Andrew Cooper, energy specialist at New Gold's New Afton mine said it's vital to get employees thinking about energy savings.

One offered wisdom in rhyming couplets, the other threatened to eat mining companies whole. While the two keynote speakers who opened each day’s events at the Maintenance, Engineering and Reliability/Mine Operators Conference (MEMO) 2019 took different approaches, both advocated for the benefits of total systemic, company-wide changes to improve mining operations.