Fast Resource Estimation Helps Improve Operational Efficiency
Customer Company Size
SME
Region
- America
Country
- Chile
Product
- GEOVIA Surpac
Tech Stack
- Multi-threaded technology
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Cost Savings
Technology Category
- Analytics & Modeling - Real Time Analytics
Applicable Industries
- Mining
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases
- Predictive Maintenance
- Process Control & Optimization
Services
- Data Science Services
About The Customer
Marco Alfaro Consultores is a consulting company based in Santiago, Chile. The company offers services in ore deposit evaluation, specifically in the areas of ore sampling, geological modelling, geostatistics and resource estimation. By applying geostatistical theory in conjunction with the latest available technology, Marco Alfaro Consultores provides practical and efficient solutions for today’s mining industry. Andres Beluzan, a Mining Civil Engineer and Executive Director of Marco Alfaro Consultores, has been using Surpac for his work in geological resource estimation for over a decade.
The Challenge
The mining industry is facing a challenge with the increasing size of datasets as mining companies develop and expand existing properties. The large data size has made it difficult for mining software to keep pace, often taking hours or even days for geology and mine planning applications to update models. This delay in updating models can lead to inefficiencies in production scheduling and increased costs. For instance, if waste material is sent to processing, the mining company will spend unnecessary money without a return and create unnecessary wear on equipment, shortening its life cycle and driving up maintenance costs.
The Solution
Dassault Systèmes has delivered one of the best resource estimation experiences in the industry with its latest version of GEOVIA Surpac. The software uses multi-threaded technology that allows the majority of block modeling functions to use all available processors or cores. This results in up to a 95% reduction in processing times for block model operations such as estimations, block maths, constraining, and reporting. With Surpac 6.7, Marco Alfaro Consultores was able to achieve estimation results at processing speeds nearly 17 times faster than previous versions of the software.
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