OPTIMISATION
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Ludovic Donati
OPTIMISATION
In addition to reducing fuel consumption across its entire operation , Eramet is using AI-powered data analytics to manage its fleet and process topographical modeling data gathered by drone surveyors . “ We ’ re using drones to do these topographical measurements and , in 2019 , we mapped more than 300,000 acres , which is about 100 times more than the previous year ,” says Donati . “ With all this data , we ’ re actually building a digital twin of the mine in New Caledonia , so we will soon have the possibility to run different scenarios based on , for example , fluctuations in the price of nickel .”
REMOTE EXPERTISE
As a way of solving the problem of changing skill needs , Eramet is investing heavily in an operational
Ludovic Donati
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Ludovic Donati has been the Chief Digital Officer of the Eramet Group since its beginning in 2017 . Eramet is a global mining and metallurgical group employing about 13,000 collaborators with a presence in 20 countries . Since 2018 , Ludovic has been the Digital Correspondent of the French Mining and Mellurgy Sector and a board member of the
Afnet association . A normalien with a PhD in chemistry , Ludovic joined the Eramet group in 2011 , where he held various positions in R & D , investor relations and strategy ( CEO ’ s office ). Ludovic was appointed Group Chief Digital Officer at Eramet in 2017 in order to provide the company with a strong , coherent and sustainable vision for digital transformation and to launch concrete achievements from proof of concept to industrialisation in the fields of Mine 4.0 and Plant 4.0 . He was nominated for the Next Leader Awards of Les Echos French newspaper in 2018 and won the “ Grand Prix de l ’ Acélération Digitale BFM Business ” for Eramet in 2019 .
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