The mining industry relies heavily on large, complex machinery for extracting and processing resources. Keeping this expensive equipment in optimal working condition is critical for ensuring efficient, uninterrupted operations, reducing downtime, improving safety, and maximizing productivity.
Efficient water management is seen as a crucial aspect of maintaining operations and ensuring the safety and productivity of openpit mining sites. Offering equipment such as pontoon mounted pumps ...
Published statistics from the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) show clearly that efforts to increase productivity at a mine do not need to jeopardize safety. In fact, over the last forty years, MSHA reports that mine production has increased by 77%, while the number of mining fatalities has reduced by over 80%.
While a mining company has no control over metal prices, they can improve production efficiencies which will in turn lower production costs, increase their profit margins and ultimately boost the ...
The only way to achieve this is to reduce production costs by improving productivity, efficiency and the effectiveness of the equipment. This paper aims to identify the various factors and problems affecting the productivity of underground coal mines adopting the bord and pillar method of mining and to propose suitable measures for …
Use of automated continuous-mining techniques will make it possible to substantially increase labor productivity and to work in …
Companies are looking to strengthen margins and sustain profitability more than ever during the turbulence of COVID-19. The drive for productivity improvements runs all the way from board rooms focused on …
The IWG encourages efforts to improve mineral exploration and development plan submission quality by providing clearer direction and facilitating earlier agency engagement. The most common cause of mine permitting delays involves "mine plans of operation [that] were incomplete or vague, which
Rising productivity, alongside exploration, is the principal means by which mining can combat resource depletion. Over the past one hundred and fifty years, the mining industry has been remarkably successful in growing its productivity. However, since 2000, there are signs of a slowdown. Some aspects of this are clearly cyclical but …
Posted on December 16, 2020. As we look back on 2020 and enter 2021, we are all reflecting on ways to enhance mining productivity. In 2020, the global mining market saw marginal productivity gains, due in large part to operational discipline, ongoing productivity initiatives, and postponing functions not directly related to production.In …
The rate of tailing production over the past 50 years increased exponentially with some individual mines producing more than 200,000 tonnes of tailings per day (Jakubick et al. 2003). ... The IGF now supports 79 member states through capacity building, including improving sustainable mining practices, addressing tax base …
Although mining companies are often able to improve productivity and efficiency in the short term, many face challenges in sustaining these increases in productivity or keeping up the pace of …
The McKinsey & Company report How digital innovation can improve mining productivity argues that innovation needs to be seen by industry leaders "as an undertaking that encompasses all aspects of the business, rather than a technology effort". This fundamental shift is necessary for mining companies to draw real value from …
Newmont invested $150 million in its autonomous haulage project with goals to improve mine safety and productivity, while extending the life of the mine. The first 231-tonne (256-ton) 793F was ...
In open-pit mining, a trade-off between determination of appropriate sizes of mining jobs and optimisation of allocating and sequencing mining equipment units at each operational stage is one of critical decisions for mining practitioners. To simultaneously optimise the above data-driven interplay between planning and scheduling decisions in …
A good estimation of haulage fleet productivity is a pivotal input to determine the mine fleet requirement. In open pit mining, the two major factors affecting the fleet productivity are the planned tonnage to be moved, that is based on the long-term production schedule, and the time it takes to move the dirt tonnage which depends on …
Surface Feeder is a device used to transport ore or slag. Its main function is to transport ore from the mine surface to the processing plant or storage site. Compared with traditional transportation methods, Surface Feeder has many advantages. First of all, it uses advanced automation technology to accurately control the conveying speed and …
The typical truck loads weigh approximately 120 to 170 t. China's largest open-pit mine (a single quarry) has an annual output of only 8–12 million t of iron ore. This stark difference between domestic and foreign mine production capacities primarily stems from China's relatively lower equipment capacity. 3.1.3.
Improve Your Mine's Productivity and Safety with Mixed-Reality Share This: LinkedIn. X. Facebook. Print. Email. Mines have long sought to remove workers from unsafe areas and operate as remotely as possible. ... Consider this example to improve productivity when an issue occurs on a conveyor: Instead of walking along miles of conveyor to ...
As a mining engineer, your daily schedule is critical to ensuring that operations run smoothly and efficiently. To optimize your productivity, it's essential to carefully manage your time.
Rather than focusing on volume, mine owners must instead adopt a mindset of efficiency and productivity. This mindset begins with the products selected …
4. Improve efficiencies through technology. Productivity is about maximizing throughput per unit of time, per unit of quality and per unit of cost. Mining companies may wish to apply a better use of technology to achieve these goals: Seek out innovative technologies capable of unlocking deposits and improving productivity on the mine site.
No. 1: Extended maintenance intervals deliver higher productivity. Service intervals achieved at Dawson Mine through new filter technology. The longer miners can run their equipment, the higher their …
Let's define productivity as getting the job done faster, and increased productivity helps miners do more with less. In the mining business, productivity is sometimes less space being consumed by an …
Personality traits: Certain personality traits help people be more productive than others.For instance, a 2022 study notes that people who have traits like passion, perseverance, and openness tend to be more productive than those who display high levels of neuroticism.; Genetic factors: Research shows us that genetic factors can play a role …
Over the past decades, the mining industry has had to face a challenging scenario for its operation. Improving productivity to overcome natural factors such as decreasing ore grades, deeper deposits, and harder rock mass, combined with an increasing environmental and social awareness, has boost the industry to constantly …
Underground hard-rock mining accounts for 40 percent of global mining operations but only 12 percent of run-of-mine (ROM) production. 1 Run of mine is ore that is mined and crushed. In this article underground mining refers to underground hard-rock mining; thus, underground soft-rock mining, such as coal, is excluded.
The complex nature of material handling and haulage in open cast and underground mines necessitates a fool-proof system for effective management of mining machinery to achieve higher productivity coupled with low operating cost. Fleet management system is one such significant tool which helps to improve productivity.
Improving mining productivity is essential to turning around the industry's fortunes. A number of mines have adopted approaches that are offering major …
further improve productivity. Exhibit 1 Mining productivity performance industry-wide has stabilized since 2009 and started to show a small improvement, but is still far below where it was a decade ago. McK on Metals & Mining Productivity at the mine face Exhibit 1 of 3 MineLens Productivity Index, indexed to 2004 = 100 Source: McKinsey ...
Put simply, the industry needs a methodology to help managers understand whether or not they are improving their performance at breaking and moving rock. To that end, we have developed a metric—the MineLens Productivity Index (MPI)—that enables mining managers to measure the …
These delays significantly reduce productivity, averaging below 80% during regular working hours and adversely affecting mine profitability. To address this issue, a …
"There is significant opportunity to reduce costs and improve productivity. . . . We need the engine delivering to its full potential." —CEO of a major mining company, July 2013. Successful mining executives have already shifted their strategic focus from expanding capacity to improving productivity.