NEWS / edition 17
EDITORIAL
OUR STRENGTH: INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
On September 29th, more than 1200 people from a dozen countries and service and production plants connected via streaming for the launch of the value Our Strength: Innovation & Entrepreneurship. In an event full of motivational storytelling, the start was given to a period of time where everyone is invited to live innovation, open their minds, make a difference and be inspired by customers to find solutions to resigned problems.
After some opening remarks by Enaex CEO, Juan Andrés Errázuriz, the Vice Presidents of Innovation & Star-Ups, Miguel Ángel Peña; Customer Experience and Digital Transformation, Pablo Wallach; and HR & Sustainability, Patricia Valenzuela, discussed –together with Juan Andrés- the importance of this value and how each of the collaborators has the capacity to innovate from their role.
In addition, they stressed the importance for the innovation process to generate trusting environments through respect for diversity and collaboration. In this regard, our agility and customer focus must go hand in hand with an entrepreneurial spirit, where perseverance to solve problems and maximize the business is the north.
This conversation gave way to the international speaker on innovation, Founder and President of Innspiral and Magical Startups, Iván Vera, who in just over 30 minutes showed that innovation is a possible for everyone, not only for geniuses, calling to seek solutions to resigned problems and not to slow down the transformation speed that the company has had in the last 10 years.
Everyone is invited: innovation is for everyone! #LiveIt #ExtendYourMind #LetsBeTheDifference #CustomerInspired. Our Strength is Innovation and Entrepreneurship!
NEWS
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Global
MANAGEMENT CONTROL AND IT JOIN FORCES IN IMPORTANT BUDGET INNOVATION
In an example to follow of the value Our Strength: Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the areas of Management Control and IT worked together to create a new digital platform so that all Cost Centers in Chile, Peru and South Africa can build a budget in a collaborative and easy-to-access way, leaving behind the Excel spreadsheet.
The new online planner does not require a VPN, which allows many more people to access it and, since it is not a massive Excel spreadsheet, it only relies on personal Internet access to run. Likewise, the database update is faster and the loading of the resources is in real time, thus meeting the budget needs of three large subsidiaries in a more optimal way.
Ezomar Uzcategui, from the Prillex Plant, points out that “it is a breakthrough that facilitates the loading and revision of the budget formulation. It is dynamic, ensures that the data is updated in real time, and also gives you the advantage of backing up your information in XLS”. In turn, Markiño Loayza, from Peru, comments that, by not changing the original Excel formats, the uploads are simpler and do not require coming up with new formats and that “it has brought with it a change of paradigms to which we have to adapt”.
Franco Traverso, Manager of Management Control, values that this new planner will make the creation of budgets a more agile and independent process for each country. “I would like to highlight the fundamental role played by Juan Munita and Carlos Ortiz (IT), together with Eduardo Toro and Eva Ossandon’s team in this project, always seeking to apply today’s technologies to make the task of internal clients simpler,” concludes Franco.
SOUTH AFRICA
MINING WEEKLY MAGAZINE INTERVIEWS FRANCISCO BAUDRAND, CEO ENAEX AFRICA
During October, the important South African mining magazine Mining Weekly talked with the CEO of Enaex Africa, Francisco Baudrand, where they discussed a variety of topics ranging from Enaex’s purpose in humanizing mining to how to contribute to the development of South Africa.
In the conversation, Baudrand commented on the importance of continuing to improve the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) program, the link with the community by being a socially responsible company, replicating Enaex’s global culture and the role of technology in humanizing mining.
Read the interview following this link.
BRAZIL
ENAEX BRAZIL TESTS BUTTERFLY PROJECT AT THE CUSTOMER PEDRA BRANCA ESCAVAÇÕES
The Electronic Initiation team of EMTS Brazil, together with the client Pedra Branca Escavações, carried out tests on the new Daveytronic Swift –from the Butterfly Project- during September. A total of 14 shots were fired with this new electronic initiation system developed for blasting in underground mining.
At the hydroelectric plant, located in Alto Farías, Santa Catarina state, the objective of this test was to evaluate the performance of the new product and compare the results with regular processes. After the test time, the Brazilian EMTS team concluded that the Daveytronic Swift brought a positive performance in all evaluated points: it optimized the feed rate, reduced overbreak and underbreak, and substantially improved the safety of the operation –in line with our purpose of humanizing mining.
Fernando Golin, the client’s consultant, highlighted the benefits identified: “the product is easy to use and our team learned quickly. In addition, the average advance rate was very good and the quality of the excavation edge improved greatly due to the precision of the new detonator –a very important item in explosives engineering- just to mention a few of the advantages of the new system”.
