s a firm that has undergone significant
transformation over the past few years,
SSR Mining knows first hand the impor-
tance of embracing the latest trends in order to stay
ahead of competitors. With the increasing influence
technology has had on industries the world over,
SSR Mining has come a long way since it first
began to leverage new software and processes
in 2013. David Thomas, Director of IT at SSR Mining,
believes that, due to its smaller stature in comparison
to bigger companies in the region, his firm has
utilised this to its advantage. “The key benefit of
how we operate is that we’re smaller. Leveraging
infrastructure, such as cloud services that we don’t
have to invest large capital in, makes us nimbler,”
he says. “This means that a few years later, if we
want to change and do something that’s slightly
different because of new technology, we have the
capabilities to do that. If you compare that to bigger
companies, a lot of them have invested hundreds
of millions of dollars in capital to build infrastructure,
however, then they’re locked in. The landscape has
changed for us smaller companies as we can get in
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DAVID THOMAS, DIRECTOR OF IT
AT SSR MINING, DISCUSSES HOW
TECHNOLOGY HAS BECOME AN
INFLUENTIAL COMPONENT TO
OPERATIONS SINCE FIRST BEING
EMBRACED IN 2013
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