Cameron Facilities Featured in Mining Technology on FIFO and Automation

Cameron Facilities has been featured in the April 2026 issue of Mining Technology, the international mining publication produced by GlobalData. Our founder and managing director, Sherif Sulejman, was interviewed by Associate Editor Eve Thomas for a feature titled “Automation and FIFO: Changing Roles in Australia’s Remote Mines,” which examines how technology, well-being, and workforce expectations are reshaping life on remote Australian mine sites.

This is a subject that sits at the centre of what we do. Cameron Facilities manages and services mining camps across Western Australia, and we see every day how hard FIFO life is on the people who keep these operations running. We were pleased to have the opportunity to share an on-the-ground perspective with a publication that reaches the global mining sector.

What the feature covers

The article examines three themes we think about constantly. The first is the scale of the FIFO workforce, with more than 100,000 workers flying in and out of Australian operations every swing and the pressure that places on camp infrastructure, catering, cleaning, and mental health support. The second is automation, in the pit, in the processing plant, and increasingly inside the camp itself, in kitchens and cleaning operations, where the right technology can alleviate some of the physical toll on a workforce that already spends twelve hours a day on its feet. The third is the human cost, the quiet hours after shift when fatigue, distance from family, and the monotony of camp life catch up with people.

What Sherif told Mining Technology

Sherif spoke openly with Eve Thomas about the realities of FIFO work. He talked about the unpredictability and danger of site life, the mental health impact that often hits workers once they are alone in their donga at the end of a long shift, and the opportunity automation has to make camp environments safer, particularly in high-volume catering and industrial cleaning. He was equally clear, however, that no matter how far automation progresses, the industry will always need skilled people on-site to supervise, maintain, and, when things go wrong, fix them.

Why were we quoted

Mining Technology also drew on Cameron Facilities’ research published in our strategic FIFO operations guide, including our 2025 finding that the Australian mining FIFO workforce has grown by roughly 15 per cent a year since 2020. That dataset sits behind a lot of the work we do in camp management, workforce planning, and our Wellness and Mental Health Program for mining clients.

You can read the full feature on Mining Technology here: Automation and FIFO, changing roles in Australia’s remote mines.

“It is the hardest job in the world. It does not matter whether you are experienced and careful, it is unpredictable and dangerous. Then, at the end of the day, workers go to their rooms, and that is when depression starts to set in.”

Sherif Sulejman, Founder and Managing Director, Cameron Facilities

About Cameron Facilities

Cameron Facilities is a triple ISO-certified integrated facilities management company based in Perth, Western Australia. We deliver mining camp services, commercial and strata facilities management, catering, cleaning, landscaping, and concierge services across Perth and remote WA, and we operate a dedicated Wellness and Mental Health Program for FIFO workforces. To talk to our team about your site, please get in touch.

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