The team is working on the development of new digital solutions, with a focus on responding to mining problems such as traceability, reporting, safety and maintenance of repairables.
In addition to the recent opening of its offices in Canada -which adds to its presence in Chile, Australia and Peru-, Vantaz Group adds the birth of a new subsidiary, led by Ricardo Reyes Piani, which will be in charge of integrating analytics data, mining data and AI solutions for mining processes.
After more than thirty years of experience in global companies such as ExxonMobil, BHP Billiton, KGHM, Barrick Gold and Codelco, leading and transforming processes to improve productivity and sustainability in mining, Reyes Piani comes to Vantaz with a team of professionals with a strong focus on physics, mathematics and expertise in data engineering and AI.
“Today data is the world's oil in the past. Industries that have data are able to substantially improve their performance. We have been discovering where there is data and making our clients see that they have a small gold mine there to improve their processes,” explained Ricardo Reyes, the new general manager.
Mauro Mezzano, Partner and Co Ceo of Vantaz, added: “We are very pleased to welcome Ricardo. With more than three decades of experience in the mining sector, he stands out for his professional excellence and constant work driving significant improvements in productivity and sustainability in the industry. Undoubtedly, his arrival reinforces our commitment to the technological transformation of mining in Chile and the world.
Currently Vantaz Analytics already has its first digital products. An application oriented to the “traceability of repairable components”, with mining safety observations in the field and intelligent reading applications of failure patterns, especially focused on monitoring for maintenance prediction.
A new team, but with a wealth of experience
Developing disruptive and effective technologies for mining is no easy task. To that end, Alejandro Martínez, who holds a Ph.D. in mathematics from Oxford University, and astronomer and computational biologist Felipe Castillo Torrejón will work with Reyes. "Expectations are high, it is a very special opportunity for us and for Chile. We will create a union between those who come with a strong academic background and those who come from the mining industry, which is the main industry in our country," said Martínez, Technology and Operations Leader at Vantaz Analytics.
The team is working on the development of new digital solutions, mainly focused on responding to relevant issues in mining sites such as traceability, reporting, safety and maintenance of repairables, but through simple, agile and easy to handle solutions in the field.
