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Page 1: IES Update –Strengthening the Value Chain€¦ · IES Update –Strengthening the Value Chain CRC ORE Optimising Resource Extraction Nick Beaton 0411 281 542 n.beaton@crcore.org.au

implem

ent

invent

introd

uce

integrate

CRC ORE

Optim

ising

 Resou

rce Extractio

n

IES Upd

ate –Streng

then

ing the Va

lue Ch

ain

Nick Be

aton

0411

 281

 542

n.be

aton

@crcore.org.au

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Integrated

 Extraction Simulator

Substantial p

rogress in 

•Targeted

 functio

nality 

•Co

llabo

rativ

e projects

•Site eng

agem

ent

“”

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Wha

t is the

 Integrated

 Extraction Simulator?

Simulation

Engine

Equipm

ent

Datab

ase

Material

Config.

Flow

shee

tDatab

ase

Results

Datab

ase

Flow

shee

tDesign

Repo

rting

Equipm

ent

Mod

els

Simulations

Project

Flow

shee

ts

Simulation

A collabo

rativ

e multi‐year program

 to build th

e ne

xt gen

eration metallurgical 

simulation platform

.

Flow

shee

tDesign To

ol

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Lang

uage Translatio

n

IES is no

w available in Spa

nish.

Wha

t’s in

teresting is ho

w lo

ng it didn’ttake, how

 much it didn

’tcost…

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Mass S

imulation

…either way IES can no

w perform

 over 

1,00

0,00

0 sim

ulations per hou

r……. for th

e price of a pizz

a.

Masss

imulation of geo

logical b

lock m

odels 

popu

lated with

 geo

met

data to

 improv

e sche

dulin

g …

…or m

asss

imulation of se

nsitivity ana

lysis

 cube

s to de

fine the op

erating en

velope

 …

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In Line Optim

isatio

n

Isolate eq

uipm

ent a

nd sub

‐circuits fo

r optim

isatio

n.

Control, constrain an

d track 

the op

timising

process.

Und

erstan

d toda

y…

…im

prov

e tomorrow!

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Mass S

imulation + In Line Optim

isatio

n –Po

werful C

ombina

tion

…of optim

ised op

tions ...

…prov

ides re

alistic ope

ratio

nal 

targets.

Mass sim

ulation …

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Custom

, Priv

ate an

d Sp

onsored Mod

els

Grin

ding

Mod

els

Blas

ting

Mod

els

Gol

d Le

achi

ng M

odel

s

Flot

atio

n M

odel

s

Ope

ning

 up the IES 

platform

 to m

odels 

from

 multip

le so

urces 

for p

rivate an

d shared

 use.

Rese

arch

er M

odel

s

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Bringing

 METS, M

iners a

nd 

Researchers together

CRC ORE

Partne

rs Exten

ding

 IES’s R

each

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IES –Extend

ing 

simulation into 

operationa

l de

cision

 sup

port 

and 

optim

isation.

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Site Eng

agem

ent

1.Create a Baseline of a Cu plan

t from Blasting throug

h Co

mminution to Flotatio

n2.

Valid

ate sim

ulation results are with

in +/‐10

% of a

ctua

l over a

 12 mon

th period

Actio

ns:

1.Co

mminution circuit from a re

cent su

rvey.

2.Machine

 learning

 flotation circuit.

3.Mass s

imulation on

 4 years of d

aily data to 

determ

ine key influ

entia

l param

eters.

4.Sensitivity ana

lysis

 on chan

ges to influ

entia

l pa

rameters.

Outcomes:

1.Simulated

 results fo

r Throu

ghpu

t, Grin

d Size, R

ecovery an

d Co

nc. G

rade

 all with

in ra

nge.

2.IES Simulation results m

atched

 or improved

 on Geo

Met

pred

ictio

ns.

Challeng

e:

X + 25

X + 20

X +1

 5

X + 10

X + 5

%

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Site Eng

agem

ent

1.With

 the Mill at v

olum

etric

 cap

acity, investig

ate op

tions to

 improve grind siz

e. 

Actio

ns:

1.Sensitivity ana

lysis

 of o

ver 1

300 diffe

rent 

combina

tions of vortex fin

der, spigot, n

umbe

r of 

cyclon

es and

 % so

lids u

sing average expe

cted

 ha

rdne

ss of 1

 year o

f ore su

pply.

2.Re

peat sen

sitivity

 ana

lysis

 on 20

thpe

rcen

tile an

d 80

thpe

rcen

tile ha

rdne

ss of 1

 year o

re su

pply.

3.So

rted

 results by recirculating load

 and

 confirm

ed re

sults with

in ope

ratin

g rang

e

Outcomes:

1.Iden

tified chan

ges to cyclon

e configuration to achieve 15 micron im

provem

ent to grind P8

0 in flotation feed

 for a

verage hardn

ess o

re.

2.De

term

ined

 that sam

e configuration could also deliver strong

 improvem

ents to

 grin

d siz

e for 2

0than

d 80

th

percen

tile ha

rdne

ss ores a

nd th

erefore could be

 used for throu

ghou

t yea

r.

Challeng

e:

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Site Eng

agem

ent

1.De

velop a site specific blast m

odel to

 calculate optim

al burde

n x spacing for the

 lowest cost P

80.

2.Only pe

rmit au

thorise

dexplosive prod

ucts with

 validated

 param

eters (Ve

locity of D

eton

ation, etc.)

Actio

ns:

1.De

velope

d custom

 blast m

odel based

 on prod

uct spe

c.2.

Adde

d table functio

n to allo

w site to

 specify

 explosiv

e.3.

Adde

d op

timising

to determine “best” blast design.

4.Ad

ded blast m

odel to

 existing IES blast m

odels.

5.Mad

e mod

el priv

ate to site.

Outcomes:

1.Mod

el provide

s basis for c

alibratio

n with

 actua

l blasting results.

2.Mod

el used in IES to re

fine an

d target blast designs in

 Mine 2 Mill exercise

.

MEL

Challeng

e:

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Site Eng

agem

ent

1.De

sign an

 ope

ratio

nal framew

ork for M

ine 2 Mill usin

g IES to driv

e de

cisio

n making.

2.Im

plem

ent M

ine 2 Mill at site

.

Actio

ns:

1.De

velop a fram

ework using IES functio

nality of 

integrated

 flow

shee

t, mass s

imulation an

d sensitivity 

analysis.

2.Iden

tify op

portun

ities and

 de‐risk trials of options fo

r im

provem

ents.

Outcomes:

1.Initial fram

ework provides su

pport for M

ine to M

ill trials

2.Extend

ed fram

ework includ

es site im

plem

entatio

n an

d an

y de

bottlene

cking that evolves.

Challeng

e:

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Site Eng

agem

ent

1.Iden

tify Locatio

n of Amen

able Ores (Whe

re)

•Simulate throug

hput fo

r each block in block m

odel.

•Co

nstraint to

 Grin

d Size, SAG

 Loa

d, etc.

•Track volume an

d tonn

esfor k

ey com

pone

nts.

•“H

eat M

ap” am

enab

le lo

catio

ns with

in pit.

2.Iden

tify Timing of Amen

able Ores (Whe

n)•

Simulate throug

hput of e

ach mining un

it (pushb

ack/be

nch?

)•

“Heat M

ap” am

enab

le m

onths with

in sc

hedu

le

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 Becom

e Involved

crcore.org.au

Nick Be

aton

Contact U

s

0411

 281

 542

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aton

@crcore.org.au