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Every tonne, truck and permit in one system.

Production, haulage, equipment, maintenance, safety, the assay lab, stores, contractors, payroll and your solar sites in one system built for mines, quarries and energy companies. Shift reports come in from the pit as the shift runs, and the whole site is on one screen by morning.

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Dashboard Search DWDaniel WekesaOperations manager
DAY SHIFT Welcome back, Daniel Kilima Minerals, Kitale. Tuesday 6 October 2026. Shift report Report a hazard Raise requisition
Ore mined yesterday7,300 tplan 7,600 t
Plant feed yesterday2,410 thead grade 2.1 g/t
Gold recovered, October742 ozrecovery 91.2%
Days without lost time2143 near misses this month
Needs attention
ItemAreaIssueStatus
HT-05 Workshop bay 2 Final drive oil leak breakdown
DM-01 Haul road 1 Dust over limit at 09:00 over limit
PTW-26-0612 Mill house Confined space, isolation not signed waiting
Riverside mini-grid Kilima Power Inverter fault since 07:12 fault
Recent activity
Near miss reported on haul road 1Truck and light vehicle, Grace Chebet investigating
Assay batch LB-26-2212 reportedHole KDH-118, best interval 4 m at 3.8 g/t
Diesel delivery received30,000 litres from Ridgeway Fuels, 07:50
M-Pesa token sales this morningKES 48,320 from 412 PAYG customers
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Ore mined yesterday 7,300 t plan 7,600 t
Your mine runs on WhatsApp. Excel. Paper shift sheets.
  • Shift reports arrive a day lateTonnes, loads and delays written on paper at the pit and typed into Excel the next morning, if at all.
  • Breakdowns nobody saw comingServices slip because hour meters live in a notebook, so a truck stops in the middle of a shift.
  • Near misses go unreportedHazards are talked about in the crib room and forgotten, until the same one hurts someone.
  • Licences found expired at auditPermits, licences and returns kept in a folder, with renewals remembered a week too late.

Your site deserves better.

The system

Pit, plant, people and power. One login.

An operations system for mines, quarries, contractors and energy companies. Sixteen modules share one database, so a breakdown logged at the pit takes the truck off dispatch, opens a work order and reserves the spares. It is set up as a demo open-pit mine near Kitale with its own solar mini-grid division. Click around the dashboard below to open each module.

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A working copy of Pinch for Mining & Energy. Nothing you do here is saved.

  1. Open a module
  2. Open a record
  3. Press New shift report, save
  4. Go full screen
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KMKilima MineralsOpen-pit mine and plant, Kitale
Dashboard DWDaniel WekesaOperations manager
DAY SHIFT Welcome back, Daniel Kilima Minerals, Kitale. Tuesday 6 October 2026.
Ore mined yesterday7,300 tplan 7,600 t ▲ 2.2%
Plant feed yesterday2,410 thead grade 2.1 g/t ▲ 2.3%
Gold recovered, October742 ozrecovery 91.2% ▲ 2.6%
Days without lost time2143 near misses this month ▼ 3.3%
Ore mined yesterday, last 12 weeks7,300 t This periodLast period
20 Jul3 Aug17 Aug31 Aug14 Sep28 Sep
By status
  • breakdown1
  • over limit1
  • waiting1
  • fault1
At a glance
Needs attention
ItemAreaIssueStatus
HT-05 Workshop bay 2 Final drive oil leak breakdown
DM-01 Haul road 1 Dust over limit at 09:00 over limit
PTW-26-0612 Mill house Confined space, isolation not signed waiting
Riverside mini-grid Kilima Power Inverter fault since 07:12 fault
Recent activity
Near miss reported on haul road 1Truck and light vehicle, Grace Chebet investigating
Assay batch LB-26-2212 reportedHole KDH-118, best interval 4 m at 3.8 g/t
Diesel delivery received30,000 litres from Ridgeway Fuels, 07:50
M-Pesa token sales this morningKES 48,320 from 412 PAYG customers

Dashboard

Yesterday's tonnes, the shift running now, plant feed, safety and anything that needs a decision, on the first screen the operations manager sees each morning.

Open a module
Modular Build your system: switch modules on or off. 16 core modules for this sector, 10 add-ons any sector can use. Start with a few, add the rest later.
Mine
Plant & lab
Safety & environment
People
Energy
Add-ons
26 of 26 modules on Get a fixed price for these modules

Custom built, not off the shelf. Every system we build is made to fit the client's needs: the modules, screens, wording and reports follow how your organisation works. The business, names and figures in this demo are examples.

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Get the plan for your site.

  • A fixed-scope plan and price within 24 hours
  • Live in 21 working days, then hosted and supported by us
  • Built around how you work, not squeezed into a template
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Your operation
What do you run?
How many people on site, staff and contractors?

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Production

Tonnes you can see while the shift runs.

