Coal Mining Operation
As global demand for energy continues to rise – especially in rapidly industrializing and developing economies, the use of coal is predicted to rise 53% over the next twenty years.
With the spotlight on business performance, mining executives are looking for ways to gain a competitive edge and are keen to explore initiatives aimed at transforming their business. Operational efficiency and modernization are crucial as companies look for effective approaches to reducing the costs of exploration, assessment, production and transportation, while maintaining and improving product quality and service levels.
The trend towards the increase in the regulation in the mining industry looks set to continue with health, safety and environmental developments all agenda topping issues for mining companies globally.
Partnering with our clients, we help engage supervisors and employees across all levels of the organization and it is through these people that we optimize the value of mines and processing operations. A solid collaboration enables additional benefits to be delivered such as an improvement in their approach to safety, the ability to maximize their yield and better their community standing.
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Our Results
Working with all major types of underground and open cut coal mining processes, we have helped our clients achieve significant, measurable results while maintaining a constant focus on safety.
Although the scope for improvement varies between mines, most clients see very significant throughput increases, improved equipment availability and reduced direct costs per ton. Mining clients typically show returns of over 3:1 on their investment.
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Increased production time per shift of the longwall shearer by nearly 30% |
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Increased equipment availability and utilization leading to a 16% improvement in tonnes per hour |
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Increased tons tipped by truck per operating hour by 21% |
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Improved loads and cycle times for shovels, draglines and rimpulls achieving in excess of a 3:1 return on the project cost |
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Reduced mean time between failures by 3 hours |
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Improved washplant performance in tonnes per hour by 44% |
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Increased productivity in the first hour of production by 79% |
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Improved productivity of continuous miner and longwall crews by 20–40% |
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Reorganized the movement of mine personnel from the transport cage to the face and saved 13% in travel time |
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Achieved an additional 2.8 million bank cubic meters of pre-stripping with out increasing the size of the pre-strip team |
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Improved feed tonnes per production man hour by 53% at the washplant |
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Testimonials
This [the project] resulted in a significant increase in production throughput and in other improvements across the business including the introduction of a reliability based maintenance system, improved coal conveyance rates and the ability to identify and action other potential bottle necks.
Managing Director, UK Coal
Proudfoot has worked well with our personnel and allowed us to accelerate the pace at which our organisation identifies opportunities for change and develops solutions that impact our operational and financial results. As a team, we worked effectively to improve RAG’s overall business performance and customer satisfaction.
I would recommend Proudfoot to any business looking to implement change in their organisation.
President & CEO, RAG American Coal Holding Inc
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Case Studies
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