MSSO – MineSight Schedule Optimizer

Prepared by:
Dr Mehmet Cigla

February 2018
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 COPYRIGHT
This document was created by Dr Mehmet Cigla

Updated by Dr Mehmet Cigla

The moral right of the author has been asserted.

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Acknowledgements

I would like to thank Mrs. Raelene Newnham. I am very grateful for her excellent help on
technical editing and English Grammar/Spelling check.

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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................ 1-5
Table of Contents ............................................................................................................... 1-7
Chapter 1 - Introduction ................................................................................................... 1-11
Chapter 2 - Data Preparation............................................................................................ 2-13
2.1 Intersect Surfaces Tool ............................................................................................ 2-13
2.2 Verify Solids ............................................................................................................ 2-19
2.3 Element Attribute Tool ........................................................................................... 2-21
2.4 Slicing Phase Solids with Auto Slicer ........................................................................ 2-23
2.5 Reserve Logic .......................................................................................................... 2-29
2.6 Haulage Network Design ......................................................................................... 2-36
Introduction to Haulage Network Design .................................................................. 2-36
Points – Sources, Junctions, Destinations and Stockpiles ........................................... 2-37
Polylines – In-pit Routes, Surface Routes, Auxiliary Routes........................................ 2-40
Digitizing In-pit Routes (Polyline)............................................................................... 2-41
Digitizing Transfer Points (Junctions) ......................................................................... 2-47
Digitizing Sources (Material loading Spot) ................................................................. 2-50
Finalizing Haulage Network ....................................................................................... 2-51
2.7 Haulage Plan ........................................................................................................... 2-53
New Haulage Plan ..................................................................................................... 2-53
Notes on Haulage Plan .............................................................................................. 2-57
Periods and Phases ................................................................................................... 2-58
Locations................................................................................................................... 2-60
Routes....................................................................................................................... 2-64
Global Settings .......................................................................................................... 2-71
Validate Haulage Plan ............................................................................................... 2-73
Dividing Route into Sections - defined by elevation and step size .............................. 2-74
2.8 Cycle Time Calculations ........................................................................................... 2-78
Adding Equipment .................................................................................................... 2-78
Equipment Set .......................................................................................................... 2-84
Cycle Time Profile ..................................................................................................... 2-86
Chapter 3 - MineSight Schedule Optimizer (MSSO) Project .............................................. 3-89
3.1 Create MSSO View .................................................................................................. 3-89
3.2 Project Flow Setup .................................................................................................. 3-93
3.3 Period Configuration ............................................................................................... 3-98

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 3.4 Adding Reserve Logic ............................................................................................ 3-101
3.5 Importing Cuts from the Viewer ............................................................................ 3-105
3.6 Link Viewer and Viewer Settings ........................................................................... 3-111
3.7 Material Mapping ................................................................................................. 3-114
3.8 Constraints ........................................................................................................... 3-118
Tonnage .................................................................................................................. 3-118
Grades .................................................................................................................... 3-121
Vertical Advance Rates (VAR) .................................................................................. 3-122
3.9 Objectives ............................................................................................................. 3-123
3.10 Economics........................................................................................................... 3-124
Discount Factor ....................................................................................................... 3-124
Capital Investment .................................................................................................. 3-125
Fixed Mining Cost.................................................................................................... 3-126
Fixed Cost by Phase................................................................................................. 3-126
Additional Mining Cost ............................................................................................ 3-127
Additional Processing Cost ...................................................................................... 3-129
Destination Economics ............................................................................................ 3-130
3.11 Precedence Setup ............................................................................................... 3-131
Phase Precedence ................................................................................................... 3-131
Cut Precedence ....................................................................................................... 3-133
Level ....................................................................................................................... 3-134
Chapter 4 – MineSight Schedule Optimizer (MSSO) Schedule ......................................... 4-135
4.1 Running the schedule ........................................................................................... 4-135
4.2 Analysis Report – Total Material Movement by Period ......................................... 4-143
4.3 Analysis Report – MILL_feed ................................................................................. 4-147
4.4 Cash flow Report................................................................................................... 4-148
4.5 Animation ............................................................................................................. 4-151
4.6 Phase Lagging ....................................................................................................... 4-153
4.7 Comparison with Whittle Schedule ....................................................................... 4-156
4.8 Constraint Relaxation ............................................................................................ 4-158
Chapter 5 - Loading-Hauling Equipment Requirement .................................................... 5-161
5.1 Adding Equipment Fleet to the Schedule (Loader-Hauler) ..................................... 5-161
5.2 Assigning Trucks to Shovels/Loaders ..................................................................... 5-163
5.3 Dig Rate Configuration for Shovels/Loaders .......................................................... 5-164
5.4 Pay Load Configuration for Trucks......................................................................... 5-167

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 5.5 Defining Operating Parameters ............................................................................. 5-169
5.6 Default Haulage Setup .......................................................................................... 5-171
5.7 Assigning Equipment to Schedule ......................................................................... 5-177
5.8 Reporting Equipment Usage ................................................................................. 5-178
5.9 .............................................................................................................................. 5-181

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Chapter 1 - Introduction

MineSight Schedule Optimizer is a planning tool that determines the most productive cut
mining sequence to achieve the highest project profit while satisfying all project quality and
quantity constraints, destination capacities, equipment resources, and economic
parameters.

Help File: Select Help  MSSO Help

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Chapter 2 - Data Preparation

2.1 Intersect Surfaces Tool

A. Open PH01_surface and _topo_surface1 objects in 09-PUSHBACK DESIGN SOLIDS

folder…

B. Open Intersect Surfaces Tool…Create a solid for pushback PH01 as shown.

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C. Apply…give it a name – PH01_final_solid.

D. Unset the edit object as shown…

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E. Change the object properties as required…

F. Similarly, create a solid for pushback PH02…name it as PH02_solid NOT PH02_final_solid.

PH01_final_solid and PH02_solid share a common reserve area.

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G. Select Surface  Intersect Solids Tool…Select PH02_solid as Group A and
PH01_final_solid as Group B.

This allows the selection of the second object without clicking on it. If you try to select
PH01_final_solid same as the PH02_solid, you may be selecting PH02_solid again.

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H. Select Return A – B option as shown…

Preview…

Apply and give it a name – PH02_final Solid.

