Newmont's Strategic Approach to Plant Optimization and Design is Paying Dividends

Newmont Mining is achieving sustainable improvements in its comminution circuits by taking a strategic approach to plant optimization and design, and sharing leading grinding practices across its 11 gold mining operations in the USA, Australia, Peru, Ghana and Suriname. Business efficiency and produ...

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Published in:Engineering and mining journal (1926) 2019-01, Vol.220 (1), p.24-27
Main Authors: Worden, Sandy, Keogh, Alison
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advisors
Artificial intelligence
Awards & honors
Circuit design
Collaboration
Comminution
Cost control
Costs
Critical path
Decision making
Design
Design optimization
Energy efficiency
Expected values
Gold
Gold mines & mining
Industrial engineering
Manufacturing engineering
Mining
Natural language
Nominations
Optimization
Product development
Production costs
Productivity
R&D
Research & development
Success factors
Teams
Technical services
Trends
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Summary:Newmont Mining is achieving sustainable improvements in its comminution circuits by taking a strategic approach to plant optimization and design, and sharing leading grinding practices across its 11 gold mining operations in the USA, Australia, Peru, Ghana and Suriname. Business efficiency and production costs have been the main drivers for change in the company's comminution practices and, through these initiatives, Newmont has been able to reduce its production costs. Several of these optimization efforts have involved 2017 CEEC medal winners Newmont's internal comminution specialist Aidan Giblett and Newmont Australia's Principal Advisor Processing Steven Hart in some capacity. They are often involved in ideas generation and definition for site improvement projects in collaboration with site teams. Once the ideas are developed and defined, their roles incorporate support of operations people who take on and deliver the projects.
ISSN:0095-8948