# Multicom Resources selects Rockwell Automation for R&D plant

Multicom Resources has selected Rockwell Automation to provide the PlantPAx Distributed Control System for a new Research and Development Plant at Julia Creek, Queensland, for refining vanadium pentoxide and high purity alumina. The plant is scheduled to be productive by the end of 2024.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2024-06-03
- Where: Julia Creek, Queensland, Australia, Australia
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 26,000 tonnes per annum of vanadium pentoxide and high purity alumina
- Products: vanadium pentoxide, high purity alumina, PlantPAx DCS
- 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) (supplier)
- [Multicom Resources](https://endata.com/companies/77802.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [rockwellautomation.com](https://www.rockwellautomation.com/en-us/company/news/press-releases/multicom-selects-plantpax.html), 2024-06-03: "Multicom Resources is investing in a new Research and Development Plant (RDP) to be built on the Saint Elmo Mining Lease at Julia Creek"

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