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I. Unset the edit object and change its properties as required.

J. With the combination of Intersect Surfaces Tool and Intersect Solids Tool, You may create
PH03_final solid and PH04_final_solid.

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2.2 Verify Solids

A. Select Surface  Verify as shown…

Select all the solids in the viewer…right click to finalize the selection…Verify button will
become active.

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Verify…

Check the message box for the explanation.

If you check the solids for openings, duplicate faces, etc…and you get any
errors you need to fix them before you go further with your designs. I would
suggest that you contact me (mehmet.cigla@curtin.edu.au) so I can help you.

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2.3 Element Attribute Tool

A. Select Element  Attribute Tool…

B. Apply…and save the selection.

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C. Finish the rest of the solids…

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2.4 Slicing Phase Solids with Auto Slicer

The Autoslicer Tool is used to create slices of solids or polygons for use in scheduling drifts,
stopes, ramps and other design solids.

A. Select Utilities  Auto Slicer…

B. Select PH01 solid…select the required settings as shown.

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C. In Target tab, select PLAN_PCF grid set for slicing.

Tick “Select against grid (default: along)” box.

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D. No settings are required in Direction tab…

E. In Naming tab, enter the settings as shown…

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F. Preview…

G. Apply…save the new data – PH01_bench_solids.

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H. Unset the edit object…

I. Change the object properties as required…

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J. Query one of the bench solid as shown…

K. Finish the rest of the bench solids…

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2.5 Reserve Logic

A. Start reserve logic setup as shown…

B. Create a new plan as shown…

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C. Add a zone item as shown…

D. Add a grade items as shown…

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E. Select CU item from block model file list.

F. Add a second model item…

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G. Select density item…

H. Save your setup as shown…

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I. In Material Set tab, click on Auto…then click Yes to continue. It will read the values in the
selected model file using the zone items specified on the Plan tab.

J. Delete zone MAT_3 since it is coded as AIR…there is no use for this item in MSSO setup
later on…

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K. Change the names as shown below…1: CHAL, 2: WST.

L. Add a default zone as shown…rename it to default…This represents the default material

which undefined waste will be routed to.

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M. Define cutoff values for CHAL material as shown…

SAVE YOUR SETUP…AND EXIT

N. Calculate reserves for PH01_bench_solids…

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2.6 Haulage Network Design

Introduction to Haulage Network Design

Haulage network in any mine design software is used to calculate cycle times for equipment
in a production schedule.

Attributed points are connected to polylines, within the design software to form haulage
routes from where material is mined to various destinations such crushers, ROM leach pads,
stockpiles and waste dumps.

There is an existing haulage network in the training data set. However we will exercise all
the data creation in order to understand the steps.

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Points – Sources, Junctions, Destinations and Stockpiles

Point data can represent one of the following 4 location types:

1. Sources (user designated haul route start locations/points):

Source is an attribute point which designates the start location of the haul route. In the
following figure PH1_1_SRC belongs to push back 1 that is located at the bottom of PH1.
This is the RL that is the lowest point of the pushback in question. Obviously, the shovel
does not load the material at this point onto a truck. This is actually loaded somewhere on a
bench or at the bottom of a pit. For long term planning the ramp access point (PH1_1_SRC)
could be sufficient to obtain cycle time values where period duration is a year. If the
accuracy of the cycle time calculations is still a worry then one could locate the PH1_1_SRC
point at the centroid of the pit bottom.

The source at the bottom of the pit (or pushback) is not valid for each bench where the
ramp access is located. In other words, the start of the route for each mining bench is
different. This issue will be eliminated by creating a source on each mining bench RL. Even
though a continuous polyline is created with a source attached at the end, it will be split in
the design tool to create multiple sources that each will represent the source for the
corresponding mining bench.

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2. Transfer points (where haulage routes intersect or merge):

A junction (or transfer point) is a point where multiple haul routes intersect or merge. As
seen in the following figure, pushback 1 and pushback 2 routes intersect at point JNCT01.
Then at point JNCT02 the route splits into two segments – one going to a waste dump and
the other going to other destinations. At JNCT03 there is further a route split…you will
created splits to present transfer points depending on your haulage network design.

3. Destinations (user designated haul route end locations/points):

A destination is an attributed point where the haul route ends. In other words a point that
receives material, but, it does not give the material back to be transferred to another
destination. A waste dump and a mill are final destinations. If a mineralized waste dump is
considered then it should be considered as a stockpile (see the next section).

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4. Stockpiles (user designated haul route end locations/points):

A stockpile is an attributed point which receives material from the pit or other stockpiles,
but also gives the material back – for example re-claiming from a stockpile to a mill
destination.

A low-grade stockpile and a high-grade stockpile are typical examples that could be
integrated into a production schedule where a more practical and profitable material
movement is considered.

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Polylines – In-pit Routes, Surface Routes, Auxiliary Routes

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Digitizing In-pit Routes (Polyline)

A. Open _topo+pit and PH1_pit_clipped objects in folder 11-HAULAGE NETWORK DESIGN

as shown below…

B. Also open PH02_bench_solids and PH02_bench_solids objects in folder 10-PUSHBACK

DESIGN CUTS to help to digitize…

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C. Create a new geometry object - _PH1_road2 in folder 11-HUALGE NETWRK DESIGN. Set
it in edit mode.

D. Select Face Snap option as shown…

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E. Select Polyline  Create  Polyline as shown…

F. Set the view to plan view as shown…

Start digitizing…

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Click right to finalize the digitizing…and click right again to exit Create Polyline function.

Save the selection…unset the edit object…change the object properties as required.

You can always delete and re-do the polyline…It

does take much time if you re-do it.

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G. Element attribute any route within PH1 pushback as shown below…

H. Apply…

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I. Save the selection…

J. Query the element as shown (Select Query  Query Element)…

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Digitizing Transfer Points (Junctions)

A. Create a new geometry object - _common_JNCT2. Set to edit mode.

B. Select Point Snap option as shown…

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C. Select Point  Create and click

Click as shown below…

Change the object properties as required…

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D. Element attribute this new point and change its object properties as shown below…

E. Save the selection…

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Digitizing Sources (Material loading Spot)

A. Create a new geometry object - _PH1_SRC2 and set it to edit mode. Make sure that point
snap option is on…

B. Select Point  Create…Add point as shown below.

C. Element attribute and change the object properties as required.

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Finalizing Haulage Network

_SRC suffix is used for defining a source and the haulage tool in MineSight software will
recognize that particular point in the haulage network as a source. Therefore you don’t need
to change this property in the haulage tool. Similar, _DST and _STK are used to define a
destination and a stockpile while importing the data into the haulage tool. If no suffix is
appended onto the attributed name the location is unknown and will be imported as a tie
node.

