Phil Firth

Ovation 2024: Lives in Manchester. Different than the others, and I think that goes to the nature of mining. They manufacture mininig teeth for buckets that attach to Caterpillar excavators (because their teeth are replaceeable without requiring the buckets to be taken off for a week). They also manufacturer the systems that move ore from the mines (typically water-based in place of a conveyor belt or trucks). For sustainability, they are trying to make their conveyor systems more efficient electric engines and not use so much water.