Metals and minerals
Copper, iron ore, bauxite and base metal operations from pit to port
Mining
Mine More Productively, Safely and Sustainably with SAP
Oraya® helps mining companies keep heavy equipment running, move material from pit to port and stand behind their safety and environmental record, all on SAP’s industry-leading platform.
Expertise that reaches the remote site
Mining rewards operators who can run a complex industrial system far from head office, through commodity cycles nobody controls. Equipment is expensive and unforgiving, sites are remote, crews rotate, and the licence to operate depends on evidence you can produce on request. Systems designed for an office rarely survive contact with a pit. SAP supplies the platform, and Oraya® makes it work at the site.
Oraya® brings mining experience, proven SAP delivery models and industry accelerators to metals, coal, industrial minerals and mining services organizations, helping them:
- Raise availability and utilization of heavy mobile equipment.
- Bring maintenance, supply and operations onto one plan.
- Keep critical spares in the right place without overstocking every warehouse.
- Make safety obligations visible and verifiable at the working face.
- Track material movement and quality from pit through processing to port.
- Evidence environmental, tailings and community commitments with real data.
Outcomes we deliver
We help mining organizations lift productivity per tonne while meeting obligations to workers, regulators and neighboring communities:
Increase equipment availability and extend component life.
Position critical spares where breakdowns actually happen.
Record safety observations, permits and incidents at the working face.
Coordinate haulage, rail and port logistics against one schedule.
Connect grade, assay and quality data to shipments and settlement.
Report water, waste, tailings and emissions performance with an audit trail.
Support rotating rosters, contractors and remote workforces.
Segments we serve
A copper operation and a contract miner run on different economics. Oraya® fits the deployment to the business model:
Coal and bulk commodities
High-volume extraction, blending, stockpile and rail logistics
Precious metals
High-value inventory control, security and refined product accounting
Industrial minerals and processing
Crushing, grinding and processing plants with tight quality specifications
Mining services and contractors
Equipment fleets, labor hire and service billing across client sites
Why SAP for mining?
SAP is built for capital-intensive operations where equipment, material and money have to be tracked as one system. Its integrated platform helps mining organizations:
- Manage assets, work orders, shutdowns and shared maintenance resources centrally.
- Plan supply, inventory and logistics across remote and multi-site networks.
- Support procurement and contractor management at scale.
- Capture safety, environmental and compliance data where work happens.
- Give finance a live view of cost per tonne rather than a month-end estimate.
- Apply artificial intelligence (AI), predictive analytics and automation to asset and process performance.
With SAP, mining organizations gain a digital foundation for productivity, safety and a defensible sustainability record.
Solutions that support the mining value chain
Oraya® matches SAP technologies to the work of extraction, processing and delivery:
Asset management and reliability
SAP S/4HANA Asset Management, SAP Asset Performance Management and mobile maintenance
Supply chain and inventory
SAP Integrated Business Planning, SAP EWM and critical spares optimization
Logistics and material movement
SAP Transportation Management for haulage, rail, stockpile and port operations
Safety and environmental compliance
SAP Environment, Health and Safety with incident, permit and risk management
Cost, analytics and sustainability
SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Datasphere and SAP Sustainability Footprint Management
Consulting and services for mining organizations
Oraya® supports mining operations from business case through long-run support:
SAP selection and solution design
Right-sized architecture built on industry best practices
SAP implementation and industry accelerators
Fast deployment with preconfigured mining processes
Integration with mine and plant systems
Fleet management, weighbridge, laboratory and process control integration
Cloud migration
A move to SAP cloud with testing, documentation and security frameworks
Ongoing SAP AMS and optimization
Support aligned to rosters, shutdowns and multi-site operations
User adoption and change enablement
Training, work instructions and adoption programs for site and contractor teams
Delivery Approach
A practical path to SAP for mine sites
A system that works in the corporate office and fails at the pit has failed. We design and prove it at the site.
- Site-first design, validated with maintenance planners, supervisors and store crews
- Equipment and functional location hierarchies built properly, since asset data decides the outcome
- Offline and mobile capability for areas without reliable network coverage
- Rollout sequenced site by site, so each one learns from the last
- Hypercare aligned to roster changes and shutdown windows
- Knowledge transfer to site super users who stay long after we leave