For example, the following naming conventions will be helpful if you apply the similar
naming style.

PH1_1_SRC
A source
Source number within the same pushback…numbering 1, 2, 3… is a good idea
Pushback name to distinguish between sources in different pushbacks.

HG_STK

A stockpile

HG = High grade… depending on the project definition.

MILL_DST

A destination

MILL - processing plant etc…

WD1_DST

A destination

WD1 – waste dump #1

The following table shows all the naming conventions for the haulage network design in the
training dataset.

Sources Junctions Stockpiles Destinations Roads

PH1_1_SRC JNCT01 LG_STK MILL_DST Blue and purple lines
PH2_1_SRC JNCT02 HG_STK WD1_DST in the figure.
PH2_2_SRC JNCT03 WD2_DST
PH34_1_SRC JNCT04
PH34_2_SRC JNCT05
PH34_3_SRC

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To identify the points as source, destination or stockpile, Element Attribute Tool can be
used…this is explained in detail in videos on Blackboard as well.

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2.7 Haulage Plan

New Haulage Plan

A. Highlight folder 11-HAULAGE NETWORK DESIGN. Right click and select New  Haulage
Plan as shown…

B. Give it a name – MSLTP_Haulage_01.

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C. Select File and then Create New…Give it a name MSLTP_Haulage_Plan_01_12-1-2018…

Descriptive names are very important since you will create several haulage plans depending
on the production schedule constraints and assumptions.

Haulage Plans are located either in an MSPD SQL database or in a SQLite file
(*.hlgdata). When creating a new Haulage Plan or opening an existing plan, choose either
Database or File to specify where the haulage data is located.

Select the Haulage plan

Database - Refers to the SQL database where the data is stored.

File - Refers to a SQLite file where the data is stored. The default extension is
".hlgdata".

Action

Create New - Create a new MSHaulage plan.

Open Plan - Open an existing MSHaulage plan. NOTE: you can also open an existing
MSHaulage plan by double clicking on an MSHaulage plan object in the Data
Manager in MS3D.
Clone Plan (all) - Use this option to clone everything in a single plan. This option is
unavailable when using the File option.
Clone (settings only) - Use this option to clone everything in a single plan, except the
roads and nodes. This option is unavailable when using the File option.

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D. A window for the haulage plan will appear as shown below…

E. You can exit the haulage plan by clicking X mark…

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F. Double click on the object to open or highlight right click select Open…

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Notes on Haulage Plan

MSLTP_Haulage_Plan_01 is the Data Manager entry of the haulage plan we created

previously. It is an object.

MSLTP_Haulage_Plan_01_12-1-2018 is the data file of the haulage plan we created

previously. It is connected to MSLTP_Haulage_Plan_01 object in the Data Manager.

Deleting MSLTP_Haulage_Plan_01 in the Data Manager won’t delete

MSLTP_Haulage_Plan_01_12-1-2018.

When a Haulage plan is open its Data Manager entry will be opened. Closing the entry will
close Haulage. Only a single plan can be opened at a time. Opening a different entry while
Haulage is in use will prompt you with a dialog asking if you would like to close the current
plan and open another.

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Periods and Phases

A. Add a phase as shown…

Periods - a fixed duration of time typically contained within one mining phase.

Phases - an economic pit shell used for mine planning.

Manually add a haulage period or phase.

Delete the selected period row or phase row.

Load periods or phases from a CSV file. This CSV file should not be open in another
application (i.e., in Excel®) when you choose to import it into MSHaulage.

Save periods or phases to a CSV file.

Manually move the period(s) or phase(s) up or down the list.

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B. Rename the added phases as shown…

C. Save the changes to Haulage plan as shown…

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Locations

A. Add locations as shown…

Only points will be highlighted…

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B. Right click to finalize the selection…

C. Save the changes…

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D. Nodes with one of the following suffixes appended to the attributed name will be
imported with the proper location type:

_SRC  source
_DST  destination
_STK  stockpile

For source and destination nodes if no suffix is appended onto the attributed name, the
location is unknown and will be imported as a tie node. However, if "_STK" is anywhere in
the attribution name that node will be imported as a stockpile node. If you add another
letter inside the "STK" (i.e. "_STOK" or "_STCK") or take out the underscore that will be
imported as a tie node. The proper suffix additions as part of the element attribution help
the engineer to group the point data accordingly or the pulldown list can be used to reflect
the correct type of point data.

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Function Buttons

Add locations from viewer. Click on this button to add a new location from the
viewer, such as a point.

Delete selected locations. Click on this button or on the Delete key to delete
selected locations (selected rows).

Enable selection of Location(s). Use this option to select existing plan locations.

Enable Edit Mode. Use this option to edit existing geometry in the viewer
usingMS3D CAD functions.

Enable digitizing in the viewer.

Copy Haulage network geometry to an MS3D geometry object.

Assign colours to the Locations (or Routes) for easier visualization of the
Haulage network in the viewer.

Table Heading

Location - Names of haulage route start and endpoints

LocID - Typically given the same name as Location. If there is more than one location
with the same name, then Node-0, Node-1 will be used.
Type - Select the appropriate Location type Source, Destination, Tie-Node, Stockpile.
Avail - Use the drop down menu to change the location's use availability.
East - If necessary, enter the easting value of the node location.
North - If necessary, enter the northing value of the node location.
Elev. - If necessary, enter the elevation of the node location.
Must Stop - When toggled ON, a stop time is applied to the associated location.
Stop Time (minutes) - The amount of time, in minutes, that a hauler will stop when
entering this location during travel.

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Routes

A. Add routes as shown…

Only routes will be highlighted as shown below…

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B. Click right to finalize the selection…The table will be populated with route information as
seen below…

C. Save the changes…

Function Buttons
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 Add Route. Use this button to add a new route to the plan.

Delete route is used to delete the highlighted road.

