Efficient Mining Operations Summit

AMC Consultants is a proud sponsor of the 6th edition of the Efficient Mining Operations Summit 4-5 May 2023.

Dominic Claridge and Johnny Mercer-Royce from our office in Maidenhead (UK) will represent AMC at this Summit and will also present and participate in panel discussions.

This year's hybrid event, based out of Barcelona, will cover a number of topics incuding:

Continuous improvement mine to mill
Drill-and-blast optimization
Blasting simulation
Effective mine planning and engineering
Operationalizing sustainability

AMC Consultants - Bronze Sponsor

Johnny Mercer-Royce

Principal Mining Engineer

Short bio

Johnny has more than ten years’ experience as a mining engineer and a financial analyst. This includes operational experience in underground gold mining as well as open-pit mineral sands deposits. This operational experience is complemented by financial and market analysis for a variety of projects and commodities. At AMC Johnny has conducted multiple benchmarking and operational improvement projects for both open-pit and underground gold and base metal operations.

Day 1 - 4 May 2023, 14:10

Five Key Levers to Improve Margins and Beat the Cost-Price Squeeze

Cost management versus cost cutting.
KPIs and getting the most out of your production data.
Using predictive geometallurgy for a better understanding of your orebody.
Undertake strategy optimization and leave break-even behind.
Mine planning practices to align operations with strategic intent.

Featuring a Q&A with Johnny Mercer-Royce

Event details

Day 2 - 5 May 2023, 9:15

Welcome address from the chair of the day

Chair of the day: Dominic Claridge

Day 2 - 5 May 2023, 13:30

Panel discussion: The Secret to Effective Mining is Optimization

Panel discussion leader: Johnny Mercer-Royce

Summit schedule

Dominic Claridge

Principal Mining Engineer

Short bio

Dominic has more than 30 years of experience in operations, project management, and consulting in precious and base-metal mining across Australia, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Dominic has considerable experience in underground and open-pit mining operations, having worked for many years on mine sites and then progressing to project management and C-suite executive. His experience working with a mix of junior and mid-tier mining companies has provided him with a multitude of skills in relation to all aspects of project development studies across a broad range of commodities.

Five Key Levers to Improve Margins and Beat the Cost-Price Squeeze

27 Nov, 2022

The high metal prices that have prevailed for most of the last decade have triggered a chase for production. This has compounded the fundamental scarcity in some key inputs, such as experienced and skilled labour, and has been pushing costs up over time. But recently, this has been accelerating, due in part to Covid-locked borders and supply chain issues, geopolitical factors such as war, and most recently sky-high inflation. We are now seeing the prices for many minerals, while still relatively high, come off their recent peaks. The combined effect of increased costs and lower prices is squeezing margins.