Peter Crane has 32 years of experience in delivering capital infrastructure for the mining sector, oil and gas, public infrastructure and defence. He is a mining engineer and then went into maritime engineering. He learned a lot of disciplines in the maritime sector and moved closer to a project management function.
Having run a lot of large projects. His question is always, “Why are we doing this?” In the excitement of large projects, the objective seems to be lost and is not looked at closely enough.
Peter helps companies how are committed to significant capital expenditure projects. Too much time and money is wasted from inefficiencies. He is passionate about efficiency and cost savings. The world has finite resources of all types.
The word sustainability is poorly used. It is not just about the environment. It should mean making the best use of what we have
In the mining sector, The opportunities for the future are with the mid-size companies. Battery minerals and rare earths such as lithium are where a lot of the energy is now focused. No matter how environmentally concerned people are, they cannot go without the new and emerging technologies. All these require rare earth and technology essential minerals. These are finite and how they are used needs to be as efficient as possible.
Countries like Australia who are mining minerals, should do more processing onshore before exporting the products. Value-adding to the minerals is providing an exciting future for the mining sector.
From a skills perspective: Products pulled out of the ground need to be refined. Therefore process engineers and industrial chemists will be in greater demand. STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) jobs are in increasing demand. The demand for technicians at a much higher level is going to be in great demand.
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