Enable route selection. Use this option to select existing routes from the
viewer.

Edit Route. Enables edit mode in the viewer using the MS3D CAD functions.

Digitize routes in the viewer

Copy the network geometry to an MS3D geometry object (MSR).

Assign colours to the Routes (or Locations) for easier visualization of the
Haulage network in the viewer.

Divide route into sections (defined by elevation and step size).

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Road - Road name.

From - The route starting location. If necessary use the dropdown list to modify the
selection.
To - The location where the route ends. If necessary use the dropdown list to modify
the selection.
Max Speed - Enter the maximum vehicle traveling speed for this road (kph or mph).
Phase - Use the dropdown menu to select the Phase (or Phase Group) on which the
road is available.
Period - Use the dropdown menu to select the Period (or Period Group) on which
the road is available.
Avail - "Availability" select if the road is ready for use (available), or not (not
available), or if it is inbound/ outbound traffic by specifying Inbound or
Outbound. Regarding the "Must Go" flag during cycle time / material routing; when
a truck gets to a juncture with the "Must Go" flag the truck is forced to take that
route if it is available in the Phase and/or Period.
Rolling Resistance - Enter the rolling resistance for the road (lb/1000 lb vehicle
weight or N/100 kg vehicle weight).
Trolley Flag - If you are using Trolley Assist choose either True or False from the
dropdown list.
Trolley Speed - Speed of the truck en route with Trolley Assist (kph or mph).
Trolley Util - Trolley utilization in percent availability.

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D. Select PH1_r1 from the list and assign it to only PH1 pushback and save as shown below…

When you select a route in the table it will also be highlighted in the viewer. This helps the
engineer visually to check the work.

This way, PH1_r1 will belong to PH1 meaning the bench solids will be using this particular
road in the cycle time calculations.

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E. Similarly apply the same steps for PH2, PH3 and PH4 pushbacks.

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F. In Routes table highlight the column of Max Speed (KPH) and right click. Select Bulk Edit
as shown below…

G. Enter Maximum Speed as shown…

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H. Save the changes…

I. Close all the original geometry objects in the Data Manager… The data in
MSLTP_Haulage_Plan_01_12-1-2018 will appear in the viewer.

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Global Settings

A. Enter the global settings as shown below…

Project Settings

Rolling Resistance as % Grade - Use this option to specify that in-pit roads, route and
lift segment rolling resistance values are treated as % grades when calculating the
cycle time. Otherwise rolling resistances are converted to % grade by dividing by 10
– whether for an imperial or metric project. Toggle between % grade and Newtons
per 100 kg (or a pound force (lbf) per 1000 lbs vehicle weight).

Network Solving Logic - This setting determines how MSHaulage will calculate routes
from source to destination either by the shortest time (default) or by the shortest
distance.

Use cycle-time simulation - Check this if acceleration simulation is to be used. This

method is only available with trucks that are using the rimpull speed calculation
method.

Defaults

Global maximum speed - This is the Global speed used for the entire plan. If this
speed is lower than the speed defined this speed will be used. [See also Equipment,
Trolley Assist and Haul Network Routes for other ways to define speed]

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In-pit

Rolling resistance - This is the rolling resistance used to calculate cycle times. When
using the option Rolling Resistance as '% Grade', ensure that the pit stub resistance
value is reasonable.
Maximum speed - The maximum speed of the hauler allowed in in-pit routing.

Cycle-time simulation

Maximum grade - The max grade used in acceleration calculations. If the road grade
is higher than this the max grade is used instead with the segment length. Such
spikes in grade are usually done because of mistakes in road digitization.
Coefficient of friction - This is the friction coefficient used for all roads between the
road material and the truck tyres.
For further information regarding this topic please refer to the Cycle Time
Simulation Engine discussion.

Save / Cancel

Save any changes made on this dialog and close the dialog. Or Cancel to close the
dialog without saving.

B. Enter rolling resistance for all routes as shown below…this should be done after setting
the rolling resistance to percent grade in Global Settings.

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Validate Haulage Plan

A. Activate the validation function as shown below…

B. Validation is used to verify the correctness of an MSHaulage network. Warnings for

sources can be ignored since they are the start of haulage routes. However for any errors
please contact me (mehmet.cigla@curtin.edu.au) so I can assist…

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Dividing Route into Sections - defined by elevation and step size

The source at the bottom of the pit (or pushback) is not valid for each bench where the
ramp access is located. In other words the start of the route for each mining bench is
different. This issue will be eliminated by creating a source on each mining bench RL and the
same steps will be repeated for each pushback.

Even though a continuous polyline is created with a source attached at the end it will be
split in the design tool to create multiple sources that will represent the source for the
corresponding mining bench.

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A. Open the haulage plan…

B. Select PH1_r1 as shown…

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C. Click on Dividing Route into Sections icon as shown…

Preview to check the new source points…

D. When satisfied click on Apply to save the new data.

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E. Save the new data in the plan as shown below…

F. Repeat the same steps for all pushback routes…

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2.8 Cycle Time Calculations

Adding Equipment

A. Click on Current List tab.

B. Select Equipment Repository as shown…

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C. Select MS_785D and click on the button next to the truck name as shown…

D. Save the new truck as shown…

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E. The new truck will appear in the current equipment list.

F. Change the name from MS_785D to CAT785D since this is a CAT truck.

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G. The following options are important.

Availability and Utilization will be changed in MSSO schedule later. So we can keep 100%
for both at this stage.
Payload is 139.97 tonnes.
Equipment maximum speed is 54 kmh.
The rimpull option is selected to be used in the cycle time calculations.

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H. Save your setup as shown…

I. Add a shovel as shown…

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J. Rename the shovel as required…there is no change in attributes for the shovel. Save your
setup.

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Equipment Set

A. Click on Sets tab…Add an equipment set as shown.

B. Equipment Set will appear in the current list…since only CAT785D and SH1 are available
they will be added automatically to Eset-1. However any equipment can be added from the
drop-down list as shown below…

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C. Save your setup…

D. Some of the attributes are needed at this stage. However they will be added in MSSO
schedule as part of the production schedule.

