Mineral processing will always be a somewhat unattractive extract high energy-intensive industry. But, with help from suppliers, there are opportunities for contributing to greater sustainability and reduced carbon footprint. What is the total cost to use a high carbon footprint consumable wear product? It’s not as simple as the invoice price, which may well be less than 20% of the true cost to use and in some cases that have been fully explored, it’s been proven to be less than 5%.

As an industry that needs to improve its sustainability knowing the full costs and impact on all stakeholders of high carbon footprint consumable products is now a necessity. However, life cycle costing and true TCO cost models are somewhat problematic in that it’s not a simple one size fits all solution, but rather an individual model needs to be created for site location and specific applications. The Core cost drivers selected on one site may give a good guideline for other sites with the same equipment, but the Auxiliary drivers will vary based on jurisdiction and site-specific issues.

We work with our customers to develop site-specific cost models in the core expertise areas in which we work with the view of proving that “using less steel less often” and “maximizing the production capacity of installed assets” has significant benefits to all parties.

We are willing to partner with customers to work on the areas within our core business to maximise efficiency and productivity and document the results.

We follow ISO 26000, Core Subject: Consumer Issues:

• Issue 1: Fair marketing, factual and unbiased information, and fair contractual practices
• Issue 2: Protecting consumers’ health and safety
• Issue 3: Sustainable consumption
• Issue 4: Consumer service, support, and complaint and dispute resolution
• Issue 5: Consumer data protection and privacy
• Issue 6: Access to essential services
• Issue 7: Education and awareness