Business challenge
Our client needed to improve productivity and overall operations while factoring in tough mining conditions, high turnover of the management team, and high operational downtime.
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An open‑pit gold miner had just completed a transition to owner‑mining, and faced many operational challenges including old mining equipment and a high‑maintenance processing plant.
Unit costs were under severe pressure: fixed costs increased by 100% following the transition; rising fuel and power costs; main pit getting deeper and haul distances longer.
Business impact
$0m
of improvement ideas implemented
0%
return over target (US$52m cash benefit in 12 months delivered, against the diagnostic target of US$26m)
$0m
in long-term improvements at financial year end with the improvements incorporated into the new financial and operating budgets
0%
increase in tonnes mined (67k tonnes/day to an average of 94k tonnes/day)
How we helped
- Improve productivity and overall operations facing numerous challenges
- Review and optimise CapEx spend
- Increase truck operating hours
- Reduce operating downtime in mining and processing
- Establish client business improvement capability, and transfer skills and continuous improvement processes to a dedicated client team