To meet the requirement of the world it has become essential to extract the depleting resources
efficiently and effectively. Mechanization of the mining industries is the only option to meet the
global competitiveness. Now a day‟s many of the conventional mining processes are backed up
with various mechanical and electrical equipments. However, due to lack of care of these
equipments, the effective enhancement in productivity is not witnessed. The major material
handling device in mining industry is belt conveyor, used for transportation of ore/coal. By
proper installation of conveyor structure and perusing total productive maintenance (tpm), 5s and
kanban strategies application after installation, we may able to enhance the life of the conveyor
system, which directly affect the productivity. Spillage of ore/coal is one of the major cause of
failures/break downs of conveyor system. It is loss of production and re-handling cost of this
spilled material is additional cost to the customer and termed as waste. Spillage offers resistance
to the moving parts of the conveyor system and consequently reduces the life of the rollers, belt
conveyors, scrappers, impact rollers, skirting plates, fluid couplings, electric motors etc. Care
must be taken to minimize the number of joints in the conveyors. This paper discusses the effect
of non-standardized maintenance practices and measures to be implemented to improve the
productivity and the life of conveyor system.