Turner Mining Group: Changing the Game in Contract Mining

Turner Mining Group is a contract mining company based out of Bloomington, Indiana. As of April 2020, the company is the only mining services contractor that has built a business model to service clients across North America – which was exactly the whitespace President and Founder Keaton Turner recognized when starting the company in 2017. By flying people around the country, housing employees on-location, renting and leasing equipment to stay nimble instead of owning assets, and hiring and retaining the next generation of miners with a spirited culture, the organization is doing everything out of the ordinary when it comes to mining.

The business is unique in other ways as well. Keaton Turner insisted social media was going to be the way to grow the business in the beginning, “making it look bigger than it really was,” and the social media presence hasn’t slowed down since. It’s pretty usual to see a mining company pumping out Instagram and LinkedIn content multiple times a day and investing in an in-house photographer and videographer to capture the journey along the way.

Not only is the company young in age, so are its people. On the leadership side: President Keaton Turner (31), Partner Gant Elmore (31), Partner Lauren Elmore (34), Chief Operating Officer Thomas Haun (37) and Chief Marketing Officer Tracy O’Brien (33) lead company strategy while back office staff with an average age of 25 manage the organization’s functions. In the field the average age of miners is 27 compared to the national average of 46. Keaton, having been just 27 when he started the business, believes that young people can and should win and is giving them the opportunity to make it happen.

Turner Mining Group went from $0 to $60M in revenue in 2.5 years, securing contracts around the country and servicing various types of material producers. The company has worked with largescale clients including: Lehigh Hanson, Martin Marietta, Cemex, LafargeHolcim, Vulcan Materials Company, Buzzi Unicem, Imerys, US Silica, and Carmeuse.

Turner Mining Group provides a suite of mining services including contract mining, overburden removal, reclamation, drilling & blasting, crushing, specialty earthworks and plant staffing. The company can service any contract size and length and has the ability to ramp up quickly to meet deadlines. The ability to service multiple sites and multiple regions for a national client is one of Turner Mining Group’s unique value propositions.

The company plans to continue with an aggressive growth trajectory, constantly working on business process improvement to enable scalability. To learn more about Turner Mining Group visit www.turnermining.com or follow them on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and TikTok.

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