MAXAM TIRE
KGHM – CASE STUDY
Maxam Mining Group has multiple mining customers in the western U . S ., Australia , South America , and Canada that have already chosen to give the majority share of their tire needs to Maxam as it continues to outperform its competitors . “ Our products perform closely with our competitors while delivering a lowest costper-hour / mile ,” explains Vice President Matt Johnson .
“ One of the mine locations of KGHM has been very pleased with our products and the experience of working with Maxam . As mining managers are always looking for ways to maximise an operation ’ s efficiency , they are looking for tires that help reduce costper-hour . We guaranteed our tires to perform within 90 % of the tier-one tires KGHM was using with 20 % savings in cost-per-hour . Our tires ended up performing on par with the tier-one tires ' they have and are projected to meet or exceed those tire ’ s hours .
“ In addition to our products delivering guaranteed performance and exceptionally lower in cost-per-hour , we guaranteed our integrity as well by providing the best warranty in the business . Should a customer be unsatisfied with our tires or the performance doesn ’ t meet what was promised , we will provide credit to the customers through the dealership , and they can seek other solutions . Other manufacturers usually send another new tire as a form of warranty while we provide our customers with the freedom to make their own decisions .”
Tracking the trends “ Mining is set to boom for the next three to five years ,” forecasts Maxam Mining Group ’ s Vice President Matt Johnson . “ It has been booming for the last seven or eight years . Even throughout the pandemic , it was growing . What you ' re seeing is a lot of mining sites investing in their future , which means developing new projects and sending people in the field to do this . Any time mines open a new project or develop a new pit , it creates challenging situations where it ' s harder to cut through the gamut of operations , where it ' s rough , and it ’ s wet . There ' s fractured rock , which is like a hot knife through butter for a tire . Those are the types of challenges we work through being in this business .”
Maxam helps its customers select the right tire for the terrain and what speeds they can run to maintain a certain tire life . “ The mining industry is focused on costper-tonne in production ,” notes Johnson . “ At the end of the day , no matter what field you ' re in when supplying to a mine site , you will be measured by cost-per-tonne . In the tire world , that can be defined by cost-permile . So we continually focus on pricing our tires appropriately and putting the correct compounding TMPH ( tonne-miles-perhour ) or TKPH ( tonne-kilometres-per-hour ) capability in that operation to ensure our customer gets to the absolute lowest cost-per-tonne with production or costper-mile . Mines are heavily focused on the KPI side of things right now . We ' re echoing that to ensure we ' re doing what ' s right for sustainability within both industries .”
78 September 2021