Industry

Mining

Operational excellence from mine to market

The sector benchmark sells economic results, not technology. We capture value across the whole chain, from orebody to port, combining data science with metallurgy and process control.

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Results

The impact of analytics, in business figures

Advanced analytics has already proven its impact in mining: more ore processed, better metallurgical recovery and higher asset availability. These are the sector references.

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growth in artificial intelligence investment in mining over the last five years

8 to 10%

increase in ore processed after adopting advanced plant analytics

1 to 3 points

improvement in metallurgical recovery across grinding and flotation

3.7%

increase in copper production in a regional reference case, with fewer unplanned stops

Growth of AI investment in mining, index base 1

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Global mining sector references. The advantage lies in adopting early and setting the cost benchmark.

Services

Four axes, from the capital decision to the operation

Four axes specific to mining. The method underneath them is the same across all five industries. The entry point is the capital decision; the highest return is in the plant.

01Strategy and capital decisions

Responsible area · Corporate Finance, Investments and Projects

Which initiative returns the most, and at what risk?

The highest returning initiative, ranked against the mine plan and with its range of outcomes quantified before approval.

This is where the capital decision gets made. The value tree ties every initiative to the mine plan, Value Improving Practices scrub the scope while changing it is still cheap, and simulation puts a probability on the outcome before the investment is committed.

Orebody modeling and resource estimationLess uncertainty in the head grade the plan promises.
Value Improving Practices (VIP) managementCapital projects reach execution with the scope already scrubbed.
Financial risk modeling with Monte CarloYou see the real odds that the project delivers its promised number.

02Geoscience and exploration

Responsible area · Geology and Exploration

Where do we drill first?

Fewer metres drilled per discovery, with targets ranked by probability.

The predictive model integrates geology and geophysics that today live in separate systems, and ranks drilling targets by probability of success.

Drilling target prioritizationYour drilling budget concentrates on the targets that actually pay.
Geological and geophysical data integrationHistorical drillholes, logging and geophysics end up in one base that geology can query.
Critical minerals and lithium prospectingYour concessions ranked by potential, using historical geochemistry and satellite imagery.

03Plant and mine operational excellence

Responsible area · Operations, Plant and Maintenance

How do we get more tonnes from the same asset?

More recovery points and more availability, without buying new equipment.

The highest return axis. Grinding and flotation optimization moves recovery points, and predictive maintenance returns availability hours on the critical fleet.

Grinding and flotation optimization with control room advisorEvery shift runs at the set point that recovers the most metal.
Predictive maintenance of assets and critical fleetThe truck stops when you decide, not when it breaks.
Digital twins of processes and equipmentYou test the process change on screen before touching the plant.
Energy and water consumption optimizationLower cost per tonne and more headroom in your water licence.
Computer vision for quality and safetyThe camera catches the incident and the quality miss before the shift does.

04Integrated value chain and planning

Responsible area · Planning, Supply Chain and Commercial

Why does the mine produce and the port not ship?

One single mine to port plan, with less immobilized inventory.

Mine, rail and port are planned as one single chain. Product blending and price forecasting enter the same decision.

Integrated mine, rail and port optimizationThe port ships what the mine produces, with no stock parked between.
Daily tracking of mine to port dispatchEach morning you see where train, stockpile and shipment drifted from the plan.
Commodity price forecastingYou time the sale against a price range and its probability.
Product blend and quality optimizationYou hit contract spec with the ore you already have on the pad.
Short, medium and long term planningThe weekly plan and the life of mine plan finally agree.
Value tree and business caseEvery initiative ranked by the dollars it moves in the mine plan.

Areas

One organization, several areas of the operation

Production and availability

Operations, Plant and Maintenance

Responsible for production, metallurgical recovery and asset availability.

Resources and value chain

Geology, Planning and Commercial

From resource estimation to mine to port optimization.

Platform and governance

Technology and Digital Transformation

Data platform, model operations and AI governance.

Capital decisions

Corporate Finance and Investments

Value and investment risk management before the final decision.

Method

How we enter and how we scale

High return pilot

Entry through operational excellence: predictive maintenance or recovery optimization, with clear indicators.

The language of operations

Tonnage, recovery, availability and cost per ton. No algorithms, no architectures.

Committed scaling

The pilot is born with scaling criteria. The sector penalizes pilots that never scale.

Long term relationship

Recurring model operations and expansion into capital projects and new service lines.

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