About Natural Resource Ops by BCG X

Excavating data from mining operations is just as important as excavating ore. But in mining and other continuous-process industries, it’s hard to construct data models that can pinpoint exactly where changing operational controls could improve performance. Analytics alone aren’t enough. You need to account for the multiple variables and underlying physics involved in a given process.

Natural Resource Ops, the proprietary “human in the loop” AI solution from BCG X, provides real-time recommendations for changes that yield higher values at any stage of a continuous-process operation.

HOW IT WORKS

How the Natural Resource Ops Methodology Works

Just as miners use headlamps to light their way, Natural Resource Ops helps clients in continuous-process industries—such as metals and mining; forest products, paper, and packaging; oil and gas; chemicals; and agribusiness—uncover opportunities hidden in existing processes. Our industry-agnostic AI applications go beyond black-box solutions by combining domain expertise with analytics, proprietary trade secrets, and code libraries to create transformational changes to frontline operations and advance their digital transformation.

Natural Resource Ops recommendations can be integrated into multiple client systems, including control systems, existing diagnostic displays, or custom dashboards. In addition, recommendations can be fully automated in process control systems, entered into the systems manually by client operators, or integrated into the systems but applied only when an operator reviews and approves them.

WHY NATURAL RESOURCE OPS

The Benefits of Partnering AI and Mining

Our clients can use Natural Resource Ops to progress through the five stages of AI for continuous-process industries. But even more critically, our AI in mining solution can be used to improve decisions at any level:

Impact

Our Clients’ Success on AI in Mining and Process Industries

Existing clients have paired AI and mining or other process industries to realize hundreds of millions of dollars in value by optimizing multiple operating setpoints in response to changing raw material and environmental factors. Examples of our work include:

OUR EXPERTS

Meet Our Experts on AI in Process Industries

Our Natural Resource Ops experts use their deep domain expertise and knowledge of end-to-end processes to develop and validate machine-learning methods, and then help clients operate and continue to refine.

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Rohin Wood

Managing Director & Partner

Perth

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Joakim Kalvenes

Managing Director & Partner

Chicago

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Erik Ekevall

Managing Director & Partner

Sydney

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Matías Raby

Managing Director & Partner

Santiago

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Hamid Maher

Managing Director & Partner

Casablanca

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