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Mining Contractor & Contract Management Training Course

Focuses on contract mining: agreement types, pricing per tonne, contractor selection and performance indicators, rather than maintenance or service contracts.

MFC · Mining Finance, Commercial & Value ChainAll Levels#3083ClassroomEnglish , Arabic
Duration
5 Days
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Sectors:Mining & MineralsCategories:Mining Finance, Commercial & Value Chain

Course Overview

The Mining Contractor & Contract Management Training Course equips mine owners, contract managers, commercial teams, and government officials with the knowledge needed to plan, award, and manage the contracts that move rock at a mine. Many operations, especially new mines in the Gulf and Africa, rely on contractors for drilling, blasting, loading, hauling, and development, so performance, cost, and safety often depend on how well those agreements are written and run. A poorly structured agreement can reward moving tonnes over following the mine plan, hide the true cost of rework and dilution, and leave the owner with little visibility of what is happening in the pit, while a well-structured one aligns both parties around safe, planned, and measurable production. The course focuses on contract mining agreements and their performance indicators, not on maintenance contracts or general service agreements. Participants compare owner-operated mining with full contract mining, partial contracting, alliance, and target cost models, along with EPCM and related project forms. They study how rates per tonne or per volume are built, how rise-and-fall adjustments work, and how to allocate geological, volume, and access risk fairly. Participants then follow the contract through its life: scope and mine plan linkage, tendering, bid evaluation, mobilization, measurement and survey, payment, productivity and availability KPIs, HSE performance, variations, claims, liquidated damages, dispute resolution, and demobilization. Local content and community expectations complete the scope, along with the owner's team capacity needed to manage a contractor well. The course is delivered through contract case studies, rate build-up exercises, claim simulations, and a final workshop. Participants leave with a contracting strategy template, a bid evaluation matrix, a KPI scorecard, a claims log format, and a contract management plan.

Learning Objectives

  • Compare owner-operated mining with full and partial contract mining models for a given operation.
  • Develop a contracting strategy that fits the mine plan, risk appetite, and local contractor capacity.
  • Define scope, responsibilities, and interfaces between owner and mining contractor to reduce later disputes.
  • Explain how rates per tonne or volume are built and tested for reasonableness against site conditions.
  • Allocate geological, volume, access, and price risks between the parties through clear contract terms.
  • Plan tendering, contractor selection, and bid evaluation with sound governance and procurement integrity.
  • Set productivity, availability, cost, and HSE indicators in the contract and link them to incentives.
  • Manage measurement, survey reconciliation, and payment processes against verified records.
  • Control variations, rise-and-fall adjustments, and rate reviews as the mine plan changes.
  • Assess and respond to claims and apply dispute resolution steps from negotiation to arbitration.
  • Manage mobilization, local content, community, and demobilization obligations from award to close-out.
  • Prepare a contract management plan for the life of the agreement, including roles and reporting.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for mine managers, contract managers, commercial and procurement managers, project managers, cost controllers, and technical services staff who plan, award, or supervise mining contracts. It is equally relevant for mining contractors' managers and tendering teams, and for officials in ministries of mining, mining authorities, and national mining companies overseeing contractor arrangements on state-linked assets or reviewing how such arrangements perform. Professionals in legal, audit, and advisory roles serving mining clients, along with HSE managers responsible for contractor performance on site, will find the course directly applicable. It is particularly valuable for new mines in the Gulf and Africa choosing between owner and contractor operation, and for organizations resetting a contract that is not delivering the expected tonnes, cost, or safety results. No hands-on field experience is required.

Learning Outcomes

  • By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
  • Choose between owner operation and contract mining for a given mine and justify the choice.
  • Draft a contracting strategy that fits the mine plan and local contractor capacity.
  • Define scope and interfaces to reduce disputes with the contractor during operations.
  • Review a contractor's rate build-up and identify unrealistic assumptions before award.
  • Allocate geological, volume, and price risk through clear contract terms.
  • Run a fair tender, evaluate bids against weighted criteria, and document the award decision.
  • Build a KPI scorecard for productivity, cost, and HSE performance tied to the mine plan.
  • Reconcile survey measurement with contractor payment claims.
  • Manage variations, rise-and-fall adjustments, and rate reviews as the mine plan changes.
  • Assess claims and respond with sound contract records.
  • Prepare a contract management plan through to demobilization and handover.

Course Outline

Course Outline:

Day 1

Contract Mining Models and Strategy

  • Owner operation, full contract mining, and partial contracting compared
  • Alliance, target cost, and EPCM forms and when they suit a mine
  • Drilling, blasting, load and haul, and development scopes from a manager's view
  • Building a contracting strategy around the mine plan and risk appetite
  • Owner's team capacity needed to manage a mining contractor
  • Local contractor development and local content expectations
  • Governance of the make-or-buy decision and when to revisit it during mine life
  • Practical application: participants choose a contracting model for a new open pit
Day 2

Scope, Pricing, and Risk Allocation

  • Defining scope, battery limits, and owner and contractor interfaces
  • How rates per tonne or per volume are built, including fixed and variable elements
  • Haul distance, ground conditions, and schedule of rates structures
  • Rise-and-fall formulas for fuel, labor, tyres, and explosives
  • Allocating geological, volume, access, and weather risk
  • Equipment ownership, fleet age, and replacement obligations
  • Testing a rate against the mine plan, cycle times, and comparable work
  • Practical application: participants build and challenge a contractor rate for a haulage scope
Day 3

Tendering and Contractor Selection

  • Market engagement and prequalifying mining contractors
  • Tender documents, mine plan data, and information to bidders
  • Technical, commercial, HSE, and financial evaluation criteria
  • Normalizing bids and comparing cost across different assumptions
  • Procurement integrity, conflict of interest, and governance of the award
  • Negotiating and finalizing the contract and mobilization plan
  • Parent guarantees, financial capacity, and bid security as selection safeguards
  • Practical application: participants evaluate competing bids with a scoring matrix
Day 4

Performance Indicators and Payment

  • Productivity, fleet availability, utilization, and cost per tonne indicators
  • HSE leading and lagging indicators in contractor performance
  • Grade control, dilution, and quality of mining work as contract measures
  • Measurement, survey reconciliation, and verified payment records
  • Incentives, liquidated damages, and performance reviews
  • Designing indicators that reward following the mine plan, not just moving tonnes
  • Monthly performance meetings, reporting formats, and corrective action tracking
  • Practical application: participants build a monthly contractor KPI scorecard
Day 5

Variations, Claims, and Contract Close-Out

  • Mine plan changes, variations, and rate reviews
  • Claims for ground conditions, delay, and standby time
  • Contract records, notices, and the claims log
  • Negotiation, expert determination, arbitration, and dispute avoidance
  • Suspension, termination, step-in, and demobilization
  • Handover of records, site areas, and lessons learned for the next contract
  • Final workshop: participants prepare a contract management plan and resolve a simulated claim

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