METALS & MINING Alcan Achieves Early Start Up with AMS TM Suite: Intelligent Device Manager DeltaV TM , and Rosemount ® Devices RESULTS • Commissioning finished 10 months early • 30% cost savings in termination costs • Reduction of manpower needed for commissioning • 30% savings in engineering such as loop drawings APPLICATION Bauxite to alumina mineral processing refinery CUSTOMER Alcan Bauxite and Alumina, Nhulunbuy (Gove), Arnhem Land, NT, Australia with Alcan Engineering, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Both facilities are part of Alcan International, a world leader in bauxite and alumina. CHALLENGE Alcan was expanding its bauxite to alumina mineral processing refinery from 2.2 to 3.8 million tons using the Bayer process. The expansion included 6,600 FOUNDATION TM fieldbus devices, 1,100 Pro

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