The software bill that nobody audits.
Mining stacks run heavy: enterprise ERP, CAD, shift management, safety compliance (MHSA), environmental reporting, reserve modelling. A lot of it is bought once and renewed forever on auto-pilot. We find the stack items where the licence fee outweighs the value and replace them with open source equivalents that meet the same compliance bar.
Three pains specific to mining.
ERP and CAD seats priced per user, per year
SAP, SYSPRO, AutoCAD, SolidWorks licences compound across head office, surface operations, and contractors. Enterprise-wide, it adds up fast.
Specialist software with lock-in pricing
Reserve modelling, grade control, and ventilation simulation software with multi-year contracts and mandatory upgrades. Open source alternatives cover a meaningful portion of the workload.
Compliance reporting across regulators
MHSA, DMRE, environmental authorities — each needs its own audit trail. Self-hosted document management makes the paper trail defensible and cheap.
Your typical stack
About R1 593 804 a year.
Mining firms typically run this stack. Click any tool to see the open source replacement and the migration plan.
What we do for mining
Savings is just the start.
Miningfirms also come to us for the security, compliance, and build work that goes with the stack swap. Here's what that usually looks like.
The things your sector cares about.
MHSA and POPIA together
Worker safety records + personal information under POPIA. Dual regulator exposure. We configure controls that satisfy both.
Environmental and ESG reporting
Immutable logs for water use, emissions, rehabilitation progress. Self-hosted stacks produce the audit trail that regulators and investors now expect.
OT / IT segregation
Mine-site SCADA and ERP on the same network is a ransomware invitation. We segment properly and harden both sides.
Free audit. No pitch.
A 30-minute call. We look at your current stack, your headcount, your compliance posture. You get a written assessment with exact Rand numbers. You decide from there.