Tonnes mined, hauled and processed per shift, entered at the pit and the plant as the shift runs.

  • Shift reports on a phone
  • Mine plan against actual
  • Ore, waste and stockpiles
Production Search DWDaniel WekesaOperations manager
ProductionShift reports, Monday 5 and Tuesday 6 October.
Mine plan Reconcile New shift report
Ore this shift1,940 tplan 3,800 t by 18:00
Waste this shift5,280 t
Plant feed today980 t245 t an hour
Strip ratio, October3.8 to 1
Search report or area All pits All shifts Date
Shift reportAreaTonnesSupervisorStatus
SR-26-1184 Day shift 6 Oct, Pit 2 ore 1,940 t Peter Barasa in progress
SR-26-1185 Day shift 6 Oct, Pit 3 waste 5,280 t Ruth Chelimo in progress
SR-26-1186 Day shift 6 Oct, plant feed 980 t Kennedy Wafula in progress
SR-26-1181 Night shift 5 Oct, Pit 2 ore 3,420 t Hassan Abdi below plan
SR-26-1182 Night shift 5 Oct, plant feed 1,190 t Moses Kibet awaiting sign-off
Ore mined by day, tonnes
Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon
Ore this shift 1,940 t Waste this shift: 5,280 t
Health & safety

Every hazard reported, every action closed.

Incidents, hazards, toolbox talks, inspections and PPE, reported from a phone and followed to closure.

  • Report from any phone
  • Anonymous reports
  • Investigations
Health & safety Search DWDaniel WekesaOperations manager
Health & safetyOpen reports and actions, October.
Toolbox talks Inspections Report a hazard
Days without lost time214
Open hazards6
Toolbox talks this week18412 signatures
Near misses, October3
Search report All types All areas All status
ReportTypeWhereOwnerStatus
INC-26-0142 Near miss, truck and light vehicle Haul road 1 Grace Chebet investigating
INC-26-0141 First aid, hand cut Workshop Grace Chebet actions open
HAZ-26-0388 Hazard, loose rock on bench Pit 2, bench 1250 Peter Barasa open
HAZ-26-0386 Hazard, missing berm Waste dump north Ruth Chelimo closed
TBT-26-1006 Toolbox talk, wet ramps Pit 2 crib room Peter Barasa closed
Hazards reported by month
May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct
Health & safetylive
INC-26-0142 Near miss, truck and light vehicle investigating
INC-26-0141 First aid, hand cut actions open
HAZ-26-0388 Hazard, loose rock on bench open
Energy sites & meters

Every solar site on one screen.

Solar mini-grids, the plant's own solar and generators, PAYG solar systems and every meter, on one screen.

  • Site register
  • Output and use
  • Meters and customers
Energy sites Search DWDaniel WekesaOperations manager
Energy sitesKilima Power sites, today to 10:40.
Meters Field jobs Add site
Solar output today3,600 kWhall sites to 10:40
Mini-grid customers973
PAYG home systems1,84012% locked for non-payment
Diesel saved, September41,200 litres
Search site or meter All site types All status
SiteTypeOutput todayCustomersStatus
Ridge mini-grid Solar 60 kWp, 180 kWh battery 214 kWh 312 running
Market mini-grid Solar 40 kWp, 120 kWh battery 146 kWh 226 battery low
Riverside mini-grid Solar 30 kWp, 90 kWh battery 88 kWh 164 inverter fault
Hilltop mini-grid Solar 50 kWp, 150 kWh battery 192 kWh 271 running
Plant solar array Solar 800 kWp, tied to plant supply 2,960 kWh Kilima plant running
Mini-grid energy sold by day, kWh
Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Mon
Energy siteslive
Ridge mini-grid Solar 60 kWp, 180 kWh battery running
Market mini-grid Solar 40 kWp, 120 kWh battery battery low
Riverside mini-grid Solar 30 kWp, 90 kWh battery inverter fault
From the pit to the report

From blast plan to month end.

One record follows the ore from the bench to the plant and into the monthly figures, so the pit, the lab, the plant and finance work from the same tonnes.

  1. 01

    Plan and blast

    Grade control marks the blocks, and the blast permit, pattern and explosives are recorded.

  2. 02

    Load and haul

    Every load counted per truck and loader, with ore and waste sent to the right place.

  3. 03

    Weigh

    Weighbridge tickets tie each load to the shift, the truck and the stockpile.

  4. 04

    Process

    Plant feed, run hours and recovery logged per shift, with the lab's grades alongside.

  5. 05

    Stay safe and legal

    Permits, hazards, dust and water readings checked against limits as the work happens.

  6. 06

    Report

    Tonnes, grades, costs and returns for management and the regulator, from the same records.

Portals

Everyone reports from where they stand.

Supervisors and operators work from phones and cab tablets at the pit, contractors see their own people and timesheets, and energy customers top up and check their balance from a phone.

