Underground Metals: Operations

Connecting technical services with field operators

Designed for the granularity of underground mining cycles, our operational solution provides data where, when, and how it is needed for improved productivity and efficiency each shift.

Operational Capabilities

Deswik ORB Dashboard

Optimize draw strategies

  • Customize your draw strategy by configuring expressive operational and geotechnical constraints at the draw point level.
  • Monitor compliance to plan continuously with live dashboards and detailed draw point progression charts.
  • Dispatch your draw strategy with real-time, autonomous optimization and short interval control (SIC).

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ORB
Underground Mine & Machinery

Optimize cave management and performance

  • Highly automated SIC tool for optimizing equipment dispatch in underground caving.
  • Eliminate manual draw orders and minimize dispatch delays by automatically responding to events in real-time.
  • Maximize productivity within compliance objectives by applying mathematical optimization.

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ORB
ORB
Deswik ORB Software Dashboard Screen
Deswik Operations being used on desktop screens

Optimize resources to achieve compliance

  • Rapidly create realistic and achievable operational plans.
  • Easily manage interactions across multiple departments with everyone working off the same plan.
  • Track conformance to plan with real-time views of shift progress. Combined operational planning and actuals tracking provides a comprehensive, real-time overview of shift activities.

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OPS
OPS
Shift planner screen image for ipad tablet

Live shift plans and insights

  • Monitor task progress throughout the shift with digital shift plans that update in near-real time.
  • Create upcoming shift plans with the latest underground data, automatically updated with location, equipment status, and task progress.

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ShiftPlanner
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ShiftPlanner
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Access the right information at the right time

  • Employ SIC processes at formal or ad-hoc intervals with planned tasks and actual task progress in one tool.
  • Latest task progress is accessible both in the office and underground by supervisors, operators, control room personnel and production planners.

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Operator
OPS
Operator
Ops being used in an office

Live shift plans and insights

  • Monitor task progress throughout the shift with digital shift plans that update in near-real time.
  • Create upcoming shift plans with the latest underground data, automatically updated with location, equipment status, and task progress.

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OPS
Underground Mine with Machinery

Capture data once for multiple uses

  • Capture digital data in a control room or via operator devices underground for tracking task progress in near-real time.
  • Supervisors can make informed decisions with up-to-date operator information on tablet devices underground.
  • Data is immediately accessible for reporting or customized site dashboards.

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Operator
Deswik Ops Software on Tablet
03 Digital PLOD image tablet

Go paperless underground

  • Operators can enter, check, and edit task progress in a digital PLOD, visible for supervisors for decision-making and 'course-correcting' without delays throughout the shift.
  • Supervisors can view and validate operator PLODs on their own device during and at the end of shifts.

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Operator
Underground Mine with Machinery

Capture, centralize, and track spatial data on the job

  • Record, store and view data against a location on your mobile device for instant progress updates.
  • A complete overview of all task statuses in the mine mapped to specific locations, with supporting photos and customizable map markers for extra context.

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SmartMap
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Survey Mining Staff Looking Through Equipment Underground

Minimize operational delays

  • One complete overview of mining locations and statuses for surveyors to access all the information they need while underground.
  • On-the-go data recording enables surveyors to work underground more efficiently.

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Survey
Deswik Survey on Mobile & Tablet Screens
Underground Mine Tunnel with Machinery

Always have the latest survey plan at the face

  • Survey plan availability on mobile devices ensures operators have the latest approved plans on hand, and surveyors avoid development delays on the jumbo.

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Deswik Drilling Software on Tablets
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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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Our operational solution

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OPS

Operational planning, shift execution and data capture

Connect your operational plans with production actuals in dynamic ways for effective data-driven decisions.

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Operator

Tablet-based work management and SIC app

Connects planned tasks with operator actuals for immediate access to the most up-to-date information.

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ShiftPlanner

Real-time and accurate shift plans

Create upcoming shift plans with the latest information on supervisors' mobile devices.

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Drilling

Mine smarter with quick, simple and accurate mark-ups

Providing operators with the latest survey plans, an interactive mine map, face mark-up abilities, and an operator toolbox to guide users through complex mark-ups.

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Survey

Access all the survey information you need underground

With a complete overview of mining locations and statuses, Deswik Survey Enabling surveyors to work efficiently with a complete overview of mining and locations and statuses to minimize operational delays.

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SmartMap

Capture, centralize and track spatial data all at once

Record, store and view data against locations on your mobile device.

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ORB

Real-time production dispatch and cave management system

Optimize hard-rock underground operations with real-time shift and fleet management.

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