MI Core

Core Features

Built by metallurgical engineers for complex minerals processing, MI Core serves as the operational backbone for carbon accounting by turning plant data into a single, auditable source of truth and a continuously reconciled view of emissions drivers. Its major features include:

• Plant-wide emissions data pipeline — Rapidly centralizes and validates unlimited sources (historians, labs, ERP and sensors) to create a “single source of truth” for carbon and energy metrics.

• High-frequency carbon computation — Calculates carbon emissions and power consumption at an hourly cadence; reports are automated and available hourly to support timely management action.

• Mass- & energy-balance assurance — A process digital twin reconciles unmonitored streams and fills data gaps, strengthening auditability; the approach is aligned with AMIRA P754 best-practice metal accounting principles.

• Scope coverage foundation — Provides the operational data engine for Scope 1 & 2 and the plant-level basis that supports Scope 3 mapping and disclosures required by emerging standards.

• PCF & CBAM readiness — Supplies reconciled inputs for product-level footprints and delivers auditable plant data needed for CBAM quarterly reporting and verification.

• Governance & traceability — Consolidates information into a transparent, centralized database with traceable data lineage, improving compliance and assurance confidence.

Closing Insights

MI Core’s carbon capabilities show up in customer outcomes. At a hydrometallurgical facility in Africa, Metallurgical Systems commissioned a plant historian and implemented MI Core so the digital twin could compute performance statistics—including carbon emissions and power—hour by hour, simplifying and improving GHG reporting aligned to the GHG Protocol. MI Core also enabled uranium miner Paladin to unify scattered data and capture critical staff knowledge, replacing manual processes with automated reporting that sped up analysis and ensured compliance for production and sustainability decisions. For broader disclosure programs, MI’s sustainability-reporting case material shows how sites track Scope 1–3, water and energy at granular level using the same digital-twin foundation.

Mining operations face unique carbon-accounting challenges: vast data volumes from plant historians, complex chemical and energy flows, and growing regulatory scrutiny under emerging and evolving reporting frameworks. MI Core addresses these by reconciling input, output and accumulation data through a rigorous mass-and-energy balance, ensuring Scope 1 and 2 data is complete and auditable while providing a foundation for credible Scope 3 disclosures. By linking operational data directly to assurance-ready reporting, MI Core reduces risk and helps entities to meet trade requirements that demand verified product-level footprints.

Implementation of MI Core is accelerated by Metallurgical Systems’ consulting and process-simulation specialists, helping teams build audit-ready carbon workflows faster.