Mineral processing expertise, wherever your operation is in its lifecycle.
Whether you’re optimising an existing plant or engineering a new one from the ground up, Mipac provides the control systems, automation and OT expertise to make it work – and keep it working.
TRUSTED BY THE WORLDS LEADING MINERS
BHP GLENCORE RIO TINTO ANGLO AMERICAN FIRST QUANTUM MINERALS NEWMONT FREEPORT MCMORAN ASARCO
29
YEARS IN MINING OT
730+
PROJECTS DELIVERED
110
PROCESSING PLANTS SUPPORTED
55
COUNTRIES GLOBALLY
HOW WE WORK WITH YOU
Two different challenges. One engineering partner.
Brownfield operations and greenfield projects require fundamentally different approaches. We’ve structured our delivery model around both – so you get the expertise relevant to your situation, not a generic engagement.
● BROWNFIELD · EXISTING OPERATIONS
Stabilise, automate and optimise what you already have
Your plant is running – but it could run better. Maybe you’re dealing with ageing infrastructure, process variability, rising energy costs or systems that have reached end of life. We identify where you’re underperforming and fix it without stopping the clock on production.
Stabilise
Reduce variability and improve control reliability – APC readiness, MPC, PID loop tuning and alarm rationalisation.
Automate
Modernise your control systems – PLC, DCS and SCADA upgrades, OT cybersecurity, functional safety and zero-downtime cutover planning.
Optimise
Extract more value from existing assets – predictive maintenance, asset health monitoring, bottleneck analysis and performance reporting.
Enable
Sustain performance over the long term — digital maturity roadmaps, MPA software, TCard task management and workforce development.
Reduced mill variability by 22% at a copper concentrator, increasing throughput by 8%.
● GREENFIELD · NEW OPERATIONS
Engineer, design and build future-ready operations from day one
Building a new processing facility is a rare opportunity, and a high-stakes one. The decisions made in early project stages have long-term implications for performance, cost and operability. We provide a single, accountable engineering partner from concept through to commissioning.
Engineer
Control philosophy, instrumentation strategy and digital architecture – aligned with metallurgical goals from the start.
Design
PLC, DCS and SCADA system design, cybersecurity architecture, functional safety, platform selection and E&I drafting.
Build
As Main Automation Contractor – vendor coordination, FAT/SAT, system integration and commissioning across full OT scope.
Enable
Operational readiness, workforce training, digital infrastructure and ESG monitoring frameworks — so your team is ready from day one.
Achieved first production ahead of schedule as MAC for a major greenfield refinery across multiple vendors.
WHAT WE DO
Comprehensive OT and engineering across every stage of operations
We group our capabilities around outcomes – not internal service categories. Every service links to a dedicated page with full scope and capability detail.
Automate
Design, build and commission the control systems and automation infrastructure that make your plant operate reliably at scale – from SCADA and PLC to Main Automation Contracting across full project scope.
Optimise
Improve what you already have. Our process control and optimisation engineers work at the intersection of control systems and metallurgy to drive better recovery, throughput and energy efficiency from existing operations.
Manage
Keep your operation safe, compliant and performing over the long term – from asset performance management and OT cybersecurity to electrical and instrumentation engineering and ongoing operational support.
WHAT WE DO
Built for mineral processing. Not adapted to it.
Our engineers don’t just understand automation – they understand flotation, leaching, crushing, grinding and the specific control challenges that come with each. That depth is what separates us from generalist vendors, and what makes our implementations last.
01 – process control
We know your process, not just your controller
From SAG mill optimisation to flotation cell control and heap leach process management, our engineers understand the mineralogy and process behaviour behind the setpoints. That’s what makes our APC implementations deliver, and continue to deliver after handover.
02 – control systems
Platform agnostic. Vendor accredited.
We work across every major control system platform – not because we have preferred vendor agreements, but because your plant may already run any one of them. Our job is to recommend what’s right for your situation and deliver it properly.
03 – digital and data
Making your process data work for your operation
Historian integration, real-time analytics, predictive maintenance and alarm management – we help processing operations move from reactive to proactive using the data they’re already generating, with our own MPA software suite.
LATEST INSIGHTS
From the engineers who do the work
Technical papers, industry perspectives and practical guides written for people who run processing operations, not for people who sell to them.
Why most APC projects underdeliver – and how to avoid it
Advanced process control has a poor reputation in some operations. We examine the implementation failures that cause it, and what a well-scoped APC project actually looks like.
Technical paper · 12 min read · Process optimisation
Read more →Closing the EPCM gap in mining project delivery
Why operational experience must sit alongside project management in mining delivery, and what the gap between EPCM and operations costs you in the long run.
Technical paper · MetPlant 2026 · Project delivery
Read more →Future-ready processing plant design for greenfield projects
Greenfield mining projects succeed when stability, control quality and digital foundations are engineered in from the start. Here’s what planners need to know.
Industry insight · 8 min read · Control systems
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