Tag Tarrant Elkington
Planning For the Average Is Planning To Be Average – Part 2
Tarrant Elkington General Manager at Snowden In my last article, I talked about the fact that there is a lot of value left on the table by failing to model relationships in your optimisation input parameters. That, by planning for the average,…
Planning For the Average is Planning to be Average – Part 1
Tarrant Elkington General Manager at Snowden In an earlier post I talked about the importance of the block value calculation and how it is the heart (and mind) of mine optimisation. Here is the simple (and brilliant) formula: BV = [(P-S)RG –…
The Most Meaningful Image in Mine Optimisation
Author: Tarrant Elkington, General Manager It has been said that a picture tells a thousand words. I find this is particularly true in technical disciplines. My question for the day is: which image tells the most meaningful story in mine…
Feliz Año Nuevo de Snowden
¿Quién podría haber anticipado los desafíos a los que se enfrentaría el mundo en 2020? En marzo, en Snowden (como muchos otros) no estábamos seguros de lo que COVID-19 significaría para nuestro negocio, nuestra gente y nuestros clientes. Hemos sido…
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Interview Series: Tarrant Elkington
Tarrant is the Global Manager at Snowden, based in our Perth office. We asked him a few questions to get to know him better. Can you share a bit about yourself? I consider myself a mining analyst. I like to…