Reduce mining and asset maintenance cost, improve asset performance, productivities and safety in contract mining applications with DCCM.

Tacmin Madini Australia (Pty) Ltd, a Perth-based boutique project management consultancy that offers expertise and resources in delivering mine readiness, asset management and digital transformation services to mining, engineering, contracting and business consulting firms, has launched its Digitally Connected Contract Mining (DCCM) solution, a cloud-based application designed to optimise mobile asset performance, improve productivities and safety and reduce mining and asset maintenance cost.

One of the most salient features of Tacmin’s DCCM solution is that the platform was built from the ground up by drawing from expertise that has applied the technology to harsh equipment operating conditions with significant success for several decades. Our DCCM solution is designed to target the most critical elements associated with less efficient mining applications, namely; operational readiness, asset performance, equipment maintenance, mine plan and budget conformance and management control. By combining Remote Asset Management solutions with Remote Operations Management, not only do our clients benefit from cost-efficient, safe and well-run contract mining applications, but also our guarantee of sustainable Lean Construction and Mining from procurement to close-out.

Data must be collected where it’s generated, and it often comes from a wide geographical area. We collect and transmit data using a wide range of sensors and data communication technologies, including innovative wireless sensor design. We use wireless, satellite or wired data transmission technologies to securely transmit data from sensors. Our most comprehensive data acquisition system (which is IP67 rated, shock and vibration proof and military-grade) comes fitted with a 3G modem and router that is configured to send data to our Cloud. It also has an onboard historian which stores data through the truck route. 

Fundamentally, the DCCM solution combines and enhances the aforesaid capability with Tacmin’s Mine Readiness Management System (MRMS). In addition to all the features associated with MRMS, with the aid of DCCM, we collect, monitor and report real-time asset performance for static and mobile equipment, including but not limited to management of asset data, predictive maintenance analytics, equipment operating monitoring and generate asset performance dashboards. Tacmin’s DCCM solution is designed to bring full transparency of contract mining operations to management, fostering engagement and accountability across the organisation. We excel at making complex data, such as analytical algorithms, accessible and easy to use by busy executives on any platform in any location. We design and develop graphical user interfaces and dashboards that can be used company-wide – from the ‘shop floor’ to the boardroom.

With no upfront capital required for mobile assets and of considerable value-add to both contractor and mine owners, DCCM means our clients meet their ramp-up curves, production targets and budget forecasts, improve safety and reduce implementation costs. The intuitive interface to Tacmin’s DCCM promotes sound project governance with multilevel, real-time management reports, built-in change management capability, and a host of tools for necessities like package execution, benchmarking, auditing, decision analysis, progress control and team interaction. With factual activity-based data, it is the single point of project status that is tracked in real-time and analysed by leading mining and project management industry professionals.

"Not only is our ultimate goal to let your mining operation achieve efficiencies near or similar to autonomous mining but to deliver this at a fraction of the cost associated with autonomy and should this be viable, pave the way to phase in autonomous solutions through cost savings realised."