● GREENFIELD PROJECTS
The decisions made in early project stages lock in performance, operability, and cost for the life of your plant. Mipac engineers control, automation, and OT systems for new concentrators, smelters, and refineries – from concept through to first production..
YEARS IN MINING OT
PROJECTS DELIVERED
PROCESSING PLANTS SUPPORTED
COUNTRIES GLOBALLY
the GREEnfield challenge
A new mine or processing plant is a rare opportunity – and a high-stakes one. Early decisions about control philosophy, platform selection, and automation architecture lock in performance for the life of the operation. Get them wrong, and you spend years paying for it in downtime, rework, and throughput you never recover.
When control philosophy isn’t aligned with plant design from the outset, operators inherit a system that doesn’t match how the plant actually runs – and nobody can fix it without a full rework.
Wrong platform choices made under schedule pressure create decades of vendor dependency. Misaligned interfaces between PLCs, DCS, SCADA, and historians surface at commissioning – at the worst possible time.
When automation isn’t treated as a first-class design discipline, the gaps emerge at startup. Slow ramp-up, production losses, and expensive remediation follow during the period that matters most.
A plant built without an IIoT and data architecture strategy will spend its next decade retrofitting what should have been designed in – predictive maintenance, APC readiness and ESG reporting all depend on foundations set now.
our approach
We don’t just implement technology – we design for long-term performance. A structured four-stage framework that builds on itself, delivering the right foundation at every step.
01
Lay the foundation, define the philosophy
02
Detailed, scalable, secure automation design
03
Deliver as MAC, own the integration
04
Empower teams, sustain performance
01 – engineer
The engineering phase is where a plant’s long-term performance is determined. We align control philosophy, instrumentation strategy, and automation goals with the process design – before platform decisions are locked and before the gaps that cause commissioning surprises are baked in.
02 – design
Good control philosophy is only as valuable as the design that implements it. We translate strategy into detailed, auditable engineering deliverables; PLC, DCS, SCADA, and network architectures built to last and designed to scale, with security and functional safety treated as first principles.
03 – build
As Main Automation Contractor, we take accountability for delivering the integrated control system; managing vendor interfaces, coordinating FAT and SAT testing, and supporting commissioning through to first production. You don’t carry the integration risk. We do.
04 – enable
Technology only delivers results if your people can use it confidently and your data infrastructure is ready to support it. We build the digital foundations, deliver the training, and put the tools in place so your team can operate at full performance from the moment the plant is handed over.
why mipac
We’ve delivered greenfield projects on five continents for 3 decades years. We know what gets missed in early project phases – and exactly what it costs at commissioning.t.
Concept through commissioning. One partner, full accountability, no handover gaps between engineering, design, and build phases.
Proven delivery for Glencore, BHP, Rio Tinto, First Quantum Minerals, and others across multiple commodities and geographies.
Certified across Siemens, Rockwell, Yokogawa, Schneider, ABB, AVEVA and more. We select the right platform for your operation – not the one we prefer to sell.
Rare combination of control systems, instrumentation, and metallurgy in a single team – we see the whole plant, not just one discipline.
POT cybersecurity, functional safety (HAZOP/CHAZOP), and industrial network design treated as first principles — not retrofitted before handover.
Our MAC methodology and commissioning experience help clients achieve nameplate capacity faster – with fewer surprises when it matters most.
TRUSTED BY GLOBAL MINING OPERATIONS
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