KPP faced operator shortages and pricing pressures post-pandemic, and needed to deliver improved competency and reduced fuel consumption without taking machines out of production for training.

Site recorded zero safety incidents while delivering a 25% reduction in training costs, 10.6% reduction in fuel use and 13.6% operator competency score improvement.

This site noted operator competency issues affecting production, including improper driving speeds and retarder use within the truck operator cohort, and high load times and low fill factors amongst shovel operators.

Site recorded a 3.6% fuel use reduction (equivalent to USD 248,550 cost savings), and 39.3% loading time reduction (shovels) with reduced fill factor variability.

Faced with post-pandemic market instability and staffing pressures, El Abra needed to demonstrate increased productivity and reduced costs to remain competitive.

A proof-of-concept project demonstrated an 8.4% increase in tons per liter of fuel and 8.7% increase in distance travelled per liter of fuel.

A lack of qualified local underground mining workforce necessitated site to develop a training program for green operators operating site’s underground trucks and rocket boomers.

Immersive Technologies developed a simulator training plan to onboard equipment operators. The rocket boomer training group achieved in a 34% reduction in fuel consumption and 24% hammer consumption reduction.

Facing falling commodity prices and increased economic pressure, Capão Xavier mine site needed to reduce their fuel costs, which were accounting for 24% of the total fleet budget.

A fuel consumption pilot project was completed, which delivered an 8% fuel reduction, compared with a 1% reduction in the control group.

Vale needed to adopt cost cutdown and productivity improvement strategies to respond to economic pressures. Diesel fuel consumption by off-highway haul trucks was identified as one of the largest costs at Sossego Mine.

After successful implementation of a fuel consumption pilot project at Capão Xavier mine, the same methodology was used at Sossego, resulting in a 7.5% reduction in fuel use. An extension on the project delivered an average of 12% reduction in fuel use over figures prior to the pilot project.

NEMISA was looking for industry support to boost training efforts in the areas of maintenance cost and machine damage.

The training initiative decreased fuel cost by 10.4% and delivered tire and transmission abuse cost reductions.

Faced with an ageing workforce in the region, Vostochnaya Technica (VT) sought to develop a new generation of equipment operators using the latest technology.

VT invested in Immersive Technologies’ simulators for operator training, which resulted in loading time decreased by 9 seconds, 16% of operators improved skills leading to better fuel efficiency, and a 1% productivity improvement.

The mine site identified that if they were able to save 3% on haulage diesel, this would equate to $1M USD in savings annually.

Following a Continuous Improvement Project focusing on haul truck fuel efficiencies, the project delivered a 6% fuel reduction for the 793 fleet (savings of $1.1M USD).

The Mahakam Sumber Jaya site was over budget on monthly fuel consumption costing the site an additional $100,000 AUD/yr.

After a four-month training period, fuel consumption was reduced by 6.9% below the site budget, saving the site an estimated $500,000 AUD annually. Fuel savings were obtained while maintaining the tonnes per hour production rate.