Integration is the key to success in mining

Hexagon Mining customer, Pena Colorada, is one of the largest iron ore operations in Mexico. Located in the state of Colima, Pena Colorada's operations consist of an open pit mine in Minatitlán and a pellet plant in the port city of Manzanillo.

尽管每年的浓缩量为每年410万吨，但PeñaColorada仍面临矿石成绩下降。作为回应，该公司必须进一步扩大生产。这种扩展带来了挑战，这些挑战通过采用和应用新技术以及改进地板，矿山规划和矿山运营而克服了挑战。

The successful implementation of these technologies paid for itself many times over, and has led to significant improvements in production and performance, while lowering the operating costs and reducing the variance between planning and execution.

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Putting good in to get good out

The first step was to increase the confidence and reliability of the resource model. The Peña Colorada deposit comprises three main geologic structures affected by a moderate fault system. These three structures control the geology in terms of minable material characteristics.

矿产资源模型分为两个阶段：

1. Construction of the geological model
2. Numerical modelling of attributes

Construction of the geological model involves three steps:

1. Processing of the drilling campaign
2. Accounting for the minimum scale of geological interpretation
3. 建筑周围的固体。

The drilling campaign was processed through Hexagon Mining's mine planning suite, MineSight; specifically, its drillhole manager, MineSight Torque, and its 3D visualiser, MineSight 3D.

使用地雷隐式建模器（MSIM）将地质信封构建为几何固体，以准确表征地质接触。此后，MSIM被地质学取代，地质学通过对表面和固体进行测序来创建气密地质模型来利用隐式建模的力量。属性的数值建模包括通过局部普通kriging对等级的估计。

一旦完成模型完成，使用Meatight Economic Planner（MSEP）评估了新的优化研究，并使用了新的生产时间表，并使用了METESIGHT计划优化器（MSSO），这改善了矿山计划的许多方面。例如，MSSO用于评估和优化转储排放计划。

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从计划到现实

优化的结果产生了一项计划，在较早的时期所需的剥离和短垃圾箱的结合，这使卡车时间平衡了时间表，并减少了所需的卡车数量。这项优化研究的估计收益约为项目价值3500万美元。

同样，MSSO也被用来评估扩展项目和更大的铁锹（P＆H 4100 XPC）和更大的卡车（CAT 789C和793F）。

PeñaColorada矿山计划负责人Jose Villa说：“矿山的扩建计划耗资数百万美元，甚至数十亿美元。”“在MSSO上进行投资很容易证明是合理的，因为它可以指导重要的资本投资决策，并且成本低于非公路运输卡车的轮胎。”

Additionally, new geotechnical studies were prepared, which provided new guidelines for pit slope design. New technology was implemented to monitor ground movement and slope stability.

Pena Colorada实施了Hexagon Mi亚搏苹果appning的车队管理系统（FMS），以监视操作并确保计划执行和合规性。这使公司能够在矿山计划中预测的项目中捕获该项目的价值。

"However, there is always a variance between plan and reality," said Villa. "This has been significantly reduced with the adoption of best-in-class mine planning software and fleet management system."

在FMS实施之前，必须由测量师固定设计的生产钻头的Blasthole项圈。然而，在雨季，天气会延迟测量师，因此延迟了演习，这损害了产量。实施FMS之后，计划/设计的蓝晶石将以数字方式转移到配备高精度指南的钻头上，以确保准确的Blasthole位置，因此不再需要验证师将领域的项圈放在现场中。现在生产保持正轨。

"Hexagon Mining's mine planning software and fleet management system has narrowed the gap between what is and what should be," said Villa. "It has helped to unlock and realise significant project value."