Leaving The Mining Industry In A Better Place Than We Found It
“Consultant – an expert in one or more areas who partners with a client to improve the client’s condition”
Alan Weiss
We couldn’t agree more Alan! We’re very focused on imparting our learnings and systems developed over the +100 years of experience we have within Insignia. Our ethos is to give back to the industry. The mining industry has been good to us, our aim is to pay it forward.
Here’s How We Give Back
Educational Content (or thought provoking at least)
We’re passionate about progressing the industry via our many years of trials, tribulations and learning.
So we’re constantly creating content to help mining stakeholders and we share that for free. This fits with our dual objectives of (i) leaving the industry in a better place than we found it, and (ii) giving back to the industry.
Below are examples of some of the content you can find on our site, there’s more at our page called Free Stuff.
Crimes Against Mine Planning
Our Director Mark Bowater has written this very popular book (5,000 downloads) on mine planning “crimes” he has come across in his +30 years in mining.
Our Blog
Read some (or all) of our huge range of articles from our team on a breadth of mining engineering issues.
Mine Planning Matters
Facilitated by our Director Mark Bowater, this podcast tackles all things mining engineering. It includes our team talking on a range of topics, along with guest interviews
In What We Do
We have structured Insignia Mining around teams that improve the state of our clients or the industry. If something is not adding value, we’re not interested!
Our value adding services:
Mining Consulting
We’re mining engineers at heart and fundamentally that is what we love doing and we love doing it well. So yes we carry out a wide range of mining engineering tasks in both design and scheduling areas.
Site Engineering Relief
There is a significant shortage of mining engineers in site roles and that’s where we can help. We have engineers with a range of skill sets and experience who all love working on site. Contact us today if you’re under-resourced.
Decarbonisation
Decarbonisation doesn’t just mean swapping to a greener fuel source. What about using less energy in the first place?! That’s where mining engineers come in, as we are about doing things smarter, not harder. We can help design your operation to use less energy, that’s where all decarbonisation should start.
Mentoring
Mentoring is “speaking from experience” and we have truckloads of that. Our two Directors have 65 years of hard earned smarts between them. Your team could learn from their own mistakes, but it’s much easier and more efficient to learn from others!
International Offices
There is an imbalance of mining engineers globally, with some nations such as Australia graduating insufficient engineers annually. We fix that imbalance by having offices in locations such as Jakarta to outsource Australian work to.
Technical Reviews
Our Directors Mark and Glenn both have over 30 years mining engineering experience each. They’ve also both carried out numerous technical reviews of mine site design, scheduling or whole of team functionality. Why not learn from their mistakes rather than making your own!
Mining Engineering Training
Mining Engineers are a dynamic bunch, if you’re not going to have them in one position for very long. So they need to be able to hit the ground running for the time that you do have them. That’s where we can help.
Professional Speaking
Looking for someone who can educate your audience about mine planning, without putting them to sleep. Our Director Mark Bowater has a gift at taking the complex and making it understandable. For those with no engineering background, through to experienced mine planners.
The 7th International Drill & Blast Conference 2024.
“Optimization of Artificial Intelligence & Digitalization in Blasting Industry”
Location : Bandung Jawa Barat
Value Guarantee
Our brand guarantee is that you will get value from Insignia mining services. If we’ve cost you more than the value we’ve added, then we’re not really giving back are we? And we haven’t left our client in a better place than we found them. In the rare instance that you might not be totally satisfied, then we encourage you speak to one of our Directors, as we’d love to understand and set out to repair that feeling.