Summary Report
SURVIVAL 2000 CONFERENCE
1.0 Introduction pp 3-4 2.0 Overview of Presentations pp 5-7 3.0 Keynote Address - Securing a Framework
for Growth pp 8-14 4.0 Newmont's Gold Medal Performance
Initiative pp 15-17 5.0 Goal Focussed Change at
Falconbridge pp 18-19 6.0 Sunshine's Move to
Mechanization pp 20-21 7.0 Mining Review
Initiatives pp 22-24 8.0 Reducing Costs Using Continuous
Improvement pp 25-26 9.0 Understanding & Managing
Production Costs pp 27-35 10.0 Activity Based Cost
Management pp 36-38 11.0 Creating & Sustaining a Cost
Management Culture pp 39-42 12.0 Negotiating Equipment
Contracts pp 43-48 13.0 Practical Applications of Advanced
Maintenance Strategies pp 49-50 14.0 Breakthrough Operating Cost Reductions
for Global Miners pp 51-54 15.0 Using Supply Chain Management to
Reduce Costs pp 55-57 16.0 Customer-Vendor Relationships in the
Next Millennium pp 58-61 17.0 Mine Cost Modeling for Benchmarking
& Cost Analysis pp 62-65 18.0 Maximizing Value from Existing
Resources pp 66-69 19.0 New Technology Tires pp 70-72 20.0 Fleet Management
Systems p 73 21.0 Large Mining Truck Opportunities for
Cost Reduction pp 74-75 22.0 Reducing Costs with AC Shovel &
Haul Truck Drives pp 76-77 23.0 SGS Canada p 78
CASE STUDIES
James Carter, Syncrude
Canada
Mark Hart, Newmont Mining
Company
Warren Holmes, Falcolnbridge
Ltd.
Michael McLean, Sunshine Mining
& Refining
Pat Babulik, Inco Birchtree
Mine
Rob Platford, Inco
Ltd.
John Elliot, Continental
Lime
John Panos, Organization
Counselors Inc.
CONSULTANTS
Bruce Cavender, Advanced
Operations Management, Inc.
Sean Dessurealt, University of
British Columbia
Larry Dyer, LMD Consulting
Kelly Walker, Kelly Walker
Associates
Michael Robichard, Bretech
Engineering Ltd.
John Campbell,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Daniel May,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
George Attar, Andersen
Consulting
VENDORS
Ed McCord, Komatsu Mining
Systems
Mike Farrell, World Mine Cost
Data Exchange
Mike Lewis, Modular Mining
Systems
Barry Rexroad,
Bridgestone/Firestone
Paul Richard, Wenco
International Mining Systems Ltd.
Owen Mickelborough,
Liebherr-Canada
Walter Koellner, Siemens Energy
and Automation
Hugh deSouza, SGS Canada