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    Strategic Planning and Mine Modernization Case Study

    AMC advises on becoming the lowest-cost zinc producer in the world.

    Project Overview

    AMC was first employed to optimize the zinc operation in 2002, shortly after the company was privatized.

    The challenge

    An initial site visit immediately identified:

    • The resource was being exploited well below its potential so that approximately 1 Mtpa of ore was being processed with less than 10 m vertically of the orebody being mined each year.
    • The fleet was too old and small to achieve the mining rates required to realize the resource’s potential.
    • The operation had significant geotechnical issues.

    The result

    The work completed has increased the ore treatment from approximately 1 Mt to in excess of 5 Mt of ore processed per year — resulting in it becoming the lowest cost zinc producer in the world.

    The relationship AMC developed has led to the parent company engaging AMC for all of their operations around the world.

    Our approach


    Over the next six years, AMC worked with the management group in areas including:

    Strategic planning

    AMC’s team developed the strategic plans, from concept to feasibility, which have underpinned the development of the underground mine.

    Site plan implementation

    AMC worked with the site technical teams to develop planning systems linking strategic plans to the daily activity. This work included the planning calendar, meeting formats, and technical infrastructure — all of which were still the basis for open pit planning six years after the project was completed.

    Modernizing the mining operation

    An initial benchmarking study illustrated the potential of modernizing the fleet. AMC then worked to identify the right fleet and implement appropriate work practices to realize its potential.

    Significant geotechnical issue

    The AMC team worked with the site team to identify the correct slope regimes. It also focused on increasing onsite skill levels and introducing world-class geotechnical systems and practices.

    Project Facts

    AMC was first employed to optimize the zinc operation in 2002, shortly after the company was privatized.

    Mining method: Open pit

    Mining method:

    Underground and Open Pit

    Location

    Location:

    India

    Mining method: Open pit

    Commodity:

    Zinc

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