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Cycle Time Profile

A. Click on Cycle Time Profile…Tick MSSO/MSSP Compatible. This will select correct columns
as shown.

B. Further enter the following settings…

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C. Create cycle time file as shown below…

D. Click OK to continue…

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E. You may open the csv file to check the results…

Keep in mind that this procedure must be repeated for

each truck added in the haulage plan.

Let’s say you want to calculate cycle time profile for 3

different trucks then you need 3 equipment sets.

However you only need one shovel to pair with each

truck type.

This shovel will however not be used in MSSO

scheduling. It is only required to create an equipment
set so that the cycle time values can be calculated for
the truck in question.

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Chapter 3 - MineSight Schedule Optimizer (MSSO) Project

3.1 Create MSSO View

A. In folder 11-PRO SCHEDULE with MSSO create an MSSO view as shown.

B. Give it a name MSSO_Schedule_01.

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C. Select “New Project” option…Save the file to your project location as shown.

D. Click OK to continue.

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E. MSSO project window will open…

F. Exit the program as shown…

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G. Double click on MSSO view to open it…

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3.2 Project Flow Setup

A. Click on Process Flow…

B. Click-hold-drag Open Pit (Viewer) icon onto canvas…Enter number of periods for
scheduling…

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C. You can rename the icon by double-clicking on it. Then type the name…give it a
descriptive name.

D. Add 2 stockpiles, 2 waste dumps and 1 mill… Rename destinations as shown…

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E. Right click on PIT_PH1234 icon…select Link Destinations…

F. Select all the destinations and click Apply…This defines material movement in the
project…Click OK afterwards to close the dialog.

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G. Stockpiles also send material to mill to achieve the project objective…Click on the
stockpile icon and move the cursor over one of the little squares.

Then click and drag over MIL_DST icon and release…

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H. We should now decide on the reclaim type…select AVERAGE for each stockpile….

I. Save your setup as shown…

This finalizes Process Flow setup…

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3.3 Period Configuration

The Period Configuration panel allows you to define the number of operating days for each
period and the working hours per day. You can also add pre-production periods such as a
capital investment period.

A. Enter 2 years of pre-production periods.

B. Click on Calendar…Define the start date for the first period.

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C. Highlight the entire table and right click and select Annually as shown below.

True Calendar Configuration table will be populated.

Start Date - The start date for the period.

End Date - The end date for the period.
Calendar Days - The number of operating days for the period.
Scheduling Step - The duration of each period. You can use Monthly, Quarterly, Semi-
Annually, Annually, Bi-Yearly, or Custom.

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D. Click OK in True Calendar Configuration window…Change Days in Year for leap years.

Save your setup as shown…

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3.4 Adding Reserve Logic

A. Add reserve logic as shown.

B. Add a new plan as shown…

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C. Import an existing reserve logic as shown.

D. Exit the reserve logic and save the setup.

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E. Once saved the reserve logic will be added.

Close the reserve logic dialog as shown…

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F. Double click on PIT_PH1234 and select the reserve logic as shown. The PCF and Model
View files are displayed in the respective fields.

G. Save your setup…

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3.5 Importing Cuts from the Viewer

A. Open PH01_bench_solids object…

B. Use the ellipsis button to select cuts from the MS3D Viewer.

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C. Delete cut name token…

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D. Select PH01_bench_solids as shown…right click to finalize the selection.

E. Close the bench solids in the Data Manager and the imported data will be displayed in the
viewer.

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F. Import the rest making sure that you change the phase attribute for each pushback.

G. Check reserves after completing the import…

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In order to see the results you need to add fields, select them as shown below…

This list is similar to the report in reserve logic setup…bring the fields as required to see the
results.

This setup can’t be saved…

SAVE YOUR SETUP…

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H. Once finished importing all the cuts, apply to finalize the import and reserves will be
calculated and imported into your MSSO setup.

I. Once applied, Edit and Reload buttons will become active…To change the cuts, delete or
add or modify, click on edit and re-import the cuts.

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3.6 Link Viewer and Viewer Settings

A. Toggle ON to allow viewing of objects in the MS3D Viewer. This button must be activated
to enable the Viewer Settings button.

B. (Toggle ON the Link Viewer button to enable the Viewer Settings option.) When enabled,
you can click the Viewer Settings button to display the Viewer Settings dialog. Settings in
this dialog allow you to configure how cuts, destinations and haul networks are displayed in
the MS3D Viewer. For Viewer Setting details see the Settings topic.

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C. Add a new legend as shown.

D. New legend will be added…

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E. Legend colours can be changed as required.

F. Change surface properties as shown…

SAVE YOUR SETUP…

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3.7 Material Mapping

A. the Material Mapping panel is used to associate material types with cut-off grades,
destinations and periods with a Mining Area. If there is more than one mining area, the
mapping must be done for each mining area separately.

B. Highlight the waste material on the left then tick both waste dumps on the right and
finally click on “ >>“ arrow to map the material.

0-0.3 waste
0.3-0.7  low grade
0.7 and above  high grade

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C. Complete the mapping by following the same steps as shown below for each material
type.

MILL

LG_STK

HG_STK

D. Once completed, Click Apply…

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E. Once applied the material mapping will be transferred to the mapping table as shown
below…

F. Tick “Distribute” where any material is sent to more than one destination.

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G. Apply the same “Distribute” option for all periods.

H. Save your setup…

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3.8 Constraints

Tonnage

A. Select the related destinations to define their capacity as constraints…

Total [Mill] is the material that is sent to mill (from pit) + any reclaimed material from the
stockpile

Total [Mill + Waste] includes the material sent to the mill, waste and to the stockpile. Mill
includes the material from both the pit and the stockpile…

Lower limit means  you have to send the minimum.

Upper Limits means  you can’t exceed the plant capacity.

