en.Wedoany.com Reported - Industrial software company AVEVA is assisting mining and metals companies in meeting the growing demand for critical minerals driven by the green economy, leveraging technology to help clients maximize output while ensuring high-quality products are delivered at competitive prices with minimal environmental impact. Glenn Kerkhoff, AVEVA's Global Head of Mining, Metals, and Minerals, stated at the AVEVA World 2026 conference that to meet the supply of materials such as copper, lithium, cobalt, and nickel, companies need to achieve maximum efficiency and expand capacity. AVEVA's strategy covers the design, engineering, commissioning, and subsequent efficiency-driven operations of new facilities.
Kerkhoff noted that high gold prices have significantly boosted the company's metals and mining segment. AVEVA recently served Newmont, the world's largest gold mining company, helping it optimize operations to reduce costs, energy consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions. Meanwhile, reducing energy consumption and dependence on fossil fuels remains a key driver for mining and metals companies.
Although mining companies are relatively advanced in hardware technologies such as automated machinery, they are still in the early stages of maturity in data and digital application, particularly in data collection and analysis for operational improvement—a gap more pronounced among mid-sized enterprises. Kerkhoff emphasized that the industry is evolving, with growing client interest in data- and digital-driven improvements. AVEVA's products cover the entire lifecycle of mining and metals operations, encompassing four key stages: design, construction, operation, and optimization.
During the design and construction phase, AVEVA assists companies with the initial engineering work for new operations, helping to shorten project timelines and achieve equipment nameplate capacity. In the optimization phase, the company focuses on helping clients maximize productivity and availability, produce high-quality products, reduce costs, and minimize greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts. AVEVA's solutions support the full value chain of mining and metals, from extraction to processing. Its data systems, such as supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) and the Internet of Things (IoT), collect data, which is then contextualized, coordinated, and analyzed on a platform to derive insights for performance improvement.
AVEVA's technology product line includes data systems, data platforms, production management, and predictive analytics, ultimately leading to the CONNECT platform—an open, cloud-native industrial intelligence platform launched in 2024. This platform unifies asset data, sends it to the cloud, analyzes it, and returns actionable insights. Kerkhoff also mentioned that the mining and metals industry needs to attract more young talent. AVEVA is driving workplace transformation through technologies such as automation and remote services, while also using measures like artificial intelligence to capture and pass on the expertise of the retiring generation.
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