Mining Logistics
Crane Worldwide Logistics provides the mining industry with global transportation solutions, integrated logistics, project management, and more. Our logistics services offer end-to-end solutions with real-time fleet tracking, supply chain mapping, and other services to help you better manage your business.
The best way to serve our clients is by providing them with the capabilities, tools, and resources needed to manage their business better. We are here for you every step of the way so you can focus on what matters most: your business and ensure your mine sites continue to operate effectively.
Mining is a complex industry, and it’s getting more complex every day. As the industry grows, companies need to find ways to scale their operations while improving efficiency and reducing costs, and that’s where logistics comes in. We offer comprehensive transportation and project logistics that cover everything from design to implementation and everything in between. We’ll help your team create a logistics solution that meets your needs, whether that means transport engineering, spot shipments, route studies, or fundamental cost impact analysis. Our goal is to help you achieve success so you can focus on what matters most: Mining!
Full-service logistics solutions for the Mining and Mineral Industry. Our experts can solve any size of supply chain challenge with turn-key project execution and flexible solutions to adapt quickly when necessary.
- Global Ocean, Air, Ground and Rail Transportation
- Oversized Cargo Transportation
- Chartering, Heavy Lift, Break Bulk, Stowage, and Stevedoring Services
- Warehouse Management and Material Control
- Supply Chain Design and Engineering
- Logistics Consultancy
- Complete Project Management
- Risk Analysis
- Cost Impact Analysis
- Transport Engineering and Route Studies
- Infrastructure Conditioning
- Analysis of Quality, Health, Safety and Environment (QHSE) Systems
- Customs Management for Project Cargo
- Reverse Logistics
- Global Control Towers
- Emergency Response Management
- Cargo Insurance
We provide reliable and respected logistics to take care of your mining needs. Our experts have identified common challenges across every stage of a mining project, the in-depth exploration, feasibility study, construction, commission, and decommissioning phases to develop customized and scalable solutions to optimize mining supply chains worldwide. Our expertise can support mining organizations regardless of the stage they act on.
- Mine prospecting, drilling, and extraction companies
- Machinery and tool suppliers
- Mineral processing plants
- Mineral importers
- Mineral exporters
- Mineral processing plants
- Civil engineering contractors
Our mining and mineral experts have developed and tested a full suite of logistics solutions to solve many of the issues that mining companies face during the lifecycle of projects. We leverage the latest supply chain technology to address these challenges:
- Managing Logistics to and from remote locations
- Managing complex, multi-modal freight requirements
- Asset utilization for railcar fleets
- Managing risk
- Lack of dedicated resources and systems
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Vendor Management
Managing a diverse set of vendors in today’s global supply chain while adhering to all regulatory and performance benchmarks is getting increasingly complicated. With an established network of vendors, we can assure our clients that vendors have been vetted and evaluated continuously through effective performance monitoring. This enables our clients to focus on cost reduction, service quality, and risk mitigation to extract additional value from vendors across the contract life cycle to:
- Reduced administration
- Improve the quality of your service
- Reduce your costs and Leadtime
Everything you need to mine
For more than 20 years, Supply Direct has been adding value to operations in mining, exploration and civil engineering throughout Africa. If you rely on moving equipment and related supplies and consumables, we understand how to ensure your mine is operating efficiently and productively in remote locations. We have excellent relationships with local and international suppliers and focus on zero downtime as well as the safety of our people and everyone we work with.
Over the years we’ve handled everything from giant earthmoving equipment to the pots and pans required to set up a new camp mess. We can even source OEM or a mining component remanufacturer. We treat each and every order as if it were our own reputation on the line.
As a single source mining supply company, we have everything you need. Call us if you don’t see what you want.
Mining
Supply Direct has all the mining equipment you need including:
- Mining Machinery
- Engines
- Machine Components and Parts
- Service Vehicles
- Mobile Equipment
- Ground Engaging Tools
- Hydraulic Hose and Fittings
- Hydraulic Cylinders
- Filters
- Lighting Towers
- De-watering Pumps
- Survey Equipment
- Safety Equipment
- Steel
- Pipes
- Light Vehicles
importance of logistics better than anyone else.
We know excellent supply chain management forms the very backbone of mining companies and mining contractors. Our experience gives us the ability to partner with each client and anticipate their long-term needs. We’ll challenge your thinking to enable you to remain ahead and achieve a strong competitive advantage.
https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en/knowledge/publications/8c508ab3/global-supply-chain-challenges-and-energy-shortages-and-their-impact-on-pf-mining-projects
Mining companies are facing a number of problems stemming from the continued impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic and the current volatile geopolitical and economic conditions. Labour shortages, port congestion, a lack of container availability, extraordinary shipping costs, the ongoing war in Ukraine, widespread inflation, raw materials shortages, energy shortages and the increased demand for natural resources (and the equipment required to mine and process the same) have all led to unparalleled levels of supply chain disruption, production constraints, and increased construction and operating costs.
In particular, mining companies are faced with overburdened supply chains which are, on the face of it, not willing to bear the typical time and cost risk allocation required by thinly capitalised project companies raising finance to fund the development of their projects.
On top of this, rising input costs (such as energy and raw material supplies) are rendering cost estimates in mining companies’ feasibility studies non-reflective of reality. We are seeing increases to energy costs having both a direct impact on the operating expenses of the projects themselves, but also on the cost of production of the raw materials used in construction. This results in reduced production of such raw materials and, coupled with increased demand for such materials in part due to the energy transition, this is creating significant availability shortages.