Major Copper Mine in Chile


Customer Challenge
Management of Material Handling
How to ensure material movement (both waste and ore) was going to the right place during road widening construction and mine infrastructure projects.

How We Helped
3D Block Model of Stockpiles
3D block modeling was used to recognize waste dumped on a stockpile.
Alerts were created to highlight the dumps that were out of range tonnage.

The Outcome
Identified >100,000t of Waste Dumped on Ore Stockpiles
- Unnecessary processing costs were avoided by identifying over 100,000 tonnes of waste and preventing it from being sent to the processing plant.
- Boundaries were updated to keep waste material out of stockpiles.
- Accurate tracking of material feed to the plant was initiated avoiding negative end-product blend issues.

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