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2019's biggest operational challenges

The mining industry has seen numerous improvements and challenges that include commodity price fluctuation, workforce turnover, new technologies entering the industry and a laser focus on improving operating costs. Moving forward in 2019, Myrtle Consulting Group’s John Pocock says it is important to look at the four most significant operational challenges we still face and ways to overcome them

John Pocock
2019's biggest operational challenges

1. Managing adoption of digitisation and automation strategies Turning digitisation and automation into a reality is becoming a necessity for operational effectiveness and performance in the areas of...

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