Survey finds Latin American mines least satisfied with cost of maintaining EOM equipment

Online data, analysis and advisory services firm Timetric has found that mines throughout Latin America are dissatisfied with their original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs) over cost-related factors, in particular maintenance and servicing costs. In the survey ‘Winning and Retaining Business in the Mining Equipment Sector in Latin America, 2015', conducted by Timetric’s Mining Intelligence Centre (MIC), more than 100 key decision-makers at operating mines throughout the continent gave their OEMs low satisfaction ratings for cost-related factors.