• MRM specialises in providing mining engineering technical services.
• The majority of work undertaken is with operating mines - either for direct management in day-to-day operations, implementation of new systems, or long-term strategic planning.
• MRM Mining Services has 20 permanent staff, backed by Runge's 300+ staff worldwide.
• Based on our firm appreciation of the fundamentals of how to plan and run mines efficiently, MRM senior staff provides advice to the highest levels of management on the direction and structuring of mine development as well as priorities for efficient allocation of resources.
• The flagship software product of the group - the XPAC database and scheduling module system - is a mine planning and scheduling system which will undertake all of the day-to-day data handling requirements in mine planning. It is operating in over 90 large underground and open cut mine sites world wide. This means that MRM staff have continual feedback from operating mines.
• In addition to extensive use of XPAC Database and Scheduling with the group, there is a strong emphasis on the techniques, embodied in the XPAC Mining Systems to optimise productivity of equipment and mining methods and to direct developments into mining areas yielding maximum returns.
• MRM planning methods integrate costing and financial analysis techniques into all aspects of mine planning, so profit-orientated planning decisions are made.
• The company and associates have a client list of over 80 major companies in southern Africa and worldwide. Hence the experience base of the group and its staff is extensive.
• The group specialises in mine planning through to financial evaluation. Since this often comprises the majority of the technical work in a project, typically MRM personnel play a pivotal role in co-ordination of complete evaluations. MRM offers a complete co-ordinated service to suit specific project requirements using associated companies, which can be called upon as required. Associated services include geological assessment and management consulting.
• Increasingly, our clients are finding that MRM can provide an efficient and cost-effective service where previously on-site personnel would have been used. As the sophistication and cost benefits of computerisation in mine planning becomes more evident to mining companies, this trend is expected to continue.