Eramet Group February 2020

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CLICK TO WATCH : ‘ERAMET, EXPLORING OUR WORLD’ 07 a shifting political zeitgeist and a

demand for lithium in things like elec-

worsening climate crisis, Eramet is

tric vehicle batteries, smartphones,

undergoing a unique digital trans-

etc. and, to produce it in quantities

formation in order to employ new

that meet our customers’ needs, we’re

mindsets and technologies to over-

going to use digital to drive efficiency

come new and evolving challenges.

wherever we can.”

“We started by making some proof of

In order to effectively transform

concepts that showed good results.

Eramet’s operations using technology

Then, we decided it was necessary

ranging from IoT and drones to digital

to create a new digital transformation

twins and advanced data analytics,

department,” recalls Donati. “Today,

Donati and his team need to overcome

the crux of Eramet’s strategy is to use

several challenges that are unique to

digital to support being a leading pro-

a company like Eramet. “So the first

ducer of nickel, manganese and also

problem is: how do you digitalise a

of lithium. We’re predicting exponential

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