Strategic Planning
Your Situation
You have quantified your reserve and now need to know how its development will be scheduled over the long term, perhaps over the entire life-of-mine. You may have complex blending requirements based on grades and/or ore-types. Cost-effective management of stockpiles may be necessary to meet stringent grade constraints. You need to understand how you will balance development and mining in a way that won’t drive costs through the roof and makes sense in the context of your material movement capacities.
Our Solutions
With Minemax Strategic Planning technologies you just enter all the constraints associated with development, mining, material handling and processing. Taking this and your financial information (costs and metal prices), using a powerful optimization module, Minemax Strategic Planning technologies will help you to find a practical long-term schedule that is focussed on your business objectives.
Minemax offers two solution options for strategic planning:
- Minemax Scheduler is the original solution for strategic planning that has set the standard for strategic schedule optimization at mid-to-large-size mining companies world-wide.
- Minemax Tempo is the new innovative solution for Integrated and Optimized Mine Planning that helps you to create high-value strategic plans and translate them into practical operational plans.
Both solutions use the same tried and tested optimization technology that companies have relied upon for over 12 years.
Comparison between Tempo and Scheduler
| Capabilities | Tempo | Scheduler |
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| NPV Optimization of single or multiple mine sites |  |
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| Blending and Material Movement Constraints | |
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| Constrain by trucking and digging equipment availability | |
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| Joint cut-off / cut-over and schedule optimization | Planned for 2010 | |
| Capital Expenditure Optimization | |
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| Collaborative, multi-user environment within and across mine sites | |
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| Refine strategic schedule into medium- or short-term schedule | |