Mastering Big Data in Mines

Three years ago, Mexico’s Cobre del Mayo (CDM) was attempting to solve common, yet complex issues at its open-pit copper mine in southern Sonora, 21 kilometres from the town of Alamos. That’s when the company started using Hexagon Mining’s fleet management solution. The results are impressive.

Three challenges to overcome
该矿山的地质向CDM提出了第一个采矿挑战。CDM产生A级铜阴极，可作为难治度提供，静脉型矿石用于浓缩物。该矿山是一种铜斑岩系统，在结构上通过矿化储备，散布和可变的深度范围氧化。

氧化是从表面到430米的，氧化是40米到430m。挑战在于两种类型的矿物质，这些矿物无法以相同的方式处理。主要的改变是石英盐和零星的区域，具有巨大的质量改变，这意味着，密切控制对矿石的稀释和选择性至关重要。

要克服的下一个挑战是车队管理。
CDM的车队包括以下内容：

• Three hydraulic shovels, Komatsu and Terex
• Two retro excavators, Komatsu and Caterpillar
• Three loaders and three high-precision first loaders
• 26 haul trucks (20 789s and six 777s)
• Three drills, Sandvik, D75KS and a high-precision dozer
• Auxiliary equipment, including dozers, graders and water trucks
• 复古挖掘机，大约是矿石多边形（沉积区）的大小

The potential 2,000 tonnes in one polygon make a system for dilution control essential.

Finally, tracking and reporting can be an overwhelming task.

CDM必须以各种形式处理从低级到中高级的废物。持续不断的废物类型意识很重要，因为装载设备可以同时使用三个或更多多边形，需要从卡车到卡车的频繁更换。因此，像任何地雷一样，车队管理对CDM很重要。复杂的矿石分配意味着CDM的运营商团队必须使用最佳工具来避免稀释并提高选择性。

Even great systems and great tools can fall short, however, if reliable and accurate reporting is not part of the process. Since CDM began commercial production in 2006, operators had compiled reports manually in the absence of an automated reporting process. Truck operators would include their cycles from origin to destination, and the dispatcher would capture all the information from the operators by hand and compile them. CDM tracked usage times and equipment delays by hand and by radio. Real-time alerts of delays were unavailable and receiving reliable data from the drill operator was difficult. Without a system to automate tracking and reporting, valuable time was being squandered.

Hexagon Mining solution selected
bob体育报道Hexagon Mining的车队管理解决方案Jigsaw是CDM评估的六个系统之一，以帮助解决这些问题。经过仔细的分析后，CDM选择了拼图。

说:“最好的选择是六角矿业CDM的Dbob体育报道ispatch Manager Victor Rodriguez. “The evaluation process was done in the form of a cost evaluation, as well as with a group of people who visited various mines. Most of them were in Chile and observed firsthand the Jigsaw system working.”

Less than two months later, initial hardware and software were deployed and CDM went live with Jigsaw. CDM began officially logging reports with Jview, Hexagon Mining’s business intelligence suite shortly after.

系统安装包括在矿井最高部分进行调度的房间。这通过视觉控制提供了矿山操作的全景。安装了三个52英寸屏幕，以显示矿山的不同仪表板景观。每个调度员还提供另外三个32英寸屏幕显示器。较小的屏幕管理JView上的道路，并允许进行实时报告。其他调度员处理操作和生产设备的控制，包括装载机和卡车。

对于CDM而言，从第一期到Go Live的核心实施时间范围大约三个月。像大多数矿山一样，CDM的重大目标是在降低成本的同时产生更多。CDM凭借Hexagobob体育报道n Mining的车队管理解决方案，可以迅速增加安全的采矿业务和生产产量，同时管理成本，质量和控制。

Real-time information for better decision making
Now CDM has designated maintenance dispatchers equipped with the proper notification systems, preventing maintenance issues from draining time and resources. Operators needing support or experiencing problems with equipment can speak directly with maintenance or text messages from the system, thus reducing radio frequency demands.

现在，对主要破碎机进行了实时监控。任何延迟都会产生立即警报，避免需要电话或无线电，这有时可能是不可靠的。对破碎机，废物，浸出垫和库存中的单个垃圾场进行监测和报告。有了多个目的地，每辆卡车都在何时何地卸下。

“Prior to partnering with Hexagon Mining, it had been extremely difficult for us to achieve precision in our extraction, given the size of our equipment,” said Rodriguez. “Since the implementation, significant improvements have been achieved in our ore control, as can be seen in our current production increases.

Rodriguez总结道：“该解决方案提供了可靠，灵活和自动的报告，用于生产，生产率，可用性，钻井信息以及矿山运营的许多其他方面。”

Written by Fabiano Moura