A&B Global Mining
Superlative Mining and Associated Engineering Consulting Services
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ABGM’s core business is Mining Engineering and associated consulting for open pit and underground mines. We are able to explore, study, refine, optimize and execute any project with value to the client on all commodities, on any continent. Our primary skills are within the exploration, mineral evaluations, planning, designing, costing, techno-economic assessments, Ore Reserve estimation with sign-off and execution stages. Utilizing various industry proven software, we are able to design and schedule mining operations whilst conduction various trade-offs on a variety of optimised solutions to our clients. ABGM’s exceptional ability to think out of the box has been well proven and shown with our ability to retain clients due to exceptional value enhancement and drives home our motto – Our Insight is Your Foresight.
Strategic mine planning includes mine design, planning and optimization after the resource has been delineated and declared. ABGM has capabilities to provide offsite mine planning services, as well as serving as an auxiliary or support to the client’s mining department to conclude principal mine design requirements. Our prime mine planning capabilities cover the following sub-sectors:
- Strategic mine planning
- Short-term mine planning
- Long-term mine planning
Major Tasks:
- Concept mine model generation
- Mine design criteria
- Open pit or underground design and optimisation
- Life of Mine production scheduling
- Bill of Quantities and Cost scheduling
Mine Design & Scheduling
All underground mine designs and schedules are completed using three dimensional mine planning packages such as Mine2-4D, Datamine’s Studio, Mineable Resource Optimization (MRO), Production Scheduler and CADSMine. We are able to create trade off designs and update designs and schedules more accurately, incorporating all necessary mining and engineering practicalities.
Resource Optimization
A&B Global Mining optimize underground mineable resources prior to completing full three-dimensional designs. Based on mining parameters and targets, we are able to provide mines with sensitivity analyses and pre-designed economic mining envelopes together with their sequence that will ensure the highest economic value. All our work is clearly documented and in full three-dimensional formats.
Resource to Reserve
Resource to Reserve conversions forms a vital part of a mining project’s feasibility statement and mining companies annual Resource and Reserve statements. We have the technical skills and experience in Resource to Reserve conversions.
Pre-feasibility & feasibility studies
We undertake pre-feasibility and feasibility studies for extensions of existing underground operations and for the evaluation of newly proposed underground mines. We provide the technical and project management skills to service the required scopes of these projects.
Trade-off studies
The requirements for any successful pre-feasibility study (if not carried out prior to the study) include the evaluation of various mining methods in order to determine the most practical, achievable and profitable option. We have the experience and capability to provide both small and large mine property trade-off studies.
Geotechnical Design & Modelling
Our consultants create full three-dimensional geotechnical block models. These models allow mines to optimize extraction evaluations, underground pillar and support designs, and optimizations of fragmentation for both underground and open pit operations. Furthermore, these geotechnical models facilitate accounting for the geotechnical structures within three-dimensional mine designs.
Process Modelling
Operational process and mineral resource management (MRM) process modelling using IDEFO Techniques is a service offered by our consultancy. Our process models assist in integration of technical MRM departments and systems.
MRM Technical Systems Implementation
Our consultants assist in process definition and skills development programs required in the implementation of technical mine planning systems.
Ventilation
All underground mines require clean air and sufficient ventilation to ensure a safe and cool working environment. ABGM can study, model and deliver varied ventilation solutions tailored for any mine operation and method to best fit needs of the client and project. Ventilation optimization and efficiencies studies can also be executed with the addition of adding suitable technologies. ABGM has access to world-class software from VUMA-3D to VENTSIM.
Prefeasibility & Feasibility Studies
We conduct pre-feasibility and feasibility studies for extensions to existing open pit operations and we evaluate the feasibility of new and/or proposed open pit operations.
Mine Optimization
ABGM optimize underground mineable resources prior to completing full three dimensional designs. Based on mining parameters and targets, we are able to provide mines with sensitivity analyses and pre-designed economic mining envelopes together with their sequence that will ensure the highest economic value.
Resource to Reserve
We provide a thorough Resource to Reserve solution with a high degree of intellectual analysis. Geotechnical consulting services and geotechnical modelling (rock fragmentation optimization).
Mine Design and Scheduling
We provide mine design services within a project team environment, in the sense of mining engineering and mine design. Our services include long-term mine design and scheduling, short-term mine design and scheduling, and midterm mine design and scheduling.