Single-Step Schedules

MiningMath software allows mining engineers to improve their strategic analysis through risk assessments that are unconstrained by a step-wise approach to optimization. MiningMath’s global mining optimization methodology helps to integrate multiple areas of the business. It handles all parameters simultaneously, delivering multiple scenarios and accounting for both strategic and tactical aspects.

On the other hand, the mining planning technologies that follow a step-wise methodology have developed shortcuts and approximations. Thousands of potential schedules can be generated with a multitude of different methods. However, they all follow the same step-wise rationale, with one step guiding the next ones. Commonly, schedules follow from a set of nested pits and other fixed input parameters such as geotechnics, metallurgical performance, and blending constraints. Therefore, the results frequently present similar behaviors, restricting the full exploration of the solution space.

Scheduling Stage

Step-wise vs MiningMath

Ilustração - Moderno Schedules@5x — **Step-wise technology**

Traditional step-wise methodology that generates short-term schedules passing from nested pits, pushback and schedule steps.

*What if…*
*Your nested pits do not lead to feasible production plans?*
*Your pushbacks do not account for your blending needs?*
*Your short-term planning does not fit the long-term view?*
*Other geometric conditions could be tested for a better NPV?*
*Your cutoffs and sequence incur higher mining rates and stocks?*

Ilustração - MM Schedules@5x — **MiningMath**

MiningMath's single-step methodology to generate a diverse range of schedules with short-term integration straight from the block model.

*Do not over constrain!*
*Identify your bottlenecks before going into detailed planning.*
*Check how each constraint interacts with each other.*
*Test how each assumption impacts the economics.*
*Search for realistic lower risk and higher potential scenarios.*
*Reveal hundreds of unseen distinctive solutions.*

Ilustração Mobile - Moderno Schedules@5x — **Step-wise technology**

Traditional step-wise methodology that generates short-term schedules passing from nested pits, pushback and schedule steps.

*What if…*

*Your nested pits do not lead to feasible production plans?*

*Your pushbacks do not account for your blending needs?*

*Your short-term planning does not fit the long-term view?*

*Other geometric conditions could be tested for a better NPV?*

*Your cutoffs and sequence incur higher mining rates and stocks?*

Ilustração Mobile - MM Schedules@5x — **MiningMath**

MiningMath's single-step methodology to generate a diverse range of schedules with short-term integration straight from the block model.

*Do not over constrain!*

*Identify your bottlenecks before going into detailed planning.*

*Check how each constraint interacts with each other.*

*Test how each assumption impacts the economics.*

*Search for realistic lower risk and higher potential scenarios*

*Reveal hundreds of unseen distinctive solutions.*

Start using now!

With MiningMath you are ready to begin the scheduling stage, in a single-step, straight from the block model. The block’s periods and destinations optimized by MiningMath are exported in .csv and .xlsx file that could be imported back into your preferred mining package, for comparison, pushback design or scheduling purposes.

Clients who have benefit from MiningMath

MiningMath provides different views and solutions for each parameter changed and each possible objective on the same mine. The theory behind this technology can be further explored in our Knowledge Base, while you can also use our forums to interact with the community and have any questions answered. MiningMath’s approach has been applied for years by our customers, with an increasing number of licenses sold worldwide, press releases and academic research also proving the consistency of the implementation.

With constant developments since 2013, MiningMath has reached a mature and robust state, providing solutions straight from the block model. It is the first and only single-step mining optimization engine available in the market!