Surface Metals: Planning

Surface mine planning solutions for all planning horizons

Deswik's powerful resource-based Gantt scheduling and advanced schedule optimization tools deliver value driven plans for the world's most complex mines.

Planning Capabilities

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Tools for all planning horizons

  • Complete planning solutions for strategic, operational, and execution planning.
  • Operate stand-alone or integrated with Deswik Spatial using the interactive scheduler.
  • Detailed inputs and model controls to mirror real-world constraints and business objectives.

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Optimize with industry leading algorithms

  • Wide range of tools to optimize schedules across all planning horizons.
  • Produce strategic and tactical plans that align production targets with business objectives.
  • Surface to underground transition optimization.

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Dynamically link your mine design and schedules

  • Prepare designs and convert directly into schedulable tasks.
  • Easily update scheduling tasks with design changes or survey updates.
  • Interact directly between tasks in Planning and graphics in Spatial.

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Deswik Software Gantt Chart

Advanced scheduling functions

  • Seamlessly handle large scheduling datasets required for modern detailed mine plans.
  • Maximize resource utilization with a powerful resource leveling engine.
  • Flexible combination of manual scheduling tools and automated rules for short, medium, and long-term planning needs.

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Connected reporting data

  • View animation of planning results linked to Spatial or directly in the Planning visualizer.
  • Customizable table based reports and interactive dashboards to quickly analyze scheduling outcomes.
  • Batch exports for streamlined outputs into business reporting data pipelines.

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Model real-world variability of mining

  • Run unlimited planning scenarios to see the range of possible outcomes.
  • Understand the impact of variability on critical mining outcomes like task and area completion dates.
  • Apply distributions of values for equipment rates, calendars, and calculated fields.

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Plan for the most complex open pit sites

  • Manually cut and schedule mining solids for maximum control in short-term planning.
  • Manage material blending to deliver the right material qualities to the right locations.
  • Assign resources to all parts of the mining cycle to account for drilling, blasting, loading, and hauling.

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Maximize value through material movement modelling

  • Model haulage systems using advanced algorithms such as haula road analysis, detailed truck modelling, conveying systems and cost modelling.
  • Include real world factors such as TKPH restrictions, haul road congestion and speed limits.
  • Study diesel to electric haulage systems by modelling battery electric vehicles, trollies and conveyor systems.

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Mining expertise that drives real results

Deswik’s consulting services bring together technical precision and practical expertise to empower your operation. We partner with you to uncover efficiencies and drive sustainable growth, delivering tailored solutions that transform mine planning into measurable progress.

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The industry's leading scheduling solution

Built on our scheduling platform, Deswik.Planning handles the planning needs of any mining sector by enabling long and short-term planning horizons to sit seamlessly together in a single schedule.

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Spatial

The industry’s most comprehensive CAD solution

With its seamless data integration, world-class 3D modeling, and geospatial analysis capabilities, Spatial is the end-to-end CAD package to create detailed design plans, improve productivity, and enable environmental stewardship.

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GO

Optimize pit designs and schedules simultaneously

A strategic mine planning solution, Deswik GO uses fast, mathematical multi-pit optimization to help you make smarter design and scheduling decisions across the value chain to maximize NPV.

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BOLT

Streamline blending and logistics across your supply chain

An advanced multi-commodity blending, stockpiling and logistics optimizer, BOLT generates mathematically optimal mine plans to increase profits, reduce costs and maximize efficiency across your entire value chain.

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LHS

Understand material movement for optimal haulage strategies

Addressing all variables in material movement and environmental reporting, Deswik LHS helps you plan and deliver realistic haulage strategies to maximize project value across the surface mining sectors.

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Blend

Streamline your material flow modeling

Deswik Blend is a material flow modeling tool that optimizes product handling by simplifying the complexities of managing and blending materials from any mining deposit.

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