SCM TREATMENT STRATEGY
by Peter Dugmore
1. Efficiency Improvement
1.1. Split Plant Maintenance shuts (Main vs AFS)
1.2. Stockpiling Strategies
1.3. Right material to right tip
1.4. Shift Change optimisation
1.5. Cut size optimisation
2. Treatment Factors
2.1. Scale up of Operation - Added Faces
2.2. Scale of Operation - Mining Efficiency
2.3. Scale up of Operation - U North
2.4. Scale up of Operation - G Schist South
2.5. Mining Technology Changes
2.5.1. D&B Mining
2.5.2. Surface Miner Dilution
2.6. Changes in Material Composition
2.6.1. Shell
2.6.2. Clay
2.6.3. Conglomerate
3. New Treatment Facility
3.1. Multiple Remote Plant
3.2. New Centralised Plant
3.3. Dedicated Conglomerate Facility
3.4. Centralised Bedrock Plant
4. Front End Capacity
4.1. In Field Screening
4.1.1. Wet vs Dry
4.1.2. Distance trade-off
4.1.3. Bottom and top cut sizes
4.1.4. Mobile vs Moveable vs Fixed
4.2. In Field Scalping
4.2.1. OEM - Mobile
4.2.2. OEM - Movable
4.2.3. Custom-made