OneSteel Whyalla picks QMASTOR’s Horizon for advanced planning and scheduling

OneSteel Whyalla has signed a contract with QMASTOR for the provision of QMASTOR’s Horizon advanced planning and scheduling system for OneSteel’s iron ore supply chain at Whyalla, South Australia...

The agreement covers software design, installation and commissioning of QMASTOR’s Horizon APS with the majority of revenue to be received in the 2008/2009 financial year. Both parties expect to sign a support and maintenance contract for a period of five years in the coming months.

QMASTOR will supply OneSteel with a comprehensive scheduling system for export iron ore shipments, port inventory management, rail transportation, mine stockpile management and process plant production.

OneSteel mines iron ore in the form of hematite (for direct shipment) and magnetite (for steelmaking) from current operating mines in the Middleback Ranges: Iron Knight, Iron Duchess, Iron Duke and Iron Magnet.

The mines are located approximately 60 km from OneSteel’s Whyalla Steelworks. All of the ore is crushed and some of the ore is processed in an ore beneficiation plant. The export ore is transported to the Whyalla port via private railway and the domestic ore via slurry pipeline. Cape size vessels are loaded in the Spencer Gulf with iron ore via barges.

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