"What we"re looking at is people who do ordinary things extraordinarily well. We haven"t found mecca in relation to maintenance, but we have found pockets of excellence."

Steve Wood, PT Inco, Indonesia engineering and support services manager

"Getting EPCM contractors aligned to company needs and requirements is not so easy in the current climate. These people measure their performance on delivering on time and on budget but as pressures bear on them and OEM components are not available, for example, if manufacturing time is longer than expected and shipping will further delay their delivery, and a cheaper version can be made available in a shorter time, then they are taking that."

Sandy Dunn, Plant Maintenance Resource Centre founder ( Australia )

"To implement new technology, business processes have to be in place and it's then that everything will follow. This makes a powerful combination."

Otakar Pogacnik, Falconbridge , Canada , reliability and maintenance management director.

 Sponsors of the GEMMS 2006 conference were Sandvik, CAT Global Mining and Metso Minerals. Pictured is The ASIA Miner editor Yolanda Torrisi with Metso Minerals Asia Pacific marketing manager Ben Suda, left and Sandvik Asia Pacific region manager Roger Jansson.