Shaping a comprehensive costs reduction ecosystem
Target outcome – costs reduced, since 2020, by USD 200–300 m
The comprehensive programme was enabled by the platform created in the past, including industrial automation and automated control systems, ongoing ERP deployment, and new production processes and standards.
We must ensure that all our process chains are built in the most efficient manner aligned with our objectives.”Vladimir Potanin
IT infrastructure upgrade as a tool for achieveing operational excellence
SAP ERP deployment
- Pilot project completed
- 2017 –Chita project, 2018 – Polar Division
New DCP architecture
- Upgraded server infrastructure and data storage systems according to the Company’s needs
- Upgraded data network
Underground radio communications and positioning systems at the mines
- 369 km of optic fibre cable
- 1,052 Wi-Fi spots
- Real-time control of mining personnel and machinery
MES layer (Manufacturing Execution System)
- Machinery control system pilot project in Norilsk
- Completed 3D modelling of one mine’s shafts; now the system is rolled out to other mines
- Talnakh Concentrator successfully piloted the metal balance project; the system is rolled out to other plants and mines
Optic fibre line to Norilsk
- The 956 km 40 Gbps line is now live
- Unprecedentedly challenging line construction environment
- Enabling the use of advanced IT systems
- Better living standards in Norilsk
More details on the project see in section - Social investments.