On April 8, 2024, Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Co., Ltd. and Siemens (China) Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Changsha and held a signing ceremony.

In line with the vision of joint expansion in the fields of digitalization, intelligence and low-carbon development and the principle of win-win cooperation and collaborative development, the two sides will carry out long-term comprehensive cooperation in traditional and emerging industries such as smart mining, lithium battery recycling, photovoltaic module recycling, and combine the advantages of both sides to further promote cooperation in automation and digitalization related fields.

NTCF21 Founded in 1955, Changsha Institute of Mining and Metallurgy is the backbone technology research and development platform for resource development and new energy materials of China Minmetals Group Co., LTD., one of the world’s top 500 enterprises. It has been subordinate to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the Ministry of Metallurgical Industry and the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council. The main business of Changsha Institute of Mining and Metallurgy includes five business segments: resources and environmental protection business, deep sea mining business, intelligent manufacturing business, new energy and new materials business, and science and technology innovation operation platform. It has 28 national and provincial-level science and technology innovation platforms, such as the National Engineering Technology Research Center for Comprehensive Utilization of Metal Mineral Resources, the State Key Laboratory for Exploitation and Utilization of Deep Sea Mineral Resources, and the Hunan Engineering Laboratory for Preparation of positive electrode Materials for power Batteries.

As a technology company that promotes innovation and has been in China for more than 150 years, Siemens is committed to the field of automation and digitalization, and is a pioneer, practitioner and enabler of sustainable development, digitalization and low-carbon “two-wheel drive”.

Siemens will form a joint force with Changsha Institute of Mining and Metallurgy with cutting-edge automation digital products and solutions, promote the key technologies and industry standardization of the whole process automation control in the fields of intelligent mining, lithium battery recycling, photovoltaic module recycling, and jointly create an advanced digital smart factory.

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At the signing ceremony, Li Weiwen, member of the Party Committee and deputy general manager of Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Co., LTD., and Hu Qing, general manager of Central China and Hunan Region of Siemens Digital Industry Group, signed on behalf of both sides. Mr. Zhuo Xiaojun, general manager and Deputy Party Secretary of Changsha Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Co., LTD., and Mr. Liu Likang, Senior Vice President and General manager of Process Automation Division of Siemens Digital Industry Group, attended and witnessed the signing ceremony.

NTCF21 Zhuo Xiaojun warmly welcomed the arrival of Liu Likang and his delegation, and expressed his sincere gratitude to Siemens for its long-term support for the intelligent business sector of Changsha Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He said that the Changsha Institute of Mining and Metallurgy standards of the international first-class, adhere to innovation, in the science and technology business with the international advanced enterprises to carry out closer cooperation, Changsha Institute of Mining and metallurgy in the cooperation with Siemens to learn advanced experience and technology. In the future, Changsha Institute of Mining and Metallurgy will continue to pay attention to green and low-carbon industries, strengthen emerging fields such as smart mines, smart factories, and battery recycling, and actively develop overseas markets. He is full of confidence in the future cooperation prospects of the two sides and hopes that the two sides can deepen cooperation in a broader market and support each other.

Liu Likang highly appreciated the scientific research strength of Changsha Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, and thanked Changsha Institute of Mining and Metallurgy for its support and trust in Siemens. He introduced Siemens’ exploration of the process industry, and comprehensively demonstrated Siemens’ cutting-edge concepts, innovative technologies, advanced practices, new models and open ecology for digitalization and sustainable development in the field of intelligent manufacturing. It is hoped that the two sides will take this signing as an opportunity to learn from each other, have close exchanges, deepen cooperation, jointly explore more digital application scenarios, and provide more valuable and sustainable services.

At the meeting, the two sides also focused on the layout of the AI field, the experience of digital smart factory construction, and the future development direction of industrial automation. Extensive and in-depth exchanges were held on further strengthening cooperation in the fields of automation and control, digital transformation, energy conservation and carbon reduction, and personnel training.

The signing of this strategic cooperation agreement lays a solid foundation for the sustainable development of both sides in the future. The two sides will go hand in hand, share opportunities, seek common development, create value, jointly explore the unlimited potential of digital and low-carbon “two-wheel drive”, and actively contribute to the development of the industry!