Tarrant Elkington General Manager at Snowden In my last article, I talked about the fact that there is a lot of value left on the table by failing to model relationships in your optimisation input parameters. That, by planning for the average, you are planning to be average. Let me share with you a published example where […]
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Planning For the Average is Planning to be Average – Part 1
Tarrant Elkington General Manager at Snowden In an earlier post I talked about the importance of the block value calculation and how it is the heart (and mind) of mine optimisation. Here is the simple (and brilliant) formula: BV = [(P-S)RG – H]O – MT Where: BV = Block value in $. P = Commodity price in […]
Read moreThe Most Meaningful Image in Mine Optimisation
Author: Tarrant Elkington, General Manager It has been said that a picture tells a thousand words. I find this is particularly true in technical disciplines. My question for the day is: which image tells the most meaningful story in mine optimisation? For me it is an image showing the progression of pit shells from highest […]
Read moreNew Team Member: Ian de Klerk, Executive Consultant
We are continually growing our team of experts, and we are excited to welcome Ian de Klerk to the team as Executive Consultant in our Brisbane office. Here’s an interview we did with Ian to get to know him a bit better: Can you tell us a bit about yourself? I am a resource geologist […]
Read moreNew Team Member: Jan Graham, Principal Consultant
We are continually growing our team of experts, and today the team at Snowden is excited to introduce you to our newest team member Jan Graham, who many may know from her many years in the industry. Here’s an interview we did with Jan to get to know her a bit better: Can you tell […]
Read moreNew Team Member: Matthew Jarvis, Snowden Advisory
This month, we’re introducing another Advisory team member, Matthew Jarvis who joined us in South Africa this year. As our team continues to grow, we wanted to introduce Matthew and share some insights into his deep experience in the mining sector. Can you tell us a bit about yourself? From a career perspective, I am […]
Read more(Re)Introducing: Michael Andrew, Snowden Advisory
This year we welcomed Michael Andrew back to the Snowden team, a previous employee based in Sydney, Australia and an exciting addition as we grow the Advisory team. Can you tell us a bit about yourself? After finishing uni, I kicked off my employment history starting with Coffey and Partners in 1983 as an engineering […]
Read moreMine Planners: Are You Looking At The Drillholes?
Author: Tarrant Elkington, General Manager I was recently reading an old article by Julian Poniewierski called Mining Engineers – Are you Taking Suitable Interest in the Reserve Reconciliation?” Great read and recommended. It reminded me of another important consideration that mine planners do not often take an interest in: the drillhole data. Viewing drillhole data would be […]
Read moreLanzamiento de Supervisor 8.13
Nos complace anunciar el lanzamiento de la versión 8.13 de Supervisor con la implementación del método de Simulación Secuencial Gaussiana (SGS). El esfuerzo de un trabajo conjunto con nuestros usuarios durante su desarrollo, validación e implementación nos permite poner esta técnica disponible para su uso comercial en Supervisor 8.13. El siguiente video en Español muestra […]
Read moreSupervisor 8.13: New Release
We’re excited to announce that the next major release of Supervisor is now available! Version 8.13 brings with it a long requested feature, Sequential Gaussian Simulation (SGS). We’ve worked closely with some of our users to test and develop this feature, and we’re delighted to make it available for commercial use today. Check out our YouTube account here to watch […]
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