Independent logistics consultancy business –

• Supplies total supply chain (logistics) operational planning and cost assessments to companies interested in evaluating bulk minerals transport options by road, rail, overland conveyors, air, barges and/or sea from the origin point (mine, quarry) to the destination point (port/processing plant) within continental Australia and internationally.

• Assesses the existing road network and the road transport capabilities in terms of task and operational reliability as well as the road legal requirements.

• Assesses existing and potential air-related supply chain/logistics facilities (airports, storage and distribution facilities, operators and equipment, etc.)

• Assesses the existing rail network, potential corridor paths, virtual trains, task optimisation within the parameters defined by the rail network owner, rolling stock optimisation, crew cost estimates, infrastructure and/or additional infrastructure cost estimates (crossing loops, parking loops).

• Assesses the port unloading, storage and ship loading capabilities.

• Negotiates road and rail haulage contracts on behalf of its customers.

• Develops direct shipping solutions, assessing shipping locations, transport infrastructure needed, ways to ship the product to destination, estimating the project’s CAPEX and OPEX.

• Develops and runs transport optimisation models, assesses logistics management systems, assesses automated data gathering software packages for the materials handling, storage, road, rail, shipping operations related to the mining industry.