Mining Industry Overview

Ensuring safety. Ensuring success.

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From exploration to construction, extraction, processing and trading, mining is a technically difficult and high-risk industry. With 30 years deep industry knowledge, Mincom knows how to meet the needs of today's global mining companies.

At Mincom, we know first-hand that mining is hard work. Managing a successful, long-term strategy means you must anticipate and respond to ever-changing market conditions. Committing to the highest safety levels, improving product quality, and extending asset infrastructure are essential.

Key Mining Challenges

Mincom can help mining organizations address the following challenges:

  • Mining companies must deal with highly variable raw materials, often with sparse data available to predict and plan for variations.
  • Miners must stay safe. The size and complexity of machinery and the use of explosives and hazardous reagents mean that companies must actively manage high levels of risk.
  • Mining companies must ensure product consistency and quality by coordinating geologists, engineers, metallurgists, logisticians, and maintenance engineers.
  • Mining companies must manage complex assets in remote locations when production and profitability relies on predictable asset availability.

Mining Industry Segments

Precious Metalks Mining

Precious Metals Mining »

Mincom understands that organizations in precious metals mining unique challenges processing valuable metals from ore.

Base Metals

Base Metals Mining »

Mincom understands that base metals mining requires special processes to obtain products and by-products that meet market requirements.

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Coal Mining »

Mincom understands the business demands of planning and maintaining sufficient production of the right quality coal to maximize revenue.

Bulk Mining

Bulk Mining »

Mincom understands that the segregation and processing of iron ore, bauxite/alumina, and phosphate is a challenge for the bulk mining industry.

Mining Industry - Engineering Services

Engineering Services »

Mincom understands that mining engineering firms are under pressure to perform labor intensive planning with limited resources.