API counts gains from ‘holistic’ scheduling
July 7 - 13, 2011
ORELOGY has demonstrated it’s not just the ease and speed of throwing up mine optimisation scenarios that’s important in an age of cloud computing and smarter software – it’s still the results that count. Cue the Australian Premium Iron Joint Venture (APIJV).
The importance of geological domaining throughout the mining cycle
June 23 - 29, 2011
DURING the production phase in the mining cycle, the level of geological information increases, enabling a better understanding of the local geology. Creating and updating geological wireframes is an important part of any mine geologists role, one that continually evolves through drilling, sampling and mapping over the life of a deposit.
Best laid mine plans reaping rewards
June 9 - 15, 2011
A DIFFERENT approach to mine planning and scheduling is a key factor in the burgeoning fortunes of Mintec, according to management of the US-based mine software company.
Shooting for the same goals
May 26 - June 1, 2011
WHEN Minemax canvassed customers for feedback on major mine planning process deficiencies several years ago three main areas were highlighted. Spatial mine plan alignment was at the top of the list.
Grant to advance mine planning models
May 26 - June 1, 2011
A CANADIAN mining engineering professor has been awarded $C2.7 million in research funding – one of the largest ever Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) grants – to improve mine planning models.
Mincom delivers 5.2 to schedule
May 5 - 11, 2011
MINCOM has added Russian-language support and new functionality to boost mine-planning speed and improve usability in its newly available MineScape 5.2 modelling and design software offering.
New force in iron ore
May 5 - 11, 2011
MINESIGHT Applications, the Australian business unit of 40-year-old American firm Mintec, seems to be growing increasingly confident about its chances of forging a new market stronghold in Western Australia’s frenetically expanding Pilbara iron ore region.
