One of the biggest obstacles in mining is the disconnect between mine sites and the corporate office. Historically, a mine might use one set of tools to track onsite production and stockpiles, while head office relies on separate ERP and reporting systems for sales and finance. The result is redundant data entry, out-of-sync information, and constant reconciliation efforts to get a clear picture of the truth.
An integrated mine-to-market platform bridges this long-standing gap by uniting operational and commercial data in real time. In the case of our Western Australian miner, breaking down these silos was a top priority. Before integration, each site’s data lived in its own silo, and teams often found themselves emailing spreadsheets back and forth to reconcile numbers. It was not uncommon for the mining crews and the finance department to have conflicting figures for stock levels or shipments, leading to confusion and distrust of the data.
After implementing a sophisticated, integrated solution– Datamine’s MineMarket – the company effectively connected its mine sites with the corporate systems. Production data from the pits now flows seamlessly into the central database used by finance, sales, and management. This single source of truth eliminated the version-control nightmares of the past. The payoff was immediate: no more duelling spreadsheets or multiple “sources of truth” – everyone from the mine geologist to the CFO works with the same up-to-date figures. According to the company’s Project Delivery Manager for IT, unifying data in this way has vastly improved cross-department collaboration and efficiency. The operations and finance teams are now “speaking the same language,” with MineMarket automatically reconciling what’s happening on the ground with what’s recorded in the books.
About MineMarket
MineMarket provides comprehensive management of the mining value chain, combining material tracking, logistics management, complex sales and marketing, and commodity trading into a single solution. Used by geologists, engineers, supervisors, transport operators, port operators, marketing desks, and traders, it ensures traceability throughout the mining value chain, covering transportation, material purchases and sales, invoicing, and trading. With real-time monitoring of market fluctuations, profit and loss metrics, and accurate transaction tracking, MineMarket supports informed decision-making and offers maximum market transparency. Flexible and analytics-driven, MineMarket supports bulk commodities, precious metals, and base metals, including concentrates and discrete units. Whether used out of the box or tailored to specific mining operations, MineMarket is a key risk management and profit optimisation tool. Read more about MineMarket here.
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