Mine Engineering & Planning Consultants — Australia

Strategic and life-of-mine planning

• Scenario modelling for cutbacks, underground transitions and sequencing trade-offs
• Haulage, crusher, and plant constraint analysis to balance the value chain
• Net present value optimisation across shells, phases and sequence alternatives

Short and medium-term scheduling

• 12–24 month rolling plans linking drill, blast, load and haul activities
• Short interval control workflows aligned to dispatch and fleet data systems
• Compliance dashboards to reconcile actuals vs plan with root-cause annotation

Cost and productivity improvement

• Operating cost benchmarking and variance analysis tied to material movement
• Equipment productivity studies covering cycle efficiency, delays and utilisation
• Tactical options to lift availability, reduce rehandle and trim unit cost

Study management and approvals

• Scoping, PFS and DFS inputs including design criteria, execution strategies and risks
• Independent readiness reviews before gate submissions or investment committees
• Sensitivity analysis and mitigation plans for schedule, cost and NPV drivers

Operational readiness and ramp-up

• Operating philosophy definition, staffing plans and commissioning playbooks
• Integration of engineering deliverables into planning, maintenance and supply
• Ramp-up monitoring with decision triggers for corrective action

Technology and process enablement

• Selection and configuration of scheduling, fleet and reporting systems
• Data governance frameworks to connect sources, owners and approvals
• Training and change management tailored to planners and supervisors

Iron ore phase redesign

Re-sequenced waste stripping and ore release lifted NPV by aligning manning, drill and haulage profiles to plant capacity.

Underground ramp-up recovery

Bottleneck analysis and revised production roster lifted stoping compliance from 62% to 88% within three months.

Study readiness uplift

Independent PFS review identified schedule and cost gaps, enabling a clear mitigation plan before board submission.