Case Study
Major Latin American Steel Producer Improves Processes with Bar Codes
Challenge The Guayana region in Eastern Venezuela has abundant reserves in raw materials such as high-quality bauxite and iron ore. For example, the Cerro Bolívar iron mine, which mines shipping-quality iron ore, is one of the largest open iron ore mines in the world. The region has an estimated 1.7 billion tons of proven iron ore reserves and 13 billion tons of total reserves. The combination of enormous mineral reserves, the availability of che