Drill and blast is a common bottleneck with our mining clients. We work with our clients to optimise operations through the coordination of external contractors, improving the maintenance of drilling equipment, managing impact of blast times on production, and minimising the economic impact of downstream fragmentation on mine and mill productivity.
An open-pit gold miner faced declining mined grade and an unfavourable transition from soft, free-dig, oxide material to hard rock. As a result, drill and blast had become the mine’s bottleneck and in-pit blasted stocks were declining. Our client achieved increased blasted stock from 10 to 27 days, increased drill yield from 7 BCM/m drilled to over 9 BCM/m drilled and reduced explosives spend by 14%.
We have worked extensively with truck and shovel operations in all commodities and all major mining provinces around the world. We share our best practice experience in managing critical equipment and creating rapid behavioural change to drive rapid increases in output and optimise fleet size.
Low demand had led an open-cut coal miner to focus on cost reduction and not invest in pre-strip. A rapid increase in demand then placed intense pressure on pre-strip rates. We helped deliver a 45% increase in material hauled by the same fleet, by: focusing on the biggest levers of operating and cycle time, providing one-on-one coaching to Supervisors and putting in place a strict routine of meetings and Visual Boards to drive accountability. For more information see:
We know draglines. We know the drivers of dragline performance and we have an extensive library of improvement ideas covering all aspects of their planning, operation and maintenance.
A large coal-mining company with multiple mines and draglines in Australia was performing well on international benchmarks for dragline productivity. However, there was still room to improve. We helped our client generate, prioritise and implement improvement ideas to increase productivity by 15% – the equivalent of gaining one extra dragline across their fleet without the typical $100m capital cost of purchasing a new one.
Partners in Performance clearly stood out. And the primary reason for me was sustainability. The tools they brought were firstly themselves: the quality of people with a strong operational background and good leadership qualities. There was a definite focus on delivering outcomes: so getting on to the ground with our people, helping our people deliver outcomes. Our utilisation is [the] best amongst the Energy Group; by a long shot. Month-to-date were running at 39 loads per day out of each truck. Historically we were down as low as 22. I’d recommend Partners in Performance to anybody else.CAMERON, GENERAL MANAGER, COAL MINING INDUSTRY
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