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Pontificia Universidad Catlica del Per

Facultad de Ciencias e Ingeniera


Seccin de Ingeniera de Minas

Laboratorio de Gestin de Empresas Mineras


Sesin 05
Capturing productivity gains from innovation
Nombre(s)

Cdigo:

Juan Manuel Gallardo Delgado

20095386

Profesores :
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Vctor Esteban Gobitz Colchado


Carlos Enrique Santa Cruz Bendez
Roque Eduardo Benavides Ganoza

Andrea Beln Espinoza Taranco


Clider Nio Cspedes

Jefes de prctica:

Lima, Per
2015

1. Explain briefly, based on a mining overview, what could be reached through data
analysis.
Based on the article Minings next performance horizon: Capturing productivity gains from
innovation, the most important aspects that mines could reach through data analysis are
an improvement in productivity and safety.
In addition, other aspects could be reached. The following ones are the most important:

Building a more comprehensive understanding of the resource base: For that


purpose, it is important to say that a drill and blast system will be optimized,
alongside an integrated mine-operating picture.
Optimizing material and equipment flow: To reach this, mines could optimize
mine and logistics scheduling, yield and pit to the port.
Improving anticipation of failures: Among strategies, mines could target
maintenance strategies and also to use predictive maintenance.
Increasing mechanization through automation: Mines could use automated
drills, automated mobile fleet and an automated plant.
Monitoring performance in real time: Finally, in order to monitor performance,
remote operating centers could be used. Besides, mines could apply an enhanced
performance management.

Finally, mines could reach to cut different kinds of costs, such as operating cost,
maintenance cost.

2. Do you think worldwide mining companies will embed what is proposed in the
article in order to improve productivity?
We are facing a devastating period for the mining industry, mainly because there is a
falling commodity in metal prices and this is squeezing the cash flow. In order to obtain a
higher utility, it is important to reduce costs and increase the productivity, considering
always safety as an important fact.
What is proposed in this article is that trough data analysis, productivity and safety could
be improved, and also costs could be cut. (It was explained in the answer above).
Therefore, I think mining companies should apply these strategies, seeing technology as
the new phase of the mining industry.

3. Based on what was reviewed so far in the lecture, What part(s) of the mining
value chain are related to main idea of the article?
The parts of the value chain related to the main idea of the article are: mining
development, profit and commercialization.
In order to have a better understanding, the following idea is going to be explained lines
below.

Table1: Value Chain applications

Applications

Description

Operations
management

Deeper understanding of the


resource base
Optimization of material and
equipment flow
Increase in mechanization through
automation
Monitoring of real-time performance
vs plan
Improved anticipation of failures
Reduced unscheduled breakdowns
Longer equipment life
Minimized exposure to dangerous
conditions
Improved purchasing analytics.
Internet of Thingsenabled R&D into
cost efficient
equipment design
Augmented reality (built on better
human machine
interaction)
Task-based activity monitoring

Equipment
maintenance
Health and
safety
Equipment
supply

Human
productivity

4. Do you think the Peruvian mining industry, based on technical and cultural
viewpoint, is willing to accept the changes that are proposed in the article?
Actually, I personally think that Peruvian mining industry should accept these changes.
However, there is an important issue that we must consider: All these changes demand a
high initial investment, alongside with a huge Capex. On the other hand, there are a lot of
anti-mining campaigns, communities do not give up before the industry and they think that
the company is going to contaminate and take its resources. Furthermore, with the new
technologies, safety is going to be a priority, but, in order to accomplish this, less personal
is going to be hire (leaving their place to automatic machines. This could be a great
problem, because communities will reclaim its rights and will want to participate and be
hired by the company. For all these reasons, I think the Peruvian mining industry is not
willing to accept the changes that are proposed in the article.

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