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Minex 5.2 – Apollo Scheduling – Ignore Function

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Apollo course

• Overview
• Design
• Volumes Reporting
• Scheduling
• Plotting

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Apollo course

SCHEDULING

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SCHEDULING

SCHEDULING SIMLIFIED BY

• IGNORE SWITHCES

• MOVEMENT FILES

• IGNORE LAYERS

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IGNORE SWITCHES

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IGNORE SWITCHES

FIRST UNDERSTAND

3 STAGES OF MINING

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3 STAGES OF MINING

1 SURFACE
2 PREMINING
3 MINING
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STAGE 1 SURFACE MINING

• TREE CLEARING
• COAL CLEAN OFF

SURFACE MINING
GENERALLY IGNORED

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STAGE 2 PREMINING

• DRILLING
• RIPPING

PREMINING
GENERALLY IGNORED

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STAGE 3 MINING

• DIGGING
• EXCAVATION

MINING must be done

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IGNORE SURFACE MINING

WE ASSUME
TREE CLEARING & COAL CLEAN UP
ARE AUTOMATIC & ARE NOT SCHEDULED

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IGNORE PREMINING

WE ASSUME
DRILLING BLASTING &
RIPPING ARE AUTOMATIC
& ARE NOT SCHEDULED

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STAGE 3 MINING

MINING HAS TWO PARTS

WASTE & COAL

Waste MINING must be done

Coal MINING can be ignored

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IGNORE COAL MINING

WE ASSUME
COAL IS MINED AUTOMATICALLY
WHEN WASTE IS REMOVED
WARNING MEANS NO INVENTORY

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IGNORE COAL MINING

WE ASSUME
COAL IS MINED AUTOMATICALLY
WHEN WASTE IS REMOVED
WARNING MEANS NO INVENTORY

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IGNORE TRUCKS

EQUIPMENT FILE DEFINES

TRUCK REQUIRED
DRAGLINE HAS NO TRUCKS

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IGNORE TRUCKS

EXCAVATOR OR LOADER HAS

TRUCKS

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IGNORE TRUCKS

RATE = 100%

WE ASSUME LOADER IS FULLY

TRUCKED AND OPERATES
AT FULL RATE

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IGNORE WEDGES
WASTE MINING ADVANCES
LOWER WEDGE
PRIME
Lower wedge
UPPER WEDGE Upper wedge
Prime

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IGNORE WEDGES

UPPER WEDGE REQUIRES DOZER

ASSIST
BUT DOZER SCHEDULEING IS VERY
DETAILED

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IGNORE WEDGES

WE ASSUME DOZER WORK

IS DONE

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IGNORE WASTE
THIN WASTE (AIB)
IS MINED
AUTOMATICALLY

AIB

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AIB
AI AIB
B
IGNORE WASTE

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EQUIPMENT FILE

DIG RATE
= RATE x CALENDAR x UTILISATION x QUALITY VARIABLE

AI AIB
B

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SCHEDULE SELECT

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ADDITIONAL IGNORE FUNCTION

IGNORE COAL MINING

 Coal is automatically mined when it’s exposed without affected the waste equipment production
х Have to put the coal equipment when coal exposed

IGNORE PARTIAL EXPOSURE

х We can mine the coal without having it 100% exposed
Notes: x Ignore coal mining to run x Ignore partial exposure

IGNORE EXPOSURE
х To prevent underground mining
Notes: Generally to make the scheduling run faster just tick off x Ignore Exposure & X Ignore Codes

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Set SMG_QUERY_DATABASE_ACCESS Yes

Notes: - Restart Minex
- Open DBR  Shared “YES” (Just read)
- Open DBS  Shared “NO” (To rewrite before scheduling run.
To report “YES” (to make a report after scheduling)

EQUIPMENT MOVEMENT VARIABLE

Production factor  To make the schedule slower in certain block

EQUIPMENT CANNOT FIND AN EXPOSED LAYER TO START

Because there’s a small/tiny layers (trivial layer). Always used minimum 5 in Build DBR

TO BREAK REPORT TO WEEKLY BASIS

 Use date control file in c:/ Minex / etc / calendars / Date Control File
 Copy this file into the directory and edit using text editor

POST VIEW

BACK STEP IN SCHEDULING

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