Overhead Crane Advisory for Mine & Mill Expansions
Concentrators, mills, crushers, hoist houses and process buildings run cranes that are difficult to reach, expensive to shut down and often located far from service support. CAG reviews the crane scope for mine and mill expansions on the owner's side — duty, maintainability, spare-parts strategy and vendor capability for remote sites.
When you need this
Signals it's time to engage CAG.
- A concentrator, mill or hoist-house crane is being specified as part of an expansion
- Duty class and maintainability need to be tested against a remote-site reality, not a catalogue
- Spare-parts strategy and service support for the site have not been defined
- Vendor proposals differ widely and the differences are not visible in the pricing
- Crane availability sits on the critical path for a mill shutdown or ramp-up
What we deliver
Concrete outputs, not just advice.
- —Heavy-duty specification review tied to the actual duty cycle and process criticality
- —Maintainability, access and serviceability review for remote and confined installations
- —Spare-parts and service-support strategy for the site
- —Vendor capability and proposal evaluation on a common technical basis
- —Shutdown and ramp-up input on crane availability and contingency
Remote sites punish specification shortcuts. A crane that is one duty class light will run for a few years and then consume shutdown windows; a crane with poor maintenance access will quietly convert every routine task into a planned outage; and a supplier without regional service capability turns a common component failure into a multi-week production loss. Those are specification and evaluation decisions, and they are made before the order.
Quick reviews: specification reviews and vendor evaluations across multiple proposals are turned around quickly, with site attendance arranged subject to operator prequalification and access requirements.
CAG does not sell cranes, parts or repairs, and holds no supplier affiliation. Findings are written for the owner and the project team.
Standards referencedCSA B167, CMAA 70/74, ASME B30 series, provincial or state mining regulations and applicable owner site standards.
Self-audit checklist
Deliverables and turnaround
What you receive, and how quickly.
- Heavy-duty specification review — quick turnaround
- Vendor evaluation and scoring matrix — quick turnaround
- Maintainability and access findings with recommended changes
- Spare-parts and service-support strategy summary
- Fast mobilization ahead of a shutdown or capital gate
Frequently Asked
Overhead Crane Advisory for Mine & Mill Expansions, answered.
- Do you attend remote mine sites?
- Yes, including fly-in and remote operations, subject to the operator's prequalification and site access requirements.
- Can you review an existing fleet as part of an expansion?
- Yes. Expansions are often the right time to standardize duty classes, controls and spare parts across new and existing cranes.
- Do you perform inspections?
- No. CAG does not perform inspection, maintenance or repair work; that independence is the point of an owner-side review.
Where to go next
The logical next step.
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Maintainability and spare-parts strategy for remote sites. Crane Specifications & RFQ.
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Evaluate vendor proposals for concentrator and mill cranes. Independent Bid Review.
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Ongoing support once the expansion is operating. Mining Crane Advisory.
Ready to talk about your crane decision?
Independent, owner-side review. No obligation, no sales pitch.
Before you approve the quote, make sure it is solving the right problem.
CAG independently reviews major crane proposals, repairs, modernization projects and replacement recommendations so owners can make informed decisions before committing capital.