Vale transforms data into corporate asset with exploration information solution

"Geosoft's technology and applications are essential to Vale’s global mineral exploration. We rely on Geosoft DAP technology for the organization and integration of our diverse geoscientific data, and its distribution across our large, global group of multidisciplinary exploration team members."

Ana Goncalves, Information Manager, Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale)

Customer:	Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Mining Exploration
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Solution:	Exploration Information Management Solution
Technology:	Geosoft DAP Server, ESRI ArcGIS, Geosoft Oasis montaj, Target and Target for ArcGIS earth mapping software, Custom Metadata Management System

Summary

Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale), the second-largest diversified mining and metals company in the world, is turning exploration information into discoveries, with a solution that focuses on three simple goals: quality, security and flow.

Business Need:
A large, global exploration company, Vale wanted to address the organization’s need for corporate standards and consolidated exploration data management, while providing better access to tools and data for exploration project development.

• Vale teamed with Geosoft to develop an exploration information management solution that meets the need for data quality, security and efficient flow to regional exploration teams for opportunity development.
• An extensive review is conducted to understand their diverse data and client needs within exploration and resource allocation.
• Their solution combines a family of technologies, to create one corporate infrastructure for their exploration information management.
• A data architecture and metadata management system was developed to organize and store geophysical and exploration data in Geosoft DAP Server.
• Geosoft’s integrated exploration software suite, Oasis montaj and Target for ArcGIS, is used for data visualization, integration, mapping and analysis.

• Mining giant Vale transforms exploration information into a corporate asset that will continue to deliver value.
• More efficient data integration is achieved through the use of Geosoft Target for ArcGIS which allows Vale geoscientists to easily view and work with exploration data in the GIS environment. 

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