Detour Gold Provides Operational Improvement Strategy for Mines
July 9, 2018
The operating systems associated with the key value drivers for the mine operation remain an ongoing critical area of assessment. Some of the systems mapping and its assessment was completed recently. This will encompass increased training for, and improvements to, the current systems, and streamlining to a more fully integrated mine-wide operational system.
The purpose of the mine-wide capital review, which started in the first quarter of 2018 with the processing plant, is to understand options to rationalize the mobile fleet size and to increase the operating time (i.e. availability and utilization) of the mobile and fixed plant asset in a sustainable manner. This is an ongoing progressive process over the next two years.
In addition, automation, both in the medium and longer term, will include vastly improved data analytics with effective decision making and short interval controls. An upside not currently reflected in this LOM plan will be an investigative initiative into realizable robotics potential for haul trucks and production drills. The success of autonomous integration would provide further upside to the 2018 LOM Plan’s metrics and financials.
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