Technologies

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Technologies

• MineMAX Planner Pit Optimization
• MineMAX Scheduler Strategic Schedule
  Optimization with Blending, Stockpiling and
  Complex Mineral Process Modelling
• MineMAX iGantt Activity-based Gantt Chart 3D
  Production Scheduling

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MineMAX Planner

• Pit Optimization

Planner brings together the technologies of
optimization and 3-D interactive visualization to
provide a mining engineer with a user-friendly,
fast tool for determining optimal pits and
performing strategic analysis
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Scheduler Strategic Schedule Optimization

• Optimise NPV
• Satisfy Blending Requirements
• Model Series and Parallel Material Flow
• Alternative Process Routes
• Alternative Products with own prices
• Address Intermediate Stockpiling
• Consider Multiple Pits / Mines

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iGantt View
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Interactive Gantt Chart

• Resource, location or process-based view of
  activities.
• Easily change the start time, rate, and resource
  allocation of activities within the Gantt chart.
• Visually set precedences between activities
  related to mining logic.

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Detailed Rate Modeling

• Change development rate over time on a
  development heading.
• Include work calendar information when
  considering rates.

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Equipment Scheduling

• Schedule equipment considering
• Different mining rates for varying ground
  conditions
• Scheduled equipment maintenance
• Operator availability.

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3-D Visual Scheduling

• Simple point and click scheduling using
• Strings for development centrelines
• Triangulated solids for stopes
• Click on a 3D object to
• sequence the activity on a resource
• Set a precedence with another activity
• String files associated with development and
  triangulation files associated with stope shapes
• Vulcan
• Datamine
• Surpac

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Custom Reporting

• With advanced attribute and resource conditions,
  dynamically update reports as you schedule.
• Locational Conditions
• Resource Conditions
• Process Conditions
• When your schedule is ready for release, all
  reports can be exported as csv.

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Auto-Generate Precedences

• Use geometry-based auto-precedence generation to
  automatically create precedences for adjacent
  development strings
• Uses geometry of development strings to deduce
  physical mining precedences

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Auto-Scheduling

• Automatically adjusts heading development rates
  to ensure maximum equipment utilization at all
  times.
• Optionally limits the maximum number of
  concurrent development headings.
• Can limit both maximum total development rate
  and maximum individual heading development rate.
• Able to interrupt development of a heading when
  a higher priority heading becomes available

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User Base

• Major underground mines owned by
• Anglo Base Metals
• Barrick
• BHP Billiton
• Placer Dome
• Newmont

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Countries Where Used

• Australia
• Bulgaria
• Canada
• China
• Ireland
• Portugal
• Russia
• South Africa
• Suriname
• USA
• Venezuela
• Zambia

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Benefits

• Easy-to-use interactive Gantt chart interface
  enables new users to develop schedules from day
  one
• Productivity increases through integration with
  other business software and databases.
• Increased responsiveness to unplanned events by
  rescheduling with iGantt
• User-definable reports enable tracking of key
  production targets in either tabular or graphical
  form
• 3D viewing of schedules for presentation and
  visual validation of schedule practicality