Repairing Solids in Surpac using Selection Tools
Friday, August 26, 2016Today’s post comes from Ash Colton, one of our Mining Knowledge Consultants.There may be instances where you have unwanted triangles after performing a solids intersection or...
View ArticleWhat's Needed to Boost Mining Productivity?
Tuesday, August 30, 2016Today's post comes from Mark Bese, Natural Resources Industry Marketing Director.A recent McKinsey & Company report “Productivity at the mine face: Pointing the way...
View ArticleRemoving Redundant Points After Intersections, Outersections or Unions in...
Friday, September 2, 2016Today’s post comes from Ash Colton, one of our Mining Knowledge Consultants.This post follows on from Repairing Solids in Surpac Using Selection Tools.Whenever you perform...
View ArticleIndustry Trends, MINExpo and Predicting the Future of Mining
Tuesday, September 6, 2016Today's post comes from Mark Bese, Natural Resources Industry Marketing Director.What are some key areas of focus for the global mining industry right now?There are a number...
View ArticleUser Spotlight Part 1: Creating Successful Mining Schedules
Wednesday, September 14, 2016 We sat down with Arthur Pacunana, Mine Planning Superintendent at Phu Bia Mining Limited in Laos, to talk about what makes an optimal mine schedule and a successful...
View ArticleHow to Plot Drillhole Traces in GEOVIA Surpac
Thursday, September 15, 2016Today’s tip comes from Kim Ferguson-Thomas, one our Technical Customer Support Consultants.Once a geologist has completed a drill program to test for mineralization,...
View ArticleGEOVIA Tops Mining Software Usage in 2016
Monday, September 19, 2016GEOVIA has been identified as the leading mining software provider for Asia-Pacific and African mines, according to a recent survey by Timetric's Mining Intelligence...
View ArticleImproved Haulage User Experience in GEOVIA MineSched
Wednesday, September 21, 2016Today’s post is from Hamish Sinclair-Ross, R&D Application Manager.In response to the most commonly requested enhancement in GEOVIA MineSchedTM - improving the haulage...
View ArticleUser Spotlight Part 2: Adapting Mine Planning to Changing Conditions
Wednesday, September 28, 2016 This is Part 2 of our interview with Arthur Pacunana, Mine Planning Superintendent at Phu Bia Mining Limited in Laos. In Part 1, we talked about what makes an optimal mine...
View ArticleCreating a Title Block in GEOVIA Minex
Tuesday, October 4, 2016Today’s Tip comes from Ranajit Das, one of our Senior Industry Process Consultants.Whether you are a Geologist, Engineer or Surveyor, you may need to create a title block in...
View ArticleConversion Tips Part 1: Converting Multiple files or Saving All Layers in...
Thursday, October 6, 2016Today’s Tip comes from Ash Colton, our Mining Knowledge Consultant.It is common for data to be passed from one department to another in .dxf format, particularly if you work at...
View ArticleDisplaying a Block Model in GEOVIA MineSched
Friday, October 7, 2016Today’s Tip comes from Patrick Cawley, our Mining Knowledge Consultant.Mining engineers may want to visualize block models inside GEOVIA MineSched to both orient and understand...
View ArticleConversion Tips Part 2: Extracting dxf Layers From a Single .dxf File Into...
Monday, October 10, 2016Today’s Tip comes from Ash Colton, our Mining Knowledge Consultant.Last week, we talked about how to convert multiple files to strings or DTMs in GEOVIA SurpacTM. This week, we...
View ArticleHighlights from the Natural Resources FORUM
Wednesday, October 12, 2016The Natural Resources industry is looking to innovation to help maximize productivity and achieve operational excellence. In today’s economic environment where demand, supply...
View ArticleUsing the Calendar File in Short-Term Scheduling in GEOVIA Minex
Friday, October 14, 2016Today’s Tip comes from Ranajit Das, one of our Senior Industry Process Consultants.Did you know that you can better utilize the Calendar File in GEOVIA MinexTM within short-term...
View ArticleHow to Import Lithology Symbols into GEOVIA Minex
Monday, October 17, 2016Today’s Tip comes from Ross Pemberton, our Mining Knowledge Consultant.Inside many mining software packages, displaying lithology patterns within your boreholes is often...
View ArticlePlanes Tips Part 1: Why Use Planes?
Tuesday, October 18, 2016Today’s Tip comes from Ash Colton, our Mining Knowledge Consultant.Since the release of GEOVIA Surpac 6.4, there is another way to view slices of dtms, block models and so on...
View ArticleUser Spotlight: Geostatistics Significantly Improve Resources Estimations
Wednesday, October 19, 2016We talked to Surpac user Jarrad Price, Senior Resources Geologist at Regis Resources, about how he uses geostatistics to improve his resources estimations and block model...
View ArticleAchieving Visibility and Control Over Mining Operations
Monday, October 24, 2016Today's post comes from Adrian Hale, Natural Resources Director, Asia-Pacific at Dassault Systèmes. This post originally appeared as part of an Industry Q&A with Austmine,...
View ArticleCreating a Proxy Topography from Drillhole Data in GEOVIA Surpac
Wednesday, October 26, 2016Today’s post comes from Chris Bates, one of our Mining Knowledge Consultants, Geology.When working with data from new exploration mine sites, or extensions to existing sites,...
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