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This is coupled with a built-in AI assistant that helps users set up projects, create data models, identify relationships and query their own operational data for insights. The assistant can ingest documents such as standard operating procedures, process notes, or technical reports and translate them into structured knowledge within the system, the company says.
Bobby Atkins, Technical Liaison at Eclipse, explained:“ We wanted to give users a way to get up and running quickly without needing weeks of configuration or a team of data scientists. The assistant can help create a working model in minutes rather than months.”
Such an approach is complemented by“ built in” mining intelligence – such as block models, haul cycles and reconciliation – Moctezuma says.
Early feedback on SourceOne’ s latest release from pilot users and new implementations has been positive, according to the company, with Atkins noting that many customers are surprised by the clarity the system provides, alongside the shorter-than-expected learning curve.
Creating a digital bond
The 3DEXPERIENCE platform looks to offer mining companies a single, governed environment where traceability, version control and data lineage are inherent, with domain-specific data models combining with semantic dictionaries to carry data meaning across mining processes for that data to contribute to the overall knowledge base of the site / project, according to GEOVIA’ s Pilger.
The“ roles” on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform encapsulate this expertise and ensure that digital continuity is maintained from resource definition through to execution, according to the company. For example, in the context of mine planning and design, since the processes share the same data model and meaning, it enables GEOVIA to create a digital link – a bond – between processes, so that once a given parameter is modified, its impact is propagated down the chain.
“ This ensures that mining scenarios are evaluated and optimised in their entirety,” Pilger says.“ For example, this means that hypotheses tested out within the ultimate pit shell optimisation and scheduling stage propagate through the chain to the mine design stage ensuring that options for the overall plan meet the criteria from geotechnical constraints, design practicality down to ESG targets, all the while maximising net present value( NPV).”
Pilger put forward the GEOVIA Mine Maximizer( GMX) for strategic mine planning as a good example of this domain-specific approach, explaining it is the fundamental
60 optimisation engine employed across its strategic mine planning solutions.
“ It is an extension … specifically adapted to solve large-scale,
The GEOVIA Mine Maximizer helps teams to achieve near-optimal global scheduling outcomes in way less iterations than the original Bienstock-Zuckerberg algorithm, enabling companies and sites to dramatically improve strategic agility and reduce project risk, according to Gustavo Pilger
complex mining optimisation scenarios,” he said, with the engine exclusively available through the GEOVIA Strategic Mine Planner and GEOVIA Pit Optimizer roles on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, where it is fully embedded within an integrated strategic mine planning and design workflow.
“ Running on the platform, GMX helps teams to achieve near-optimal global scheduling outcomes in way less iterations than the original Bienstock-Zuckerberg algorithm, enabling companies and sites to dramatically improve strategic agility and reduce project risk,” Pilger says.“ By accelerating scenario optimisation convergence and supporting collaboration around key value drivers, it enables faster and more confident strategic decisions.”
Pointing to an end-to-end vision
Weir’ s Software Solutions business, currently spearheaded by Micromine, is looking to drive productivity in mining with a portfolio of best-in-class point solutions that offer mining companies improved efficiency, control and decision making, all while preparing for an operationally integrated future, according to President, Kristen Walsh.
“ What Micromine set out before our acquisition – and we’ re highly respectful of – is a focus on creating value for specific workflows within the mining value chain,” she told IM.“ Customer feedback continues to point towards the need for this approach.”
With 305 mine sites using these products, that customer interaction piece is a major strength of the offering.
Walsh added:“ At the same time as this, we are committing in the long term to offer a platform that goes end-to-end as, ultimately, there is a huge opportunity for the mining sector to improve productivity by more seamlessly sharing data and integrating workflows.
“ If we can build trust and credibility with the customer and use our solutions to solve problems at these various points of their process, we know this will lead to further conversations about up- and downstream opportunities that leverage a more integrated offering.”
The company’ s vision – to provide the best feature-rich technical solutions on the market, while harnessing AI and the cloud for improved efficiency – is embodied across these point solutions, Walsh explains.
“ We have three broad portfolios of products across the value chain: Explore, Evaluate and Design; Plan; and Operate,” she said.
The products Geobank, Origin and Beyond fit into the first category, while there are three streams for Alastri, Spry and Advance under the Plan umbrella( catering to the different open-pit mining and underground mining needs). Operate includes MOTION METRICS™, Pitram for underground, and as of November, Fast2Mine.
The Micromine products will soon all be underwritten – connectivity-wise – by the cloud-based Nexus platform.
Walsh singled out a few product specifics
Weir Software Solutions is out to provide the best feature-rich technical solutions on the market, while harnessing AI and the cloud for improved efficiency
International Mining | FEBRUARY 2026