In Wollongong, I was able to further propagate Devex and its optimization solutions’’, completes Subtil.

In addition to the article presentation, which included a simulation of a real mine operation, Robert participated in lectures, workshops and technical visits to the training installations of a virtual mine.

APCOM
APCOM is one of the world’s main scientific gatherings related to the innovation of the minerals industry. The symposium started at the University of Arizona, in 1961, and became a forum of international discussion, presentation and evaluation of emerging technologies in the field of computer research methodology for the mining industry. The goal of APCOM is to contribute to the effective decision making in the minerals industry.

Devex´s international reputation grows with the success of another project delivered overseas.  During the second semester of 2011, Devex concluded with great success the first implementation phase of Smartmine in New Caledonie.

The crowd around Devex’s space calls the attention of those passing through the corridors of Exposibram, one of the largest expositions in Latin America in the mining sector. 

The explanation is simple: the company is launching a new product, the first of its kind in the world, which will revolutionize mine management.