Selecting a mining method is one of the most critical and problematic activities of mining engineering. The ultimate goal of the mining method is to maximise the profit and extraction of the mineral resources while providing a safe working environment. The selection...

Industry cost curves are valuable tools to benchmark the operational cost performance of an existing operation or new proposed mine project against industry. The industry cost curve indicates the ability of the existing mines to endure cyclical commodity prices and...

Geological/Mineral Resource estimation software today has become a very diverse field with immense competition between software companies. Very often exploration and mining companies are at a complete loss as to what software to choose. It is often easier to let one...

INTRODUCTION It is common to select a optimal pit shell defining the mineral reserve without much further consideration Other strategic opportunities are being ignored? Small value compromise for significant strategic gain PIT OPTIMISATION The objective is...

The term “rare” in reference to rare earth elements (“REEs”) is not strictly correct and stems from the early 1950s. The complexity of REE ores and elements made the separate economic extraction of individual elements more difficult and costly. Some of the elements...

Very often Companies are faced with budgetary constraints. This results in placing pressure on the time spent on generating Mineral Resource models. Technical Reports often vividly describe a projects’ geological location and the mineralisation mechanisms that have...