Reactive maintenance cost in mining services operations
Reactive maintenance is the most expensive way to run mining services operations, and under-managed sites often sit around 40 to 60 percent reactive against a well-managed target below 20 to 30 percent. Every point shifted from reactive to planned cuts emergency labour, expedited parts, and the downtime that follows.
40% to 60% reactive is common in under-managed sites. Well-managed target: below 20 to 30%.
What keeps reactive work high in mining services operations
- Conveyor and crusher failures that stop the circuit, not just one asset.
- Mobile fleet availability gaps that strand production.
- Shutdown scope growth and overrun that blow the budget and schedule.
- Parts and logistics delays that turn a short repair into a long outage.
How to reduce it
Estimate the recoverable value with the free reactive maintenance cost calculator, then follow the steps to reduce reactive maintenance.
Ranges on this page are practitioner estimates drawn from operational experience across heavy industry, provided for orientation. Your actual figures will differ. The Diagnostic measures them against your own CMMS and downtime data.
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