Meet the man who wrote the book on mining maintenance

When it comes to maintaining valuable mining equipment, Gerard Wood has a simple but successful theory. “It’s really not rocket science,” the 51-year-old managing director of Brisbane-based company Bluefield said. In fact, Mr Wood argues most maintenance issues can be fixed with a few simple changes. “In reality, maintenance should be a fairly smooth process and you can generally fix most issues by keeping things simple,” Mr Wood said. “Problems mainly occur when standards are allowed to slip, so it really comes down to the culture of the organisation. “...