27/10/2026
After 44 years in this industry, starting as a HD fitter, Operator, Mine Manager, through to "C" Suite roles – these are the four questions I'd ask any crushing contractor before letting them on my site:
1. Who answers the phone at 2am Sunday morning when the plant stops?
2. How do you manage safety on the ground day to day – who's leading it, and how do you check it's working?
3. What's your plan when the feed or the scope changes?
4. How do you keep the plant running – what's your maintenance systems look like?
At Performance Crushing the answer to the first one is me! The other three all come back to one mantra: Measure – Monitor – Manage.
We measure everything – tonnes, uptime, wear, product spec, safety – monitor it every shift, and use what it tells us to manage the job and keep improving.
Happy to show anyone planning a 2027 campaign how that works on site.