When I started in mine planning back in the day, everybody was talking about this Revenue Factor 1 thing. At some point I couldn't...

The video shows a glimps of the fun to be had at the Mine Scheduling course from 14 to 16 March at University of Pretoria. One thing I...

During the week of 12 to 16 March the School of Rock is presenting 2 mine planning courses at the University of Pretoria. The courses are...

Sash Pillay has been newly appointed as a Senior Mining Engineer in the planning department of an open pit iron ore mine in South Africa....

The graph on the left shows the relationship (green) between cumulative tonnes and the cut-off grade (COG). The higher the COG the less...

Doing a pit optimisation for a client, I realised you can utilise 2 different beneficiation plants by cleverly setting up the...

When up-blocking to a specified SMU (smallest mining unit) size, I always tend to forget which parameter to use for weighted averages...

If I think back to my university days all the tuition was from textbooks and the internet. A lot of the stuff was quite difficult to...

That's unfortunately the harsh reality in applying for almost any position - they want experience. But how do you get any experience if...

Remember that Geotech plays a significant role in your mine design, and has a huge influence on your mine's economics!