Pedro Henrique Evangelista Porto Email & Phone Number

Mariana, Minas Gerais, Brazil

- Coordination of a team of 30 professionals, comprising engineers, analysts, and mine technicians;- Responsible for mine infrastructure operations, including health and safety, drilling and blasting road maintenance and construction, waste rock piles, train loading, mine drainage, dust and turbidity control, contract management, etc;- Management and construction of both annual and monthly budgets;- Interface with diverse stakeholders, including the mining planning, maintenance, environmental authorities, and neighboring communities;

- Held technical responsibility for mine operations, including loading and hauling, drilling and blasting, stock and waste rock pile management, fleet and staff sizing, budgeting, risk management, and controls.- Led the implementation of non-explosive rock fragmentation technology, used for the first time in open-pit iron ore operations worldwide and for the first time in mining operations in Brazil.- Conducted vibration studies to assess the impact of mine blasts on the dam and surrounding community, resulting in the reauthorization of explosives use after a two-year suspension of blasting activities.- Certified Green Belt in Six Sigma, with a project that reduced the mine's operational restart time after rainfalls by 42%.

Nova Lima

- Managed Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for mine infrastructure and loading and hauling operations.- Responsible for fleet and staff dimensioning.- Oversaw the management of operational and enterprise risks, along with critical control measures and mitigation strategies.

- Responsible for planning, coordination, implementation, and support to operational and corporate areas on quality management;- Methodological support on the development of continuous improvement processes (Six Sigma and Lean);- Support on monitoring and treatment of deviations on the KPIs established by the top management.;- Support assisting communities evacuated from their homes due to the dam crises in 2019.

Nova Lima

- Analysis of the mine operation's main KPIs through the data from the dispatch system;- Follow up of drill & blast, mine hydraulics & infrastructure and loading & hauling processes in the field, analyzing operational performance and aiding on the decision making process;- Interface with short-term mine planning, equipment maintenance and plant operation, granting accomplishment of the production plans;- Participation on a Six Sigma Green Belt Project that raised the haulage fleet's mean speed by 7%, reducing costs and increasing the mine's production capacity.

Kingston, Canada

Research Assistant investigating the effect of the geometric distribution of explosive charges on the fragmentation of granite blocks.

Master'S Degree, European Mining Course

Triple degree master's program at Aalto University (Finland), RWTH Aachen (Germany) and MU Leoben (Austria).

Graduate Degree, Statistics

Bachelor'S Degree, Mining And Mineral Engineering

Mining Engineering

Exchange student through the Science Without Borders Program.