Mining integration reaches new heights in the Andes

Author: Neville Judd,十月2016

Toquepala is more of a city than a mining camp. ‘Home’ to 2,000 people in the Peruvian Andes, the mine offers almost everything you might need, including an elementary school, a high school, hospital, supermarkets – even a golf course complete with 19th hole.

The mine run by Grupo Mexico is also setting new standards when it comes to integration and optimisation. Toquepala is the fifth largest copper mine in the world, measuring 2.5 kilometres across and descending more than 700 meters into the Earth. Last year, the mine won approval for a $1.2-billion expansion of the pit, which will double the mine’s processing capacity.

用拼图稳定不稳定

为了在艰难的经济时期做准备，墨西哥格鲁波决定整合Toquepala的运营和计划技术。该公司选择了六边形采矿作为该策略的合作伙伴亚搏苹果app，知道通过对齐系统，它将更好地定位于天气波动的商品价格。

We are constantly working to improve, integrate and optimise our processes for mining operations, utilising key technologies,” said Enrique Sanchez, Grupo México senior technical adviser. “For many years we have relied on Hexagon Mining’s Jigsaw system for fleet management with much satisfaction.

“Grupo Mexico has invested over US $2 million in modernising our processes and our operations and teams. For example, in the past we would transfer materials to the crusher via train or trucks, but today we leverage a system of conveyors and tunnels with more than 2 kilometres in distance, which sends materials directly to the crusher in this case.”

“购买利用拼图系统的设备和技术在Toquepala中尤为重要，在过去的几个月中，我们已经安装了成功的拼图系统。”墨西哥Grupo还是Hexagon Mining的Minesight Mine Planning Sof亚搏苹果apptware Suite的长期使用者。Toquepala的矿山规划人员使用迈森经济规划师来确定经济矿坑限制，增量坑壳和初步的倒退创造。他们使用较高的时间表优化器进行短期，中期和长期计划。

“地雷系统可帮助我们优化生产，以获得与矿山总体价值相对应的最大收益。亚搏苹果app六边形采矿的最先进技术对于我们的战略至关重要。这个想法是要有一个用于监视自动周期标准化的系统，以及用于增加生产优化的动态系统。

“Hexagon’s integrated mining solutions allow us to greatly improve our efficiency by shortening the gap between planning and execution.”

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Story: Mining integration reaches new heights in the andes
Chapter 1: Stabilising the unstable with Jigsaw
第2章：Honouring change