Faster, better mine planning and design decisions

Bentley’s MineCycle Designer, MineCycle Survey, and MineCycle Material Handling address the mining industry’s priorities for continuous mine planning

Bentley Systems announced the launch of its new MineCycle software applications.
Bentley is dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure. These innovative offerings facilitate optioneering to help mining industry participants address some of their most pressing challenges, including the need for a continuous rather than intermittent mine planning cycle.

The MineCycle products are based on industry-proven, pacesetting Bentley software foundations, with MineCycle Designer extending Bentley’s OpenRoads capabilities, MineCycle Survey extending Bentley Map capabilities, and MineCycle Material Handling extending Bentley OpenPlant and OpenRoads capabilities.

MineCycle Designer and MineCycle Survey work together to greatly accelerate mine planning and mine survey iterations. The time consumed by traditional processes (often taking months) prevented consideration of alternatives and also could result in strategies that were out of sync with changing mine and market conditions. MineCycle’s optioneering lets mine owner-operators timely examine multiple operational alternatives, enabling higher-quality decision making leading to enhanced mine performance.

MineCycle Material Handling enables engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firms and consultants to accelerate the preliminary design of bulk material handling (BMH) facilities. Through optioneering, MineCycle Material Handling helps EPCs optimise cost, footprint, and other key factors – by empowering them to quickly consider multiple scenarios.

Robert Mankowski, Bentley Vice President, Simulation Product Management, said, “We are very excited about our new mining offerings and the powerful optioneering benefits they bring to the mining industry. This ability to quickly assess operational planning and engineering alternatives was one of the ‘musts’ that our syndicate development sponsors identified. Our collaboration with strategic software partner Cyest Technology was also instrumental.”

Gary Lane, Managing Director, Cyest Technology, said, “The new mine planning solution developed by Bentley Systems and Cyest Technology will radically change the way in which mine planning is done in the industry. By applying new innovative approaches to planning and scheduling, mine management can now test different production planning options to understand the impact on the economics and, thereby, derive a more optimal plan that meets the strategic objective of the business.”

Devlin D. Andersen, Section Surveyor, Anglo American Platinum Ltd. said, “Whether it is mine surveying or mine planning, the solutions that have been created will allow us to function more efficiently and effectively. They further allow users to have one point of contact in terms of software that will give them all the functionality they require to perform their work to their absolute best. It is my belief that the products that have been developed will not only change the way we do work in the particular fields but also allow us to improve it.”