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Representative illustration: A South African gold miner needed to cut costs at its Southern Patagonia asset, the highest cost per ounce of its 17 sites.

Case Study · Mining & Metals

A South African gold miner needed to cut costs at its Southern Patagonia asset, the highest cost per ounce of its 17 sites.

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1Challenge

A multi-pit operation with the group's highest cost per ounce. The mill needed a maintenance MOS, better PM, defined parameters and better recovery.

2Approach

  • Ran the Employee Involvement Prototype shift by shift to find variability root causes
  • Refined cross-functional roles and coordination
  • Stabilized milling and recovery

3Results

9.7:1

ROI

−72%

Daily mill downtime hours

+5.4%

Gold recovery; silver +12.2%

The site became the group's lowest cost per ounce.

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