Total [Mill + Waste]_EXPIT  it controls the amount of material coming from the pit only…

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B. Apply a different band grid for the table as shown…

C. Apply the following constraints…This is similar to Whittle setup.

MILL
Period Lower Limit Upper Limit
1 5,000,000 10,000,000
2 10,000,000 15,000,000
3-20 15,000,000 20,000,000
Total [Mill+Waste]_EXPIT
Period Lower Limit Upper Limit
1 30,000,000 40,000,000
2 30,000,000 50,000,000
3-20 30,000,000 60,000,000

After year 3 you can apply to all the periods as shown…

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D. Enter the rest of the tonnage constraint…Since you used “Apply to All Periods” option
previously, make sure that you change Year 1 and 2 accordingly before you continue…

E. You can plot the constraints to see how they will change over the periods…This helps to
check the input.

SAVE YOUR SETUP…

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Grades

Lower limit means  the material sent to the mill has minimum grade (i.e. head grade)
Upper Limits means  the material sent to the mill should not exceed that grade

A. Select the related grade items for MILL and LEACH PAD as shown…

B. Apply the following constraints.

Period Lower Limit Upper Limit

MILL (CU) 1-50 0.5
MILL (MO) 1-50 NA NA

SAVE YOUR SETUP…

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Vertical Advance Rates (VAR)

The VAR refers to the maximum number of benches that can be mined simultaneously
during a period.

A. Select mining areas and related phase to add to the table…

B. Define VAR=5 for each pushback…If you don’t define VAR, MSSO will check all the
benches to find a solution. This is very time-consuming when the data is too large for the
project. Defining a practical VAR is a good idea to speed up the calculations in MSSO
schedule.

SAVE YOUR SETUP…

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3.9 Objectives

You must select a scheduling objective for each period. Available objective selections
include Net Present Value, Stripping Ratio, Truck Hours, Shovel Hours and any "grade" item
which is specified for the related cuts.

A. Select Net Present Value (NPV) as your objective…

B. Period column is the scheduling period. The period value can be a single period or a
period "set" depending on the "Vary by period" toggle setting.

SAVE YOUR SETUP…

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3.10 Economics

Discount Factor

A. Enter discount rate and select discounting convention…

Discount Rate (%) - Enter the annual Discount Rate.

Discounting Convention - Choose whether you want to use the Mid Period or End of Period
convention for applying the Discount Rate.
Calculate - Click Calculate to generate the Discount Factor for each period.
Discount Factor - When the calculated Discount Factors for each period are generated they
are displayed in this column.

B. Calculate…

SAVE YOUR SETUP…

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Capital Investment

A. Capital investment for pre-production period can be entered here…as well as during
scheduling periods if required…

Capital investment should be entered once you have information from case studies.

B. Negative values in the Period column signify pre-production periods. This was entered in

SAVE YOUR SETUP…

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Fixed Mining Cost

Use the Fixed Mining Costs tab to enter the fixed mining and processing costs of materials
for each destination. This is the base cost which you can adjust with positive or negative
entries on the Additional Mining Cost and Additional Processing Cost tabs. Processing cost
for stockpiles will be used as haulage cost for reclaiming.

Enter the following suggested fixed cost values…These numbers are not universal cost
values. Do not use them for your project data…Yours must be based on case-studies.

Fixed Cost by Phase

Based on the investment costs, while ignoring other factors, MSSO should choose phases of
lower cost for scheduling. Fixed costs calculations are included in the Cash Flow Report and
are applied during the first period that the phase is mined. However this is not applicable for
this data set since there is only one pit and pushbacks are sequential.

SAVE YOUR SETUP…

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Additional Mining Cost

Use the Additional Mining Cost tab to enter additional positive or negative mining costs by
mining area, phase, level, material, or period, or any combination if these. In addition, you
can also add an incremental cost. These costs will be added (or subtracted) from the Fixed
Mining Costs. You enter additional mining costs by individual row in the Additional Mining
Cost column. A row can represent a single particular case that needs a cost adjustment, or it
can represent a set of parameters to which you want to apply the same cost adjustment to
the entire set with a single entry (such as multiple materials or periods).

A. Add all the levels, nothing else…

B. Highlight Additional Mining Cost column as shown…Enter the values similar to MSOPIT
setup…

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C. Apply…

Additional mining cost is the same as Whittle setup….

SAVE YOUR SETUP…

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Additional Processing Cost

Use the Additional Processing Cost tab to enter additional positive or negative processing
costs by destination, period, or material, or any combination of these. These costs will be
added (or subtracted) from the Fixed Mining Costs.

You enter costs by individual row in the Additional Processing Cost column. A row can
represent a single particular case that needs a cost adjustment, or it can represent a set of
parameters to which you want to apply the same cost adjustment to the entire set with a
single entry (such as multiple destinations or periods).

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Destination Economics

Use the Destination Economics tab to enter the recovery percentage, selling price and factor
for each schedule material. A different recovery percentage and selling price can be set for
various combinations of grade, destination, material and period. You can also enter an
optional conversion factor for each combination. You may enter these values by individual
row, or you can filter combinations to display and then enter values for the displayed
combinations. You can filter by grades, destinations, materials and periods. You can display
filtered combinations individually (one row for each unique combination) or aggregate
common settings into a single row.

A. Enter Destination Economics for MILL…

B. Apply…

SAVE YOUR SETUP…

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3.11 Precedence Setup

Phase Precedence

Use this table to define the phase mining sequence. The Phase Precedence must be set up
prior to schedule calculations. Any given phase can have one or many preceding phases.

Consider the following scenarios:

Single Phase Dependency: This is the case where PH02 is mined after PH01 and
there are no other phases preceding PH01.

Multiple Phase Dependency: In this case PH02 is mined after PH01 and PH03 is
mined after PH02. Therefore both PH01 and PH02 precede PH03.

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Recalculate precedence - Toggle this option to reset the cut precedence for the selected
mining area.

Recalculate digline and direction - Toggle this option to reset the digline and direction
values in the MSPD for the selected mining area. By toggling this option, MSSO will assign a
unique digline and direction pair to each cut in the selected mining area.
Save when updating MSPD - Toggle this option to save the updated precedence and/or
digline and direction to the MSPD(s).

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Cut Precedence

The Cut Precedence table is where parameters are input to calculate the cut precedence
between the benches and phases. There are always two rows in this table: Upper Bench
and Inner Phase.

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Level

You can adjust the levels from top to bottom using the arrow buttons on the right to ensure
that undercutting does not occur.

When you click on Apply, this dialog will appear if the Recalculate precedence and/or
Recalculate digline and direction options are pending. This shows all the Mining Areas that
are requesting Re-calculate precedence or, digline and direction. MSSO will do data
validation by looking for two potential complications; circular precedence and redundant
precedence.

Yes – Click to commit the requests and start doing Reset precedence and/or Reset digline
and direction for each mining area.
No – Click to abort the requests.

