:: Emerson to digitally automate Peru's largest copper mining company

PlantWeb^® digital plant architecture will enable migration of existing assets and expansion to leading technology

Emerson Process Management announced today that Southern Peru Copper Corp. (SPCC) has selected PlantWeb^® digital plant architecture with FOUNDATION fieldbus technology for digital automation of its Ilo Smelter, Peru facility.

In 2004 SPCC launched a project to modernize its Ilo facility smelting capacity to 1.2 million tons/year, reduce SO2 emissions, reduce copper production costs, and increase H2SO4 production for feedstock in another SPCC facility and to export.

SPCC completed the FEED (Front End Engineering & Design) portion of the project in 2004. During 2005, process and control system upgrades were implemented, with commissioning scheduled to begin in early 2006.