Shutdown improvement for large iron ore processing plant

A processing facility at a large iron ore miner in the Pilbara was struggling to deliver steady state production given some substantial maintenance debt

To meet increasing customer demand the site was also required to rapidly ramp up to 60Mtpa, with the processing facilities being the bottleneck in the entire value chain

It was identified that a lack of structure and management across the shutdown cycle was leading to shutdown over-runs and a poor task completion rate

Implemented a proven shutdown management framework to provide structure and governance:

mapping clear business processes tailored to the organisation

delivery of tools and templates to standardise and reduce waste

developed shutdown improvement intranet site with links to all required documents and templates creating visible tracking mechanisms for team members and the senior leadership team

roles and responsibilities reset to support the processes