Meanwhile, Rafael Serrão, coordinator of EMTS Brazil Electronic Initiation Systems, commented that “the results of the Daveytronic Swift were surprising, which makes us look forward to 2022 with great expectation to obtain new customers –especially in underground mining- and show them the value that this innovative product can deliver to operations”.
CHILE
ENAEX RECEIVES “HONOR OF CITIZEN MERIT” FROM THE MUNICIPALITY OF MEJILLONES
In a ceremony held at the Cultural Center, the Municipality of Mejillones gave the “Honor of Citizen Merit” to Enaex for its outstanding work and support to community organizations through various initiatives, whose objective has been to address issues relevant to social organizations.
The award was given to Gerardo Carrizo, Enaex’s Corporate Social Responsibility analyst at the Prillex America plant, located in the area, who was nominated by neighborhood leaders who, in turn, highlighted his commitment to generate links between social organizations and Enaex, as well as for “seeking solutions and helping in every area needed”.
Claudio Yévenes, Vice-President of Enaex’s Chemical Businesses, thanked for the recognition and highlighted the community work carried out in Mejillones. “We are very proud and happy for this recognition given to us by the Municipality of Mejillones, granting us the Honor of Citizen Merit for the outstanding work and dedication that our collaborator Gerardo Carrizo Torres does on behalf of Enaex, as well as for the support given by our company to community organizations and neighborhood councils during the almost 40 years of Enaex in the area”.
Yévenes emphasized that, for the company, “this recognition symbolizes the work done in collaboration with the communities where we operate, always seeking to contribute to sustainable development by taking an active role in the generation of shared value. This recognition also reinforces that the work done on site with dedication and conviction is the way to go. This motivates us even more to continue working hand in hand with our communities, as has been the hallmark of Enaex”.
FRANCE
HÉRY PLANT: OYNX PROJECT IN FULL SWING
The Héry plant in France has launched the Onyx project, which aims to move into Industry 4.0. This plan aims to completely eliminate paperwork by dematerializing all data entry, have a real-time visualization of performance and non-quality, have available the right, necessary and updated information, and lastly the easy use of data and documents from a single repository.
PERU
CACHIMAYO PLANT WENT INTO MAINTENANCE
From September 1 to 25, the Cachimayo production complex went into general maintenance after 2 years of operation. The purpose of these works was to guarantee the plant’s operation until May 2023.
The main works were the heating and cooling of the Nitrogen Plant, the change of catalyst in the ammonia plant, the chemical washing for the recovery of precious metals in the nitric acid plant, the general maintenance of compressors and equipment and, lastly, the adjustment of electrolyzer tie rods (Hydrogen Generator).
All these works were carried out with safety measures based on HSEC-PSM standards, meeting the goal of 0 accidents.
BRAZIL
ENAEX BRAZIL JOINS THE OPEN INNOVATION PROGRAM BRDE LABS
During 2021, Enaex Brazil joined an open innovation program for the first time, called BRDE Labs. The objective is, together with local technology companies, to find solutions to productive and digital transformation challenges.
This initiative comes from the Regional Bank for the Development of the Extreme South, and aims to accelerate the development of innovation in southern Brazil. Through the initiative, Enaex Brazil organized five internal challenges to which more than 40 companies from all over the country presented solutions.
Of these 40 companies, four startups were chosen to carry out a proof of concept (POC) between October 18 and December 3, 2021. These selected POCs emphasized the improvement of both quality and agility in the preparation of fire plans and blasting services; increased productivity in the different plants thanks to cloud monitoring of emulsions levels in storage tanks; efficiency in the management of electricity costs and investments; and increased productivity of various inspection/audit routines.
After validating the solutions presented, the plan for 2022 is to expand Enaex Brazil’s participation in similar initiatives in search of solutions for different challenges of the company.
ARGENTINA
500 WOMEN IN MINING STARTS ITS SECOND STAGE
After having started last August, Enaex Argentina’s 500 Women in Mining project began its second stage. The first 19 women who are part of the program concluded their training as Mining Operators and advanced to the Training of Explosive Experts with the course “Use and Handling of Explosives”, delivered by Enaex and which will be taught in a practical and theoretical way through the Enaex Academy platform.
The launch event of this stage was online and was attended by important guests such as the Minister of Labor, Employment and Social Security and the Minister of Production, Commerce and Industry of the province of Santa Cruz, Teodoro Camino and Silvina Córdoba, respectively; the President of the Provincial Council of Education, María Cecilia Velázquez; also representing Enaex were the Vice President of Latam East, Antonio Cyrino; the Country Manager of Argentina, Esteban Palchevich; the Head of Sustainability, Josefina Díaz, among others.
