# Rockwell Automation wins $50M contract for Codelco's Chuquicamata underground mine

Codelco awarded Rockwell Automation a contract worth approximately $50 million to supply control systems for the transformation of the Chuquicamata open-pit mine into an underground 'super cave' mine in Chile.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-08-22
- Where: Chuquicamata, Chile, Chile
- Value: $50.0M
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 320,000 metric tons of fine copper per year
- Products: control systems, integrated operational platform, security system, supervision and control network, predictive maintenance system
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Rockwell Automation](https://endata.com/companies/2401.md)
- [Rockwell Automation](https://endata.com/companies/2401.md) (supplier)
- [Codelco](https://endata.com/companies/8745.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [rockwellautomation.com](https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/company/news/press-releases/Rockwell-Automation-Wins-Major-Contract-to-Develop-Worlds-Largest-Open-Pit-Mine-in-Chile.html), 2018-08-22: "We are pleased that Codelco has selected us for this epic mining project."
- [e-mj.com](https://www.e-mj.com/departments/suppliers-report/codelco-picks-rockwell/), 2018-09-17: "Rockwell Automation is currently working on the engineering and construction phase, in advance of project startup set for mid-2019."
- [controlglobal.com](https://www.controlglobal.com/industry-news/news/11305640/rockwell-automation-will-enhance-chilean-mine-controls), 2018-10-02: "Rockwell Automation will collaborate in the transformation of the century-old, open-pit mine into a technologically advanced 'super cave' mine that uses a block-caving extraction process."

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