Mining Logistics
There are four stages to a mining project, each with its own characteristics and requirements:
- Technical and environmental studies in which work is carried out in the field to establish the project’s feasibility and the effects of its implementation.
- Project creation and mine preparation with the development of any infrastructure necessary for implementation.
- Operations and extraction.
- Mine closure.
The information contained within the download document is designed for mining logistics and supply chain managers, purchasing and dispatch officers, logistics co-ordinators, inventory controllers, contracts officers, port managers, as well as mining project directors, mine construction and operations managers, logistics consultants, and any other individual involved in materials handling and storage in the mining sector.
The mining industry requires comprehensive logistics services and solutions to enable smooth transportation of materials from mines, processing plants and inventories to railways, ports, ships, and finally to the destination markets.
Mining logistics solutions and services include:
- - Cargo shipping, ship chartering and bareboat contracting
- - Heavy-lift, break bulk, towage, and stevedoring services
- - Heavy-lift, break bulk, towage, and stevedoring services
- - Heavy machinery shipping services
- - Mining floats, dollies, trailers, rigid crane trucks, liquid tankers, and side-tippers
- - Customised ore wagons, and bottom and side dumpers
- - Customs clearance, container handling, warehousing, and transit services
- - On-board load and discharge supervision
- - Helicopter transport service
- - Customised coach, bus, and transport services for mining site personnel
- - Logistics consultancy, planning, survey, and project management
