# Rockwell Automation secures contract for open pit mine control system in Chile

Rockwell Automation secured a major contract to supply control systems for transforming a century-old open pit mine in Chile into a block-caving mine. The contract includes engineering, supply, and assembly of four systems for the mine's control system.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2020-01-29
- Where: Chile, Chile
- Status: announced
- Products: mine control system, integrated operational platform, security system, supervision and control network, predictive maintenance
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [marketscreener.com](https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/ROCKWELL-AUTOMATION-INC-14277/news/Rockwell-Automation-Inc-Secures-Major-Contract-to-Develop-Open-Pit-Mine-in-Chile-34009688/), 2020-01-29: "Rockwell Automation will collaborate in the transformation of the century-old, open-pit mine, one of the world's largest, into a technologically advanced 'super cave' mine that uses a block-caving extraction process."

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