SAVE YOUR SET-UP!!!

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Chapter 4 – MineSight Schedule Optimizer (MSSO) Schedule

4.1 Running the schedule

A. Select Schedule Calculation  Run…

B. General tab…

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Schedule Periods

You use the Schedule Periods section to select the periods for which you want to perform
schedule calculations.

From/to – Choose the start and end periods for the schedule calculations from the
dropdown lists. (The "end" period is included in the calculations.)
Click on button to display the Period Window Configuration dialog, where you can
configure scheduling "windows," or groupings of periods.

Single Period Window

Start Period - the first period in a scheduling window.

End Period - the last period in a scheduling window.

Window ID - a sequential number automatically assigned to a window

grouping.

Window Size - the number of periods included in a window grouping.

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 Fixed Period Window The Fixed Period Window settings allow you to configure scheduling
windows that have an equal number of periods.

Window Size - Select the number of periods you want in each

scheduling window from the dropdown list.

Step - Select the increment for the Start Period of each window from
the dropdown list. This number is independent from the number of
periods in each window. For example, you may want each scheduling
window to have 3 periods, but may also want to use a step increment of
2.

Preview - Clicking the Preview button results in the following window

array (using Window Size=3 and Step=2, with 12 periods):

The Fixed Period Window dialog allows you to overlap period windows.
For example, in the image above you can see that Period 3 is the last
period in Window ID 1 and also the first period in Window ID 2.
Likewise, Period 5 is the last period in Window ID 2 and also the first
period in Window ID 3. The following image shows this overlap:

This is how MSSO calculates schedules for overlapping period windows:

Window ID 1 - MSSO considers the objectives of Periods 1, 2, and 3;

and then fixes the values for periods 1 and 2.
Window ID 2 - MSSO considers the objectives of Periods 3, 4, and 5;
and then fixes the values for periods 3 and 4.
Window ID 3 - MSSO considers the objectives of Periods 5, 6, and 7;
and then fixes the values for periods 5 and 6.

This method allows period objectives to be considered "looking

forward" and "looking back."

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 Variable Period Window The Variable Period Window lets you configure period windows that
can have variable numbers of periods.

For example, you might want to group periods 1-4 as a single period
window, and then evenly group periods 5-12 using two periods per
group. Notice in the following image how the values in the Window ID
column identify the periods in each period window group.

Scheduling Options

Scheduling without equipment - Generates a mining schedule (or mining pattern)

without the use of haulage options and associated equipment.

Scheduling then assign equipment - This option follows a two-step process. (1) A
mining schedule (or mining pattern) is generated first, and then (2) equipment is
assigned to the mining pattern. Equipment configurations and hour constraints are
taken into account in the second step.

Scheduling with equipment - Generates a mining schedule (or mining pattern) and
equipment schedule in one step. This option takes into account quality and quantity
constraints, along with equipment configurations and hour constraints.

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C. Engine tab…

Engine options

LINDO – Select to use the LINDO optimization engine. The Lindo API is developed by
the Lindo System Inc. MSSO v.4.0 (and higher) supports Lindo API v.7.0. To use
Lindo, it must be installed before running MSSO schedule calculations.

CPLEX – Select to use the CPLEX optimization engine. If this item is greyed out, then
you do not currently have a CPLEX license. Contact MineSight Technical Support for
information about obtaining a license.

CPLEX Optimization parameters

Time Limit – Enter a time limit (in seconds). Calculations for a scheduling period will
terminate if this time limit is reached. Enter "-1" to disable time limiting.

Relative Gap – The Relative Gap is the percentage difference between the BFS and

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 the Objective, divided by the BFS. Calculations for a scheduling period will terminate
if this gap is reached. The gap can be selected from three preset values: High
(0.01%), Medium (1%) and Low (5%) as well as set to a custom value.

Infeasibility Analysis Parameters

You can control how to terminate the schedule infeasibility analysis process by
choosing a time limit so the analysis will stop when this limit is reached.

Time Limit – Enter a time limit (in seconds) so that the infeasibility analysis for one
scheduling period will terminate when the time limit is reached. If the limit is
reached, the obtained infeasibility analysis results will be returned and the schedule
calculations stopped. Enter -1 to disable time limiting.

Miscellaneous

You can decide if you want to ignore multi-lift scheduling or relax constraints when
the schedule is run.

Ignore multi-lift scheduling – Use this option to ignore in-lift data. Checking this
option causes MSSO to honour the capacity of the entire destination, and use cycle
times from cuts to the entry point of the destination. When this option is not
checked, MSSO honours the subzone capacity and the filling sequence, and uses
cycle time data from cuts to subzones.

Relax Constraints – Toggle this checkbox to relax constraints when the schedule is
run.

Click on this button to display the Constraints Relaxation panel where you can
enter, view, edit, and prioritize constraint relaxations. See Help file for further explains…

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D. Run the schedule…

E. The schedule may stop as shown below…click on the *.dtl file to review the issue…

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F. Let’s study the infeasibility analysis.

There is 1 proved constraint that is violated in period 7, this means that the pit can’t provide
30,000,000 tonnes of material in period 7.

We will fix this later.

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4.2 Analysis Report – Total Material Movement by Period

The MSSO Analysis Report tool enables you to create new PivotChart reports, view existing
standard and customized templates and create new customized report templates.

A. Select Report  Analysis Reports…

B. Select “Material Movement by Destination”…Click Open to continue with the setup.

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C. The report will open with a default template settings…

D. Arrange the report as shown below…

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E. Add two more items as shown…

Destination Ton = Material Ton + Ore (Reclaimed)

F. Highlight the columns as shown…the plot will appear below.

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G. Save the template as…

H. Give it a name…

I. The template will appear in the list as shown…

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4.3 Analysis Report – MILL_feed

A. Create another report and give it a name - MILL_feed

B. Filter destinations as shown…

C. Add CU and MO grades…

D. Save the template again…

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4.4 Cash flow Report

A. Select Reports  Cash Flow Report…

B. NPV…

DEPENDING ON THE SCHEDULE RESULTS THE CASH FLOW

REPORT MAY BE DIFFERENT FROM THE ABOVE…

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C. Capital cost, G&A cost and other costs can be added here…

D. Cash flow report can be imported into Excel as shown…

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E. Save the excel file onto a location as shown below…

F. Yes…this excel file can be used to create a complete financial model…

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4.5 Animation

A. Start the animation as shown…

B. Pin as shown…

C. Set Mode to “Hide Mined Cuts” as shown…

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D. Set delay as shown…

E. Animate…

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4.6 Phase Lagging

A. Enter lagging between pushbacks…

B. Enter maximum lagging of 5 per periods and click OK to finalize the entry.

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C. Enter the same lagging value for all pushbacks…

D. Re-run the schedule and animate the results…Surprisingly the schedule will run longer…

E. The schedule may stop at some period…this time may even run longer since some
constrains were changed.

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F. Check the reports…

MILL_feed

Material Movement by Destination

Cash Flow Report

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4.7 Comparison with Whittle Schedule

The final schedule in Whittle is as follows…Keep in mind that this schedule was created
before the pit design.

