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With the objective of strengthening Minera Escondida’s 2YB and 5YP planning processes, Resource Engineering management seeks to have a discrete event simulation tool from mine to port that allows determining the reliability levels of the integrated mining system. Under this context, REDCO has committed to: (1) Generate a simulation model of Minera Escondida en Arena, (2) provide an annual reconciliation service of operational inputs, (3) identify systemic bottlenecks, (4) evaluate improvement initiatives and (5) strengthen current planning protocols and methodologies.
Through CODELCO’s Productivity and Cost Management, we worked on developing a methodology that actively integrated the areas of planning, operational excellence, and productivity and costs. With this objective, these different areas were instrumented with a systemic simulation model from the Radomiro Tomic Division, which made it possible to identify bottlenecks and vulnerabilities in the production system. In this way, it was possible to verify if the initiatives generated by the Division were aligned with its bottlenecks and then verify if these effectively contributed with the fine copper committed to the corporation’s strategy.
Sierra Metals, one of the mining companies with the longest history in its operations in Peru and Mexico. For some years now, it has been in the process of optimizing and searching for the maximum potential of its Yauricocha, Bolivar and Cusi operations, in which REDCO has been involved in different engineering stages, from design and operation optimization, to pre-feasibility exercises for stabilize, optimize and define navigation routes to achieve maximum growth for each asset under a comprehensive technical-economic analysis.
Quebrada Blanca 2 (QB2) is one of the most important copper projects of the decade in Chile and seeks to lead the industry through an integrated and digital vision of mining planning. Through this project, we worked with the QB2 team to define the functionalities that will allow the concepts of Value Chain Integrated Planning to materialize, in addition to developing a mine-to-port simulation model in conjunction with our mining plan simulator, SIMPLAN, to articulate and strengthen integrated planning processes.
The Romina project, belonging to Volcan/Glencore, represents one of the company’s most challenging projects and which allows the continuity of the Alpamarca mining unit and also opens the possibility of implementing new mining alternatives, along with new practices in the area. technological. REDCO has been involved in this project from the beginning of the prefeasibility, until the completion of the feasibility stage, where various trade-offs of mining methods, material handling system, generation of 3D numerical models and analysis of mine services. In this way, REDCO has fully supported Volcan in the design and planning of its Romina project, standardizing its OPEX and CAPEX models and thus deriving the best long-term business case for the organization.
