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thyssenkrupp boosts Australia mining service offering with new Brisbane facility

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thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions says it has opened a new service centre in Brisbane, Australia, which is ideally located to support its customer base on the East Coast of Australia as well as clients in Oceania using major logistics channels through the Queensland capital.

The facility, opened on May 14, is the result of a roughly A$1 million ($1.1 million) investment, the company said. It includes a 350 sq.m office and 1,000 sq.m of warehouse and workshop space with room for 30 employees. “The portfolio includes, among others, the warehousing and servicing of wear and spare parts, equipment refurbishments, engineering and field services and revamps,” the company said.

thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions says it offers mining companies “tailored, cost-efficient and responsible solutions for mining, processing, handling raw materials”.

Donald Weir, CEO of the Service business unit of thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions, said the company is continuously expanding its service offerings in these regions in order to offer the best possible service to its customers.

“Through our investment in Brisbane, we make sure that also our customers on the East Coast of Australia profit from the knowledge and experience thyssenkrupp’s global service network offers,” he said.

Andrew Howie, CEO of thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions Australia, said the new facility enables the company to co-locate its engineering and project staff with service personnel.

“For our clients in the mining, cement and chemical industries, this means they benefit from an integrated project lifecycle approach, incorporating the latest products and technologies,” he said. “After having worked successfully with our customers in Australia for many years, this investment was a logical consequence.”

CWT ERM launches new version of travel workflow management platform

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CWT Energy, Resources and Marine has launched a new version of ERM mobility, a workflow management platform that allows companies to manage complex travel needs through one single interface.

The company, a unit of global travel management company CWT, said the new release helps reduce complexity, speed up processes, boost safety and save money.

Raphaël Pasdeloup, Senior VP and Global Head of CWT Energy, Resources & Marine, said: “Travel in the energy, resources and marine industry can be a hugely complicated business, involving crew rotations to the world’s most difficult places via commercial flights, chartered planes, helicopters, or speedboats, fleets of buses, camp and site accommodation, and dozens of different service providers. ERM mobility ties it all together, making travel simple.

According to Pasdeloup, the company’s clients save around 15%, spend up to 75% less time on booking – and “get much more control over their travel programme”.

CWT said: “ERM mobility consolidates all the myriad data sources and processes into a single seamless workflow, with all the complexity hidden away behind an easy-to-use interface. CWT ERM can, thus, provide travellers with a fully-integrated booking solution, which looks and handles like a consumer-grade product.”

Logistics coordinators use a single touchpoint to access all aspects of commercial and remote site travel management, according to the company. Meanwhile, travel managers get accurate, real-time information on each traveller, enabling them to react quickly and effectively in emergencies like extreme weather events, industrial accidents, or security incidents.

The company concluded: “By combining and consolidating all the data flows involved in travel – commercial and specialist, global and local – the ERM mobility platform also delivers clean, consistent data for financial reporting, efficient workforce management and optimisation of travel spend.”

Trollope to take over mining at Lucara’s Karowe diamond operation

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Aveng Moolmans and Lucara Diamond Corp have agreed to cut short a six-year mining contract at the Karowe mine, in Botswana, following equipment availability issues and difficulties with waste mining, the diamond miner said.

Moolman Mining Botswana, an Aveng subisidiary, was awarded the contract to deliver the full suite of mining services at the Karowe mine, including all drill, blast, load and haul functions for both ore and waste, in January 2017.

In Lucara’s June quarter results, it said the two companies had continued to work to “find a solution” to the problems experienced during the March quarter of 2018 and, following extensive discussions in May and June, both parties had agreed to terminate the contract at the end of 2018.

In the March quarter, ore mined volumes and carats recovered were as expected, but waste mining was lower than forecast at just under 4 Mt.

Lucara said performance stepped up “considerably” during the June quarter – with 4.4 Mt of waste mined – and continued through the month of July, the first full month of transition between Moolmans and new contractor Trollope Mining Services.

As a result of this, waste mining was still expected to be within guidance (13-16 Mt) for the year, while diamonds recovered were expected to total 270,000-290,000 ct.

Lucara said of the contractor transition: “The addendum provides for a transition period of up to six months to allow for a new mining contractor, Trollope, to gradually assume responsibility for both ore and waste mining from Moolmans, with full responsibility for all mining activities to be the responsibility of Trollope as of January 1, 2019.”

Trollope, based in Johannesburg, South Africa, has previously worked with companies such as Exxaro, Anglo American, Harmony Gold and BHP.

Aveng Moolmans took over from former contractor Eqstra Botswana in 2017, which also had its contract cut short.

Cater Care expands Iluka partnership to Western Australia

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Australia-based Cater Care has been awarded the national catering and facility management services contract for mineral sands miner Iluka Resources.

The contract includes the catering, accommodation and facility management services at four of Iluka’s Australia sites.

Cater Care’s remote division has already worked at Iluka’s Jacinth-Ambrosia (South Australia, pictured) and Ouyen (Victoria) mines and, with this contract, will add Cataby and Eneabba to its Western Australia contract portfolio.

Chief Operating Officer of Cater Care’s remote division, Denis Andre, said: “Our integrated approach to service delivery means we focus on all aspects of remote life, which we know has its own unique set of requirements. It’s also why we believe we’ll add real value to their two new sites.”

Iluka Head of Business Development Julian Andrews said Cater Care’s submission showed a good understanding of the market and presented a solution that met Iluka’s business requirements.

“Cater Care’s submission to bring all of our remote site catering, accommodation and facility management services under one contract was the best we received. Cater Care have shown a commitment to delivering high quality food and services at Jacinth-Ambrosia and Ouyen for the last 10 years and we look forward to that continuing at Cataby and Eneabba,” he said.