The schedule in MSSO is based on the pit design that includes road designs as well.

MILL_feed

Total material movement

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Constraint setup can be changed to
make the schedule more practical in
terms of total material movement.

This will also effect the number of

equipment requirements.

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4.8 Constraint Relaxation

A. Open dtl file od the last period which the schedule didn’t run… In period 14, there isn’t
enough material in the pit that could provide 30,000,000 tonnes of ore+waste material.

B. Create a new analysis report…select Material by Mining Area…

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C. Arrange the items as required…Add _DESTINATIONS…Save the template as Material by
Mining Area.

D. Period 0 represents the amount of the material remained in the pit which is less than
30,000,000 tonnes. This why the scheduled stopped earlier.

E. Remove this constraint from period 14 and beyond…

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F. Run the schedule starting from period 14…

G. The schedule will run and it may stop in some period…

However there is no material left to mine…So it means that the schedule has been
completed.

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Chapter 5 - Loading-Hauling Equipment Requirement

5.1 Adding Equipment Fleet to the Schedule (Loader-Hauler)

A. Enter an equipment fleet name in the name field and select its type as Loader from the
type dropdown menu.

B. Added equipment will appear in the list…

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C. Add another loader and a truck as shown below…

Loader  LD1 (type: loader)

Truck CAT785D (type: hauler)

Save your setup…

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5.2 Assigning Trucks to Shovels/Loaders

A. Truck CAT785D will be paired up with both SH1 and LD1…

B. Delays for each truck can be defined depending on which loader they are assigned
to…This data could be site/project specific.

Save your setup…

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5.3 Dig Rate Configuration for Shovels/Loaders

A. The following dig rate data will be entered…

Shovel
Dig Rate Use of Operating
Dig Rate Reclaim Availability Availability Efficiency Cost
(t/hr) (t/hr) (%) (%) (%) ($/hr)
SH1 4500 0 85 90 80 300
Loader
Dig Rate Use of Operating
Dig Rate Reclaim Availability Availability Efficiency Cost
(t/hr) (t/hr) (%) (%) (%) ($/hr)
LD1 0 2000 85 80 75 200

B. Enter dig rate of 3000 t/hr for SH1…click Apply at the end…

C. Make sure that “Use Dig Rate” option is checked for SH1…

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D. Set dig rate of SH1 to zero for reclaim…

E. Set dig rate of LD1 to zero for mining…

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F. Set dig rate of LD1 to for reclaim as shown…

G. Make sure that “Use Dig Rate” option is checked for LD1 as well…

Save your setup…

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5.4 Pay Load Configuration for Trucks

A. Enter the following pay loads for trucks…

Truck
Payload Use of Operating
Payload Reclaim Availability Availability Efficiency Cost
(t) (t) (%) (%) (%) ($/hr)
CAT785D 135 135 80 85 80 120

B. Payload configuration for truck CAT785D…

C. Check “Use Default Cycle Time” option for the truck…this will be set later.

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C. Set payload of CAT785D for reclaim as shown…

Save your setup…

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5.5 Defining Operating Parameters

A. Enter the following operating data…

Shovel
Dig Rate Use of Operating
Dig Rate Reclaim Availability Availability Efficiency Cost
(t/hr) (t/hr) (%) (%) (%) ($/hr)
SH1 3000 0 90 90 80 300
Loader
Dig Rate Use of Operating
Dig Rate Reclaim Availability Availability Efficiency Cost
(t/hr) (t/hr) (%) (%) (%) ($/hr)
LD1 0 2000 90 80 75 200
Truck
Payload Use of Operating
Payload Reclaim Availability Availability Efficiency Cost
(t) (t) (%) (%) (%) ($/hr)
CAT785D 135 135 95 90 80 120

B. Enter operating parameters for SH1 as shown…

0.90 x 0.90 = 0.81

Operating cost of 300 $/t is an example…This must be calculated for your project data set.

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C. Complete for all equipment types…

LD1

CAT785D

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5.6 Default Haulage Setup

To integrate the equipment fleet into the schedule the cycle times must be entered to
calculate the equipment requirements. Obviously this data is not available in the feasibility
study as yet. In MSSO some acceptable default cycle time values can be entered to calculate
the required equipment.

A. Open MSSO plan and start Default Haulage Setup as shown. Check all for Period, Phase
and Level…

B. Reset all cycle time values to zero as shown below…

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C. Import cycle times for CAT785D…

D. CSV file will appear in “Import Cycle Time” dialog window as shown.

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E. Make sure that Attribute mapping is done correctly…imported destination names should
match with destination names added in MSSO plan. Once done click Apply and then OK to
continue.

F. Click OK to import the cycle times for all trucks…

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G. Yes to overwrite default cycle time…

H. Update…

I. In the previous step we only imported the cycle times from the pit to all destinations…

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J. Filter the table as shown…

K. Enter default cycle times for LG_STK as shown…

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L. Enter default cycle times for HG_STK as shown…

M. Update…

Save your setup…

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5.7 Assigning Equipment to Schedule

A. Select Schedule Calculation  Assign Equipment…

B. Setup as shown below…

C. Equipment will be assigned…

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5.8 Reporting Equipment Usage

A. Select Reports  Analysis Report…

B. Select “Equipment Usage”…Click Open to continue…

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C. Format the template as required…

D. Arrange template as required and save it as “Equipment Requirement”…

Save your setup…

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E. Similar reports can be created for SH1 and LD1 …

SH1

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