Newmont Merian Production Reporting

23 November 2021
Updated 8 September 2026

Daniel Qiao from Mipac and Yuanbin Quin from Newmont’s Merian site presented at AVEVA PIWorld in October 2021.

Together they presented the project highlights of how PI and MPA provided the ultimate solution to Newmont’s reporting challenges at the Merian Gold Mine.

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