Rank the capital list against the people who have to deliver it
PPM Express gives mining companies one portfolio across sustaining capital, growth studies and technology programs at every site, scored on one model, gated through scoping, PFS and FS, and tested against the owner's team before the capital allocation committee commits.
Budget rarely runs out first. The owner's team does.
Sustaining capital keeps the fleet, the plant and the tailings facility where they need to be. Growth capital funds the pushback, the expansion or the new deposit. The technology portfolio carries autonomy, electrification and AI pilots the board wants to see move. McKinsey found that 83 percent of recent major mining projects hit cost and scheduling challenges. Underneath every line of the capital list sit the same study managers, discipline engineers and the few people who can manage an EPCM contractor.
Every site ranks on its own scale
A tailings buttress, a mill debottleneck and a pushback study arrive with business cases nobody can compare, so capital flows to the site that argues hardest.
Studies stall instead of ending
A study that stopped moving keeps its people and its budget line because no gate owns the kill decision.
The technology portfolio never meets the capital list
Autonomy and AI pilots are funded separately from the capital they compete with for the same engineers. PwC: 40% of mining CEOs say technology performance is below expectations.
Three steps, from site requests to one capital list you can defend
Bring every request into one portfolio
Sustaining, growth, compliance and technology requests from every site in one place; schedules and progress read from the tools sites already use. P6, EcoSys and SAP keep project controls.
Score and gate on one model
Weighted strategic and risk factors with published value ranges, so a score means the same thing at every site. Scoping, PFS and FS run as gates with named approvers and recorded decisions.
Test the list against the owner's team
Demand by role against capacity, in hours or % FTE, before the list is approved. The committee sees which combination of sustaining, growth and technology work can actually be delivered this year.
One ranked capital list, studies that end, and a trail the committee can follow
One ranked list across sites
Sustaining, growth and technology capital compared honestly on one model, not on the strength of each site’s argument.
Studies that end
Stopping is a funded gate outcome, and the capacity it releases returns to work that is moving.
A decision trail for the investment committee
The model, the weights, the scenarios compared, the one selected and the numbers baselined at approval stay available when the board asks why.
A portfolio layer, not a scheduler
P6, EcoSys, Unifier and SAP PS/PM stay where they are. PPM Express decides what gets approved and reads status back.
IT-side only
No connection to OT networks, fleet management or mine control systems.
Every site planner and study manager in
Unlimited users, so the capital list is never rationed to corporate.
Scoring models in use are protected
A model ranking live capital has to be cloned before it can be changed.
Technology pilots ranked with the capital they compete with
So the pilots that reach scale are the ones the owner's team can actually carry.
For contract mining, drilling and EPCM firms
One view of client projects across regions, crew and role capacity matched to what has been won, and a warning before the next bid overloads the same superintendents and engineers.
Compare sustaining, growth and technology capital on one honest model
The question is rarely whether a tailings project, a mill debottleneck or an autonomy pilot matters. It is which combination fits the capital envelope and the owner’s team without creating unmanaged risk somewhere else. Build comparable scenarios, keep safety-driven work visible inside them, and choose with the full trade-off on screen.
Three methods, not one
A weighted scoring model, MoSCoW with columns that total budget and benefits, or a quick ICE score. Use the one the capital round deserves — or run two and see where they disagree.
Risk scored explicitly
A safety or tailings-driven sustaining project earns its rank on the exposure it removes, and the committee sees what that rank costs in growth investment deferred.
Budgets and benefits in view
For every project, collect and track budget, forecast, benefits and impact, so the conversation happens in money rather than in opinion.
Scoping, PFS and FS as gates
Configure the phases and stages, choose which gates require approval, and assign named approvers who approve or reject with comments.
A capacity reality check
Every plan is tested against people's free capacity: what is left after the commitments they already carry. Over-allocation is flagged before the committee commits to it.
Decisions that stick
Select one scenario and every funded project is stamped with the outcome, with the numbers baselined at the moment of decision and the full decision history kept.
Security & Trust
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Enterprise-grade security is built into our platform. We offer US and EU data residency, full GDPR compliance, and custom DPAs to meet strict regulatory requirements.
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Microsoft 365 and Okta SSO ensure secure identity management, while centralized user management, advanced permissions, detailed audit logs, and strict data isolation protect sensitive enterprise data.
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Frequently asked questions
Mining capital portfolio management, answered.
Does PPM Express replace Primavera P6, EcoSys or Unifier?
No. Those tools schedule and control cost on projects that are already approved. PPM Express decides which projects get approved, in what order, and whether the owner’s team can carry them, and reads status back from the delivery tools.
How do we compare a sustaining project with a growth study?
Score both on one weighted model with an explicit risk factor. A tailings or safety-driven sustaining project earns its rank on the exposure it removes, and the committee sees what that rank costs in growth investment deferred.
Can we run scoping, PFS and FS as gates?
Yes. Configure the phases and stages, choose which gates require approval, and assign named approvers who approve or reject with comments. Numbers are baselined at each decision and the history is kept.
Does it connect to our OT or fleet systems?
No, by design. PPM Express is an IT-side portfolio tool. It has no connection to OT networks, fleet management or mine control systems.
We're a mining services company. Does this fit us?
Yes, for the delivery portfolio: one view of client projects across regions, crew and role capacity against the pipeline, and a scenario view before you commit to the next bid.
How do we tell whether the capital list fits the owner’s team?
Each person's capacity comes from their work week and calendar exceptions, and allocation shows against it in hours, percent or FTE, with overallocation flagged. Capital lists usually break on a specific group of people rather than on budget: the study managers and discipline engineers written into a dozen projects at once. That shows up as soon as the plans sit in one view.
Can gate approvals be routed through our existing workflow system?
They can. Alongside standard approvals handled inside PPM Express, there is an API-based option built for organizations already running an external approval or workflow platform. PPM Express sends the approval request out to your system, and your system calls back to approve or reject the stage transition.
The investment committee asks how a capital decision was reached. What can we produce?
The model that was applied, the factor weights in force at the time, the scenarios compared, the one selected, and the numbers as they stood at that moment. Because a model scoring live capital has to be cloned before it can be altered, the basis of a past decision can't be edited after the fact.
Estimates move between PFS and FS. How do we re-plan without starting over?
When numbers change upstream after you've built an analysis, PPM Express shows you exactly what moved and asks whether to take it, rather than absorbing the change quietly. A re-plan then starts from a known delta instead of another data-gathering round.
What data residency and security controls apply?
You get data residency in the US or the EU, strict tenant isolation, encryption in transit and at rest, and detailed audit logs covering the portfolio of record. Microsoft 365 (Entra ID) and Okta SSO handle identity with your conditional access policies. The platform runs in Azure data centers accredited to SOC 1, SOC 2 and ISO 27001; PPM Express does not yet hold its own SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certificate.
Rank the capital list against the people who have to deliver it
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