FLS’s strategy begins with a strong global footprint, ensuring proximity to its customer base. (Image source: FLS)
Strong partnerships between mines and their supply partners are built on optimising the health of productive assets, which remain at the core of operational efficiency. Collaboration and partnership need to add value on both sides; where insufficient value is created, there can be little room for meaningful collaboration.
FLS’s strategy begins with a strong global footprint, ensuring proximity to its customer base. This allows for not only quick response times but also proactive maintenance strategies. Regular visits and continuous engagement support asset health beyond the traditional reactive approach.
A proactive stance brings benefits such as ongoing performance monitoring, training, and skills transfer – all of which contribute to long-term productivity and improved asset performance.
Beyond the capital acquisition stage, productive partnerships also enhance adaptability of the operation to the changing characteristics of ore bodies over time. These changes affect key feed parameters and influence the consumption of water, power, and reagents.
Partnerships are also rooted in a shared commitment to sustainability and in reducing the environmental impact of mining and processing activity. This includes minimising carbon emissions through energy efficiency. This means making the most of equipment capacity through technology that enhances efficient operation while increasing throughput. Leveraging advanced technology, such as LoadIQ mill scanner technology, enables operations to optimise mill capacity – delivering greater throughput from the same asset and power draw.
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Research and development are critical drivers of these sustainability efforts. Innovations such as FLS’s NexGen polyurethane screen panels are extending wear life by up to four times, supporting more efficient operations with longer periods between replacement and maintenance. This improves plant uptime, boosts efficiency, and ensures capital investment delivers the best value while minimising operating costs.
Recycling of wear parts is another important element of responsible asset management. While technologies like composite liners extend lifespan, eventual replacement is inevitable. FLS’s circular economy approach includes solutions for recycling worn liners, reducing waste in the value chain and supporting customers in meeting their sustainability requirements.
Digital advancements also play a vital role. FLS’s PerformanceIQ® provides a holistic platform that integrates asset health and performance monitoring. By linking condition monitoring and asset health, the platform ensures optimal performance. Continuous monitoring helps shift asset management from a reactive to a proactive approach, reducing downtime and enhancing overall productivity. AI and digital solutions empower operators with better insights, enabling data-driven decision making and proactive maintenance strategies.
Through these combined initiatives, FLS reinforces its role as a trusted partner, supporting mines in achieving sustainable productivity while optimising the health and performance of their assets.
