Advise

In an era where industry challenges are reshaping the way we work and demanding innovation, DRA are here to lead the way. Our diverse team, includes business strategists, engineers, and specialists in various technical domains. We bring together a wealth of knowledge, spanning mining, processing, engineering, business improvement, and systems control. With a shared focus on strategic, technical, and operational excellence, we stand ready to take on the challenges of today, transforming them into the opportunities of tomorrow.

HOW DRA CAN HELP MAKE A DIFFERENCE FOR YOUR PROJECT

Portfolio Excellence

Ensuring Early-Stage Value

​Navigate the complexities of Mineral Economics with confidence through our specialized services tailored for owners. Our team is dedicated to conducting meticulous due diligence, providing invaluable insights that empower decision-makers to make informed choices. With a commitment to excellence in project delivery, we ensure that every aspect of mineral exploration, extraction, and processing is executed with precision and efficiency. Trust in our expertise to optimize your mineral ventures, safeguarding your investments and fostering success in the dynamic landscape of mineral economics.

  • ​Due diligence for investors
  • Mineral Economics for Owners

OPERATIONAL READINESS

Bridging Construction to Production​

Building on the expertise gained over the past 25 years of operations and maintenance project, our operational readiness approach influences technical design from early stages of projects (pre-feasibility into detail design) through the definition and considerations related to the impact of the future operating environment and future operational steady state strategies. Operational readiness defines and builds the operating support capabilities for the operational ramp-up through to operational steady state, creating the opportunity for early alignment between organization (business management), engineering, operations, and the support environment. 

  • Assessment & Definition​
  • Management & Implementation Support​ 

Operational Excellence

Design, Embed & Value Engineer Digitalisation​

DRA advisory through our capital project excellence offering, looks to assist clients from a owners engineering perspective focused on addressing and assisting clients with both brownfield and green field Capital project delivery challenges. These challenges take on many forms with some of the main contributors being limited governance and oversight, increased scale of project portfolios, lack of realistic budgets from the outset, and the proliferation of business-unit silos. By Leveraging over 3 decades of experience in design, engineering, capital projects, and outsourced operations, we look to address these challenges through the incorporation of practical experience and innovative thinking. DRA’s Advisory offering provides value-adding capital project excellence services in the following key areas.

  • Opportunity identification and validation via Value Stream Assessment
  • Establish performance visibility and analytics
  • Enhance performance monitoring and actions

Asset Care

Excellence in maintainability and operability

Elevate your operational efficiency with our excellence in maintainability and operability services. Through Maintenance Maturity Assessment and Improvement, we ensure the longevity and reliability of your assets. Conducting Equipment Criticality Analysis, we identify and prioritize key components, guiding strategic decision-making. Our expertise extends to the development and optimization of Asset Care Plans, fostering proactive maintenance practices. Additionally, our thorough Asset Operability and Maintainability Assessment and Improvement processes guarantee the seamless functionality and extended lifespan of your assets. Trust us to enhance your operational performance and maximize the reliability of your infrastructure.

  • Maintenance Maturity Assessment & Improvement
  • Equipment Criticality Analysis 
  • Asset Care Plan Development & Optimisation
  • Asset Operability & Maintainability Assessment & Improvement

SUSTAINABILITY SOLUTIONS

Sustainability & ESG Strategy & Deployment

Embrace sustainability and advance your Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives with our comprehensive strategy and deployment services. We begin by defining the business context, ensuring a tailored approach to meet your unique sustainability goals. Through meticulous assessments and strategic alignment, we align your business practices with sustainable objectives. Our expertise extends to integrating reporting standards, providing transparency and accountability. Trust us to deliver comprehensive Assessment and Compliance Reports, guiding your organization towards a responsible and resilient future. Partner with us to seamlessly integrate sustainability and ESG strategies into the core of your business operations.

  • Business Context Definition​
  • Assessments and Strategic Alignment
  • Reporting Standards Integration
  • Assessment and Compliance Reports 

Contacts

Contact our team of Mining Specialists, Engineers and Consultants to find out more about our Advisory services

Matt van Wyk
Matt van Wyk
Managing Director, Advisory

Advisory Solutions

Around the world, mining and minerals companies face unprecedented levels of change and disruption. Rising market volatility and uncertainty; increasing technical complexity; a growing skills and knowledge gap; sustainability, ESG and decarbonisation pressures; and the drive for successful digital transformation, are but some of the converging forces with which the industry must contend. The ability to manage these shifts and harness the opportunities they present will determine whether companies survive or thrive.

John Holmes
John Holmes
Sustainability Solutions Senior Management

Sustainability Solutions

The mining, minerals and metals industry is crucial to a low-carbon and resource-efficient future. We focus on helping clients across the globe work towards world-class sustainable mines of the future that minimise their physical and environmental footprint while simultaneously delivering value to all stakeholders, including shareholders, the host nation, local communities and employees. To do this, we consider the impact across the entire value chain for sustainable mining solutions with a balance between economics, environment and social impact.

Arend Hanekom
Arend Hanekom
Vice President Advisory: Operational Readiness

Operational Readiness

Ensure operational readiness with a comprehensive focus on asset maintenance, efficient operations, safety, health, environment, risk, and quality (SHERQ), streamlined supply chain processes, robust system functionalities, and a commitment to environmental, social, governance, risk, and compliance (ES-G-RC) and sustainability. Embrace cutting-edge technology and automation for enhanced efficiency in processing, and align organizational design and development to foster a resilient and adaptable structure. Uphold high-quality standards through rigorous quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) measures, ensuring a seamless and well-prepared operational environment.

Ryan Wilson
Ryan Wilson
Vice President Advisory: Project Delivery

Portfolio Excellence

Navigate the complexities of Mineral Economics with confidence through our specialized services tailored for owners. Our team is dedicated to conducting meticulous due diligence, providing invaluable insights that empower decision-makers to make informed choices. With a commitment to excellence in project delivery, we ensure that every aspect of mineral exploration, extraction, and processing is executed with precision and efficiency. Trust in our expertise to optimize your mineral ventures, safeguarding your investments and fostering success in the dynamic landscape of mineral economics.

Allan Champion
Allan Champion
Vice President Advisory: Asset Care

Asset Care

Elevate your operational efficiency with our excellence in maintainability and operability services. Through Maintenance Maturity Assessment and Improvement, we ensure the longevity and reliability of your assets. Conducting Equipment Criticality Analysis, we identify and prioritize key components, guiding strategic decision-making. Our expertise extends to the development and optimization of Asset Care Plans, fostering proactive maintenance practices. Additionally, our thorough Asset Operability and Maintainability Assessment and Improvement processes guarantee the seamless functionality and extended lifespan of your assets. Trust us to enhance your operational performance and maximize the reliability of your infrastructure.

Johan Oelofse
Johan Oelofse
Vice President Advisory: Operational Excellence

Operational Excellence

DRA advisory through our capital project excellence offering, looks to assist clients from a owners engineering perspective focused on addressing and assisting clients with both brownfield and green field Capital project delivery challenges. These challenges take on many forms with some of the main contributors being limited governance and oversight, increased scale of project portfolios, lack of realistic budgets from the outset, and the proliferation of business-unit silos. By Leveraging over 3 decades of experience in design, engineering, capital projects, and outsourced operations, we look to address these challenges through the incorporation of practical experience and innovative thinking. DRA’s Advisory offering provides value-adding capital project excellence services in the following key areas.