MINE OPTIMIZER

MineOpt is a single software that covers the entire Strategic planning workflow under one umbrella. Starting with importing a block model, creating nested pit shells, creating automated pit design from the pit shell, and finally creating an optimal schedule that considers mining, dumping, and hauling simultaneously.

Finding the best value in your deposit

Determining the Optimum pits for a deposit for a given cost, sale prices, and geotechnical slope consideration
Determine Nested pit shells to understand the best phasing considerations for mine plans
Visualize pit progression based on value($)
Report and view pit-by-pit graphs
Same software applicable for stratified geological models or block models for base

This will design the pit automatically from a selected nested pit shell, within a boundary. It will also create strips and blocks for stratified deposit mines or will create mining blocks/units(solids) for other mines. The design attributes of bench height, berm width, and wall slope angle will be parameterized so that they can be changed easily instead of redesigning. This module will also include reserving along with updating the quality of mineable blocks, considering loss and dilution. Finally, it will prepare a ROM model ready for scheduling. Once completed this will be one of the most powerful tools in mine planning.

SchedOpt module uses design outputs from any software like Minex, Deswik, Vulcan, etc. in CSV format. The input consists of pit and dump block centroid coordinates along with volume and tonnage details and the main haul road center line. Other inputs consist of mining and processing capacity, costs, and sale price. The software calculates the possible ‘shortest path’ haulage roads for connecting all pit blocks to destination dump blocks, plants, and stockpiles, and traverses along existing haul roads provided, making estimates close to reality. Optimum paths are selected for each period by source blocks and destination dump, stockpile, or plant.