Marilyn Sinclair of Cumberland House, Sask., is a site services operator in Cigar Lake’s batch plant department. Cameco photo
Joshua Mercredi, senior process operator, analyzes data on site at Cameco’s Cigar Lake mine in northern Saskatchewan. Cameco photo To ensure Cameco met the business objectives of its digital transformation program, the company has chosen six digital themes to guide it through the digitization process.
He adds that the company is also exploring digital twinning, which involves “the generation of a virtual representation of a system that is updated using real-time data, and then uses simulation and asset optimization to support improved decision-making.” While data is “absolutely fundamental to the digital transformation of your company’s operations,” says Leach, he also sounds a note of caution.