NEWS / edition 10
Editorial
Juan Andrés Errázuriz
CEO
Miguel Ángel Peña
VP INNOVATION & START UPS
News
Because together we build history, we invite you to review some Enaex’s news.
global
The first Global Panel Discussion was a success
More than 460 people, from 11 different countries and 5 continents joined the first global panel discussion on January 13th. Our CEO, Juan Andrés Errázuriz, Vice-president of HR and Sustainability, Patricia Valenzuela, talked for over an hour and a half with the Chilean philosopher, Carolina Dell’Oro about the lessons learned last year and the challenges this 2021.
The pandemic marked a turning point for many companies, forcing many of them to change policies that will need to maintain in the future. “TRIP or RIP” was the example used by Carolina Dell’Oro to point out that the employers must join the new way of working to avoid failure. “The difference between both words is the T of trust. Without trust you will sink”.
She appreciated the mission Enaex has to humanize the mining industry, “it is a huge challenge for the future, and Enaex already has an advantage because the value of life is deeply rooted in every level of the organization”, said the Chilean philosopher.
Meanwhile, Juan Andrés Errázuriz and Patricia Valenzuela valued the efforts made in 2020 and highlighted the reciprocal concern among colleagues in the recent months. “It has been tough months, but the team spirit between our employees in every subsidiary has been breath-taking” remarked Errázuriz.
CHILE
Enaex asserts its presence in the MassMin 2020
The eighth edition of MassMin took place in Chile last December, and due to the pandemic, the event was held virtually, with over 700 people registered and the presentation of 1,400 papers. This is the most important congress in underground mining worldwide. It is held every 4 years and the most relevant breakthroughs that have been made in such a period of time are presented therein.
Enaex made a presentation on the important progresses in blasting in large scale mining during the last years. Danko Morales, Underground Mining Manager, was in charge of this presentation. He provided details of the great technological innovations and safety in the matter throughout the 100 years of Enaex.
The talk entitled “Past, present and future of blasting technologies for mass mining” was marked by a review of the history of national mining and how our company has actively collaborated in the industrial development of this activity, which is very important to the local economy.
Mainly, the great technological innovations focused on providing the client with greater productivity and safety for people who work in the mines on a daily basis were highlighted. For example, the Mine-iTruck and Robominer, which allow for 100% remote controlled blasting, the Milodon Factory Trucks, the Ubex One, which allows for the mechanical charging of pumped emulsions that can be gasified in situ, especially for the development of tunnels, or Enaex Bright, which will provide recommendations according to the specific conditions of each location, bringing to life the famed Industry 4.0.
This was a great way to end the year of our 100th anniversary!
CHILE
Punta Teatinos Plant reaches a new record
Excellence is our obsession. This is shown not only in the top standards of technological and service quality or working with high accountability and honesty, but also in our productions plants, where our employees strives day by day to improve the manufacturing of our products.
Punta Teatinos Plant achieved an important production record in December 2020. The complex located in La Serena, Chile, reached 4730 tons of production, increasing by 33% the average, fulfilling with pride the entire team.
¡Congratulations to the entire team for the huge effort made and ending 2020 in a great way!
CHILE
Rio Loa and Teatinos Productions Plants, committed with Safety and Quality
During 2020, the Administration and Staff of Rio Loa and Punta Teatinos worked hard to improve their Security and Quality index, achieving better ratings than the average of the last 5 years.
Last year, they celebrated different activities to reinforce our safety culture, working in the field in teams and conducting exhaustive examinations to the manufacturing process to end 2020 without Accidents with Time Lost.
Events such as Walk For Life, day and night shifts Leaderships, meetings of leaders, daily 5 minutes meetings, among others, helped to achieve the goals. Despite the pandemic, they were able to intensify, not only the COVID-19 protocol, but to keep the virus under control in both plants.
On the other hand, in the Quality area they aimed to lower by 50% the amounts of non-compliances with customers, numbers that will allow them to continue improving towards operational excellence to reach standards of a global company.
