Case Study: Nexa achieves smarter, AI-powered mining with Databricks

Mining less waste and more value with AI-driven insights

Nexa, a global zinc mining leader, was struggling with legacy data systems, siloed operations, and limited scalability that slowed innovation and decision-making. With Databricks, Nexa needed a modern data and AI platform to unify its data, improve governance, and support real-time, data-driven operations.

Databricks implemented Delta Lake, SQL Serverless, Unity Catalog, MLflow, and Mosaic AI to create a unified data, analytics, and AI environment. The result was improved zinc filtration, less waste in material extraction, better equipment and workflow optimization, and faster innovation, including a 300% reduction in development cycles.

Nexa

Jose Carlos Santos

Tech Lead, Data and AI