NEWS / edition 12
Editorial
Juan Andrés Errázuriz
CEO
News
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ENAEX IS DISTINGUISHED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE DSJI MILA PACIFIC ALLIANCE
Late last year, Enaex received the news that for the fifth year, running the company was included in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) and today, a brand new milestone is set regarding this important rating.
For the first time, Enaex was acknowledge as member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) MILA Pacific Alliance 2020, positioning itself as one of the leading companies in sustainability in the Pacific Alliance region in Latin America (Colombia, Peru, Mexico and Chile).
Let’s keep on working to make Enaex a more sustainable, conscious and responsible company with the environment and the development of the communities where we operate!
FRANCE
DAVEY BICKFORD ENAEX WILL BE PART OF DOCUMENTARY ON METALLURGICAL INNOVATION
On March 10, 2021, a professional team makers film on behalf of the UIMM (French employers’ federation that brings together the main French companies in the metallurgy sector) came to our Davey Bickford plant in Héry to make a promotional movie about innovative companies in our geographical area.
In an industrial sector in full transformation as regards the organization of work, tools and jobs (industry 4.0), our company is renewing, evolving, modernizing and recruiting with an ambitious target : to build the world of tomorrow.
After an interview with Dominique Verduyn, Operation Director, the film crew took several shots and videos in our workshops. They also went to meet our employees at their workstations to speak with them. We would like to thank the staff interviewed for their dynamic participation, proof of their daily involvement.
The publication of this promotional film, scheduled for the end of spring, is a great opportunity to highlight our employees, our know-how and our pride of belonging to the ENAEX Group.
PERu
ENAEX PERÚ REFUERZA SUS LAZOS CON SUMMA GOLD
Since early April, Enaex Peru started delivering blasting services, extending their aid to the customer Summa Gold. This wanted and challenging milestone will allow the development of our world class services through mentorship in the sites with the objective to improve the customer’s business. Before this new contract, Enaex provided Summa Gold with electronic detonators and technical assistance.
CHILE
VIRTUAL REALITY ARRIVES AT DAVEYTRONIC®
Since the beginning, Enaex has always been innovating to provide the best solutions to customers. These innovations go hand in hand with our purpose of humanizing mining, together with the needs of customers who require an electronic initiation system for blasting with maximum performance and safety standards.
The conviction to deliver high technological standards in our products has led Daveytronic® to position itself as the leading detonator and electronic initiation system in the most relevant mining markets worldwide.
Along these lines, the team responsible for the support of VP Services Chile’s electronic detonators along with specialists in the field developed a new training methodology using virtual reality (VR). This makes it possible to create scenes and objects that look like a mine blasting operation, giving the user a realistic feeling thanks to the VR glasses and the equipment’s own command controls.
The benefits are multiple since it will now be possible to standardize the competencies of users with interactive and easy-to-learn training processes; conduct simulations under real errors; and reduce implementation times, giving faster solutions to customers with personnel leveled in knowledge for their operations. In addition, there is complementary material in the Enaex Academy platform for our collaborators.
CHILE
RIO LOA PLANT DIGITIZES ITS INVENTORY THANKS TO BOM PROJECT
Digital Transformation has arrived at the Rio Loa Plant to stay. The areas of Maintenance and Procurement joined forces to create the BOM (Bill of Material) Project, which seeks to digitize the physical assets of the complex and generate a library to identify and record even the smallest component.
With the help of SAP’s Plant Manager module, a tree of materials is produced with its corresponding code so that it can be navigated from the most general to the most specific aspects. This makes it possible to map 100% of the physical assets and identify spare parts that are critical for the operation of the complex located in Calama, and at the same time, keep the stock up to date.
Another benefit of BOM is that it allows loading preventive maintenance plans for each piece of equipment for the automatic generation of work orders, freeing up manual, repetitive, and low value-added work for the planner. In addition, historical analysis can be made for each piece of equipment thanks to the maintenance record that is generated and to have total traceability of equipment maintenance and spare parts used.
In the words of Julio Guerra Fernandez, Production Manager of Rio Loa Plant, this project has come to strengthen our asset management system and the safety of our processes within the framework of PSM (Process Safety Management), which will give us a clear improvement in the operation reliability of each of our production processes.
SOUTH AFRICA
ENAEX AFRICA SETS A NEW MILESTONE WITH IMPORTANT CLIENT
United Manganese of the Kalahari, (UMK) is a South African mining company and one of the top 3 Manganese exporters in South Africa and has the largest Manganese ore deposit globally, being one of the most important clients of Enaex Africa.
The Enaex Africa Mining Services UMK team achieved an exceptional milestone by carrying out a record blast in the Northern Cape at the UMK’s J-Block Pit. Not only was a record set for the highest number of detonators fired in a single blast in South Africa, a record was also set for the highest number of detonators connected to a single DaveyTronic Blast Driver, (DBD). The blast comprised a total of 3,618 DaveyTronic detonators of which 1,469 detonators were connected to a single DaveyTronic Blast Driver DBD.
What makes this achievement even more impressive is the fact that there were no leakages identified during the blast and the fragmentation was excellent and most importantly, the whole process was conducted safely. This achievement underscores the importance of collaboration and planning.
NAMIBIA
PRILLEX PLANT SHIPMENT ARRIVES WITHOUT SETBACKS TO NAMIBIA
Last edition we informed the unprecedented shipment of Ammonium Nitrate from Prillex Plant to the African continent, setting a milestone for our company. Today, with pride, we inform that the 3,300 tons of product arrived without setbacks to its destination Walvis Bay, Namibia. The imported product will be use by Enaex Africa to continue providing world-class services to the customer Beifang Mining and Technology Services Namibia and also will serve as a back-up for the Sasol Prill plant in the future.
BRAzIL
ENAEX DONATES EQUIPMENT TO HELP FIGHT THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN BRAZIL
Last March, aligned with our priority: life, Enaex Britanite donated three cardioverters to the city of Quatro Barras, where the company’s headquarters are located, to care for patients infected with SARS-Cov-2. Such equipment, used to normalize and stabilize high cardiac rhythms, adds up to an investment of more than BRL 48,000 and is being essential for the emergency care of patients in the region. This action reinforces our commitment to our values and our dedication to supporting the communities in which we operate. Check out the acknowledgement video from the City Hall of Quatro Barras to Enaex.
BRAzIL
ENAEX BRITANITE CONDUCTS INTERNAL AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON WATER CONSUMPTION
To mark World Water Day, on March 22, Enaex Britanite held the Conscious Water Consumption Week between March 22 and 26. The initiative aimed to raise awareness among employees about the importance of this resource, which is essential for life and is scarcer in each generation. Employees were invited to participate in a quiz with questions about water consumption and to share which attitudes they adopt in their daily lives to contribute to saving water. At the end of the week, the results were determined; those who reached a minimum score participated in a prize draw. Water saving tips sent by them were published on our intranet so that everyone can access and practice them as well. Congratulations to the employees of Enaex Britanite for doing their part and contributing to save this valuable resource!
MeXICO
ENAEX MEXICO ONCE AGAIN HELPS RED SOLIDARIA
Enaex Mexico joined forces with Red Solidaria (a non-profit organization with presence in several countries) for giving food every fourth Sunday of the month to the homeless, especially immigrants who lives beside the railway in Hermosillo, Sonora. The Aztec subsidiary provided food, dessert and bottled water.
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