For supervisors & operators, contractors and energy customers.

Built for Kenya

Wired into how sites run here.

M-Pesa

Tokens, PAYG instalments and bills paid to your paybill, and casuals and agents paid by bulk payment.

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MEPinch for Mining & Energy
Live. Tonnes, trucks and breakdowns on screen during the shift, not the next morning.
Safe. Hazards, permits and inspections reported and closed from a phone at the work.
Built for Africa. Works on weak signal, with M-Pesa, eTIMS and statutory payroll from day one.
Everything inside

257 features. 29 areas, one system.

Every feature in Pinch for Mining & Energy, grouped by area. Pick an area, or search for the thing you need.

Production & shift reports

Tonnes mined, hauled and processed per shift, entered at the pit and the plant as the shift runs.

  • Shift reports on a phoneSupervisors log loads, tonnes, delays and equipment hours on a phone at the pit, even without signal.
  • Mine plan against actualDaily and monthly targets per pit, bench and material, with the shift's tonnes set against them.
  • Ore, waste and stockpilesOre sent to the ROM pad, waste to the dumps and every stockpile with its tonnes and estimated grade.
  • Plant throughputTonnes fed, run hours, mill availability and throughput per hour from the plant control room.
  • Delays and downtimeDelays coded by cause, such as rain, blasting, breakdown or no operator, with minutes lost per shift.
  • Grade and recoveryHead grade, tailings grade and recovery per shift from the lab, with gold or metal recovered.
  • Blast recordsPattern, holes, explosives used and tonnes broken for each blast, linked to the bench it opened.
  • Shift sign-offThe incoming supervisor reads the handover and the shift report is signed off before it counts.
  • ReconciliationMined tonnes checked against the weighbridge, plant feed and survey at month end, with the gap shown.
  • Production return figuresMonthly and quarterly tonnes, grades and output laid out the way the mining regulator asks for them.
  • Strip ratio and cost per tonneWaste to ore ratio and cost per tonne mined and milled, from fuel, labour, contractors and spares.
Growth

And the tools around the system.

Website DevelopmentA site that shows investors, buyers and communities what you do, with tenders and jobs pages. Mobile AppsA customer app for your energy customers to top up, see usage and report faults. IT ConsultingSite networks, radios, backups and the hardware your remote sites need to stay connected.
Rollout

Live in 21 working days.

A fixed plan you can hold us to: what happens on which working day, from the first walk-through to the day your team goes live.

01Walk the site
Days 1 to 3
Days 1 to 3

We follow a shift from the pit to the plant and the office and agree which modules go first.

02Build in sprints
Days 4 to 15
Days 4 to 15

Working screens to test every few days, tested with your real fleet, crews and spares.

03Move your data
Days 16 to 18
Days 16 to 18

Assets, hour meters, stock, staff, licences and energy customers imported and checked with you.

04Train and go live
Days 19 to 21
Days 19 to 21

Supervisors, operators, workshop, stores and office trained on site, starting on a day shift.

Questions

Before you ask.

What is Pinch for Mining & Energy?

An operations system built by Pinch Africa for mines, quarries, mining contractors and energy companies: production, haulage, equipment, maintenance, safety, permits, the assay lab, stores, contractors, shifts, payroll, environment, community, licences and solar or mini-grid billing in one system.

How long does it take to get our site live?

21 working days, from the first site walk to go-live. Days 1 to 3 we map how you work, days 4 to 15 we build and you test, days 16 to 18 we move your data, and days 19 to 21 we train your teams and switch on.

Does it work at remote sites with poor network?

Yes. The phone and tablet app saves shift reports, checklists, hazards and readings on the device and sends them when signal returns. The office screens need an internet connection, which most sites already have by satellite, fibre or mobile data.

Can it connect to our fleet trackers and weighbridge?

Where your tracker or weighbridge supplier offers an interface, we can build a connection so positions, engine hours and weights come in on their own. Where there is none, the system reads their export files, or operators record loads on the cab tablet.

How does safety reporting work?

Anyone on site reports an incident, near miss or hazard from a phone, with a photo and the location, and can do it anonymously. Serious reports alert the right people at once, and each one is followed through investigation and actions until it is closed.

Can it handle PAYG solar tokens and smart meters?

It keeps your customers, meters, tariffs and payments, and matches M-Pesa payments to the right account. Creating tokens and locking or unlocking devices is a connection we can build where your meter or PAYG supplier offers an interface.

Do we have to replace everything at once?

No. Most sites start with production, maintenance and safety, then add stores, payroll and the rest. Each module works on its own and they all share the same data.

What does it cost?

It depends on the modules, the number of sites and the number of users. After a free scoping call you get a fixed-scope proposal in writing, so you know the price before we start.

Let's map your site.

A free scoping call, then a fixed-scope proposal in writing.

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