OZ Minerals

About

OZ Minerals operates the Prominent Hill copper-gold-silver mine located in the central north of South Australia, 130 kilometers south-east of Coober Pedy. Prominent Hill, which has been operating since 2009, is transitioning from an open-pit mine to an underground operation and has a mine life to 2028. OZ Minerals is also developing one of Australia’s largest copper-gold resources at Carrapateena in South Australia, and has a pipeline of local and international exploration projects.

Background

We spoke to the Systems Administrator at OZ Minerals’ Prominent Hill operation about their workforce and environmental management and their journey from requirements gathering to selecting the right solution and finally reflecting on the outcome of this.

When asked about the software they were using to manage their workforce and environment, they outlined that they had individual software/spreadsheets in place for:

• Flight and accommodation requirements
• Risk management
• Incident reporting
• Environmental obligations
• Online training requirements
• Stakeholder communications
• Each system ran independently of each other and required a separate System
• Administrator. Keeping personnel records in each system up to date was a challenge
• with the multiple systems