“Our share prices have gone up from about $15 or $17. A lot of that is the improvement in the overall business. The other part is the expectation by the investors that we are going to operate effectively and USCCG is helping us do that.” – Mining Company

Featured Clients

  • Barrick Gold
  • Cleveland Cliffs
  • INCO
  • North American Palladium Ltd.

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Satisfaction Ratings

Clients Give USCCG High Marks

USCCG Client Satisfaction Ratings (Through 9/22/11)

Overall Satisfaction 95.9 percent of USCCG clients expressed overall satisfaction with the firm with 81.0 percent saying they were “extremely” or “very” satisfied.

Case Histories

Fertilizer producer wanted to leverage ERP system to improve maintenance management.

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Testimonials

"Last summer, USCCG conducted a productivity improvement study in the pot rooms to increase hot metal production. The end result was so successful that they were asked to conduct a similar study in casting." – Smelting Company

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Challenge - Turning Data into Information

As more and more investment is made in technology, the amount of data that pours in daily, hourly, or in real time from mining and processing of ore has increased exponentially over the past decade. There is a need to process this data into information that can be used to make decisions that affect operational performance as it happens and not after the monthly reports portray less-than-optimum performance.

What We Think

“Our Lean Information Control System, LINCS®, can provide real-time information, not just data, to various levels of the organization to help drive continuous improvement, which is critical to success in today’s business environment.”

– David Riggs, Mining Practice Leader

  • Open pit production and maintenance operations including gold, coal, copper and iron ore
  • Underground production and maintenance operations including gold, copper, nickel, lead, zinc, potash and platinum
  • Mill, smelter and refinery production and maintenance
  • Materials management including inventory investment, warehouse, internal and external supply chain
  • Long- and short-term mine planning and engineering
  • Capacity and resource planning
  • Increased throughput across all assets
  • Lower operating costs and unit costs
  • Upgraded organizational capabilities
  • Improved utilization of investment in technology
  • Reduced equipment PM cycle times – mine and mill
  • Improved OEE, utilization and reliability
  • Improved attainment to weekly/ monthly annual mine plans
  • Streamlined LOM, budgeting and capacity planning process
  • Reduce truck and shovel PM cycle times