ERAMET “ If you ’ re a miner or a geologist today , tomorrow you ’ re also going to need to be data scientist and drone pilot ”
LUDOVIC DONATI , CDO , ERAMET
The future This transformation has been defined by its speed and scale . “ A year and a half ago , we had no competencies in data science , cloud , analytics etc .,” recalls Donati . “ Since then , we ’ ve built a digital transformation team of about 70 people , 50 of whom are focused on data science and engineering and now we ’ re working on AI , data science and ML projects . Our algorithms implemented in our ferronickel or silicomanganese furnaces are learning and , every day , they ’ re becoming more and more accurate .” At the end of a successful year of small-scale implementations and proof of concept tests , Eramet is at a tipping point . Looking to the future , Donati acknowledges that the coming year will be one of monumental change for Eramet . “ We did a great job in 2018 , running proof of concepts and tests . This year , we industrialised and deployed a lot of proprietary solutions ,” he says . “ Next year , in 2020 , we will be aiming for full scale deployment .” miningglobal . com 105