MINING SOFTWARE
“Strategic mine planners can spend days just
trying to get a smoothed schedule – one where
the trucking or total material movement (TMM)
doesn’t have drastic peaks and valleys in it. This
process can be frustrating and take up valuable
time: when you fix one glaring dip or peak in the
schedule, another one appears somewhere else.”
The new smoothing constraints in Minemax
Scheduler 6.4.1 “give planners the ability to
produce a smooth practical schedule without all
those tedious manual iterations. The automated
smoothing means more time for running
additional scenarios or analysing results, and
there’s also the bonus of greater accuracy, and
even a better NPV.”
Minemax Scheduler’s new smoothing
constraints accomplish this by giving engineers
more control on the upward and downward
differences in material movement from one
period to another. “You just need to set this up as
difference constraints in your scenario and let the
optimisation find the best value schedule.”
This new release also solves another problem
planners have been struggling with: how to
ensure enough waste is mined for infrastructural
projects like roads and tailings dams before
processing can begin. Minemax Scheduler’s new
cumulative constraints make sure the necessary
amount of waste has been mined for construction
without over-constraining the schedule.
Minemax Scheduler 6.4.1 is available for
download to all
maintained users the
next time they launch
Minemax Software
Manager (MSM).
Pitram success in
Kazakhstan
The President of
Kazakhstan, Nursultan
Nazarbayev, recently
spoke about the
implementation of
MICROMINE’s Pitram
fleet management and
mine control solution at the Maleevsky mine.
Nazarbayev was speaking on the recently
finalised concept of the Digital Kazakhstan
Program which includes a number of innovative
projects that aim to further develop the country’s
economy.
The Maleevsky mine is Kazzinc’s largest
underground operation, and was commissioned in
June 2000. It has a production of around 2.25 Mt/y.
President Nazarbayev introduced the Pitram
system and discussed the importance of digital
innovations in the mining industry and the wider
economy. MICROMINE Regional Manager Central
Asia Erick Kanaev commented: “It was a real buzz
for the MICROMINE team to hear the President of
Kazakhstan introduce the Pitram solution and
MICROMINE’s Pitram fleet management and
mine control solution has been implemented at
the Kazzinc Maleevsky mine
discuss the role data and technology will play in
the mining industry in the future.”
Pitram is a leading fleet management and mine
control solution that records data related to
equipment, personnel and materials, providing an
overall view of the current mine status and
therefore enabling improved control over
operations. Greater control allows sites to
increase production, reduce costs, and improve
safety and business intelligence. The Maleevsky
implementation took place in 2016 and comprises
Pitram Mobile including Shift Planner. Pitram
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