Without doubt, being closer, listening to our customers, meetings with suppliers, and delivering a comprehensive assistance, helped to achieve the plants objectives. Congratulations!
PERU
Enaex and Anglo American on their way to gender equality
In the mining industry in Peru, the female workforce represent only nearly the 7%. Although it is a small number, is a trend that has increased in the last years in the Peruvian country. Encouraging numbers, but not enough.
With this mission, Enaex Peru and Anglo American Peru, reached an important agreement to reduce the gender gap at Quellaveco Mine. Enaex will increase female employments up to 50% of the total staff in every position, including Mobile Manufacturing Units.
This policy involves a trainee program for every operation for their subsequent integration to the blasting services. Today, this program has progressed in a 50%.
This isn’t the first initiative of Enaex regarding gender equality in South America. During the second semester of 2020, in alliance with the Chilean Industrial Mining Training Center, three courses were carried out in the north of Chile. In addition, there is a project in Santa Cruz, Argentina aiming to incorporate 500 women into the industry.
Being committed to LIFE, also means to be committed to the social development of every person in our society in an equal way. Congratulations Peru!
BRAZIL
Enaex Brazil does an end-of-year live stream to celebrate with collaborators
Singular times require new ways to get connected. That is why on December 17th, 2020, Enaex Brazil did a celebratory end-of-year live stream with the participation of collaborators from our headquarters and facilities throughout Brazil. That was our way to strengthen the union of our team and thank them for their dedication during a year of overcoming many challenges. The online event included live music, a festive giveaway with prizes and gifts for all collaborators.
BRAZIL
Enaex Spirit Recognition Program: Brazil awards 34 collaborators
In January 2021, 34 collaborators who stood out in 2020 for their commitment, attitude and respect to our company values and culture received the Enaex Spirit Award from their managers. Our acknowledgement and huge thanks for their active contribution to our company progress towards ever-increasing excellence levels. Congratulations!
FRANCE
Davey Bickford Enaex launches a safety program
In Davey Bickford Enaex, The Pyrotechnic culture is a paramount component of our company. Understanding the fundamental nature of pyrotechnics is essential in order to guarantee the performance of our products and the safety of our employees and users. To promote their knowledge, internal trainers conduct training modules on the main characteristics of primary and secondary explosives, pyrotechnic compositions, propellant powders, their uses, operation and the characteristics of initiators.
Finally, in order to understand better the safety rules concerning pyrotechnic products, we have developed, in partnership with the company Woonoz, an apprenticeship program called DB Safety School.
DB Safety School is the result of a long collaborative effort between the HR, HSE and CHEMICAL teams, who have worked hard to provide a tailor-made solution that fits perfectly with our needs. Within the apprenticeship program, our work environment is reproduced, and the situations described are based, among other things, on events already encountered in the past. This approach is intended to be very efficient for an easier anchoring of reflexes.
Our partner, the company Woonoz, is specialized in memory anchoring; as experience shows that it is very difficult to change the behaviors of employees.
In this sense, our training program DB Safety School is based on Memory Anchoring which is a pedagogical approach and a technological platform based on the one hand, on research in cognitive and behavioral sciences, and on the other hand on AI (Artificial Intelligence) engines allowing to individualize learning pathways.
This allows:
– To guarantee the sustainable retention of knowledge and the acquisition of good behavioral reflexes.
– Adapt learning pathways according to the initial level and capacities of everyone, in order to optimize the learning time required.
– To certify all employees: the final evaluation can only be validated after having followed the entire training program and having anchored each key point.
Davey Bickford Enaex uses all the means available to protect the company and its employees. This robust and effective approach has been set up to protect its employees and prevent them from putting themselves in danger, which in turn protects the company.
Every employee will be trained, whatever his or her job at Davey Bickford Enaex. The training course is divided into 7 modules: Knowing Pyrotechnics, my safety and that of others, moving safely, handling dangerous products, Executing in complete safety, At my workstation, Dangerous situations.
In line with our commitment to LIFE, in the application of our value of INNOVATION and to continue our good results in safety, this training will help us to maintain the ZERO Accident objective.
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