Dry Mining Minerals for Ceramics

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Dry MiningMinerals for Ceramics

• April 2008

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Key Objectives

• The Dry Mining Project in the Western Area in
  Mineral for Ceramics
• Reduce energy consumption at sites by 10-30
• Reduce manpower up to 30
• Ensure a sustainable growth of our markets in
  Minerals for Ceramics by increasing mining
  capacity at our sites by 15

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Stakeholders and Users

• Finance - cost savings verification
• BZ Unit Manager - inline with business objectives
  and capital availability
• ESH for regulatory compliance and employee safety
  
• Employees/Mining Manager - id savings, implenet
  changes
• Mine Planning - aidentify savings
• Operation/Production Staff - budget and staffing
• Sales/ Marketing - key specifications and notify
  customers of any changes
• Process Engineering - impact on end products
• HR- employee reduction

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Project Parameters

• Time
• Complete project in one year from Approval
• Internal milestones will be set to ensure
  completion
• Quality
• No negative impact on the environment
• Maintain or improve Safety environmental, and
  Health standards
• Cost
• Project Cost 7M
• Assume less tha 3 yr payback
• Need 2.3M in cost reduction per year

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Key Constraints

• Technology Choices -
• three choices
• Will play A and B established technologies to
  reduce cost
• Evaluate c for Technology gains
• Different Corporate Cultures and work Standards
• Team Members will be assigned with expertise in
  those cultures
• Manage Change in Purchasing
• Will have dedicated buyer on project from
  Corporate Purch group
• Slowly phase out corporate purchasing Manager
• Define standards and range of Products
• Meet or exceed current specifications of wet
  process

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Key Milestones

• Select team
• Technology selection
• Verify cost and saving assumptions
• Project approval
• Construction
• startup
• Implement layoffs
• Closure and Post assessment

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