MINING SOFTWARE
Applications
everywhere
Paul Moore reports on some
enhancements to existing block caving
software packages, as well as a new
offering in this area, as well as more
rental options, an imminent social
collaboration offering, and as usual the
latest planning and scheduling
software updates
or a long time, software in mining has been
much more than a technical tool only used
by mine planners. It now underpins
everything on a modern minesite from
exploration through to reclamation, and in an
operating mine, beyond planning and
scheduling, it is at the core of Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP) solutions that integrate
everything from fleet management packages
through to production reporting. But one
additional interesting area is how software can
enhance collaboration between mining staff in
terms of file and knowledge sharing.
In a November 2017 GEOVIA blog post, Raoul
Jacquand, GEOVIA CEO at Dassault Systèmes
stated: “The mining industry will not be immune
to digital disruption – consider the sharing
economy, where ride-sharing and apartment-
sharing has become the standard today in
industries we once regarded as traditional. What
if mining is, too, transformed by the sharing
economy? Building on the theme of sharing and
collaboration digitally, I would like to introduce
our GEOVIA community to GEOVIA POWER’BY, a
set of rich applications leveraging the power of a
social and collaborative enterprise-level
platform. These applications are tied to Roles
offered on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, such as
Business Innovation, Industry Innovation and
Geology Modeler, which enable you to access
different capabilities and benefits. Think of it as
your digital workspace, starting with the
Business Innovation role which allows you to
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share your files dynamically, visualise models in
3D, dashboard your data, start a community to
collaborate on projects and more.”
This post was followed up in December with
another launching the Business Innovation role
under the POWER’BY umbrella. “As your
personalised social and content collaboration
platform, the Business Innovation role enables
teams to work, share and learn on the cloud.”
An online video, available at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lCP7LYlOD0
shows a typical mining scenario, end of month
reporting, and how the platform enables better
collaboration and communication between team
GEOVIA’s new POWER’BY is a set of rich
applications leveraging the power of a social
and collaborative enterprise-level platform
members. This workflow demonstrates a typical
use of the platform’s social collaboration
features in a mining context. The official launch
of POWER’BY Social Collaboration to mining
customers is expected in Q1 2018.
Block caving and stoping software
Moving on to another topic entirely, block caving
is an increasingly important mining method in
terms of overall contribution to commodities
supply, with new high tonnage, long term
Maptek CaveLogic incorporates operational and geotechnical constraints and takes dilution into
account by generating multiple scenarios for assessment