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Cost Variance

Know your cost per tonne before the month is over.

Cost Variance — Live Preview

Connected

Mining Cost/Tonne (MTD)

A$14.30

↑

AT RISK

Budget Variance (MTD)

+A$0.80/t

↑

AT RISK

Diesel Cost (L/BCM)

0.48 L/BCM

↑

CRITICAL

Labour Cost/Tonne

A$4.20

→

ON TRACK

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The Problem

Month-end cost reports arrive too late to change behaviour. Cost Variance gives finance and operations a daily view of cost per tonne, with AI-powered alerts when anything spikes outside tolerance.

The Outcome

Identify cost blowouts 2–3 weeks earlier

Stop chasing last month's costs. Act on today's.

Key features

Activity-based cost per tonne (drill, blast, load, haul, process)

Budget vs actual variance — daily, weekly, monthly

Cost driver analysis (fuel, labour, consumables, maintenance)

Diesel cost tracking with market price integration

AI anomaly detection — flags spikes in real time

Cost centre drill-through (site → pit → activity)

Monthly trend analysis + 3-month forecast

Sample insights

Mining Cost/Tonne (MTD)

A$14.30

AT RISK

Budget Variance (MTD)

+A$0.80/t

AT RISK

Diesel Cost (L/BCM)

0.48 L/BCM

CRITICAL

Labour Cost/Tonne

A$4.20

ON TRACK

Industry use case

A coal mine GM notices diesel cost per BCM spiking 18% above budget in the Cost Variance dashboard on Day 12 of the month. Investigation reveals a pump inefficiency in the dewatering system — fixed by Day 15, saving A$380K before month end.

Composite case study based on Australian Pilbara iron ore operations

Integrations

SAP S/4HANA

Oracle Financials

Pronto

Maximo

Pitram

Don't see yours? Contact us — we integrate with most ODBC-compatible systems.

Download sample data

Representative Australian mining dataset used to build this dashboard. CSV format.

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See it on your data

Book a 15-minute demo and we'll show you the Cost Variance dashboard running on a dataset representative of your operation.