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Too many tools, not enough alignment
Modern mines rely on dozens of systems, vendors and data sources – but when nothing lines up, performance stalls.
Performance issues
Siloed systems
Manual reporting
Uncertainty
Inconsistency
Slow adoption
Performance issues
Data scientists, engineers and operators spend more time reconciling data than improving performance.
Siloed systems
Multiple vendors and disconnected systems create blind spots between exploration, geology, planning, production and laboratories teams.
Manual reporting
Critical decisions still depend on spreadsheets, CSVs and custom scripts – making reporting slow, error-prone and hard to audit.
Uncertainty
Accountability blurs when results don’t line up.
Inconsistency
Each site reinvents the wheel instead of scaling best practice across the portfolio.
Slow adoption
Fragmented tools make training and change management harder, so new workflows can take years to embed across sites.
There's a better way
One partner that understands your full value chain and stays accountable from strategy to implementation across the entire mining lifecycle, while uniting advisory and support.
with one team, one roadmap and one standard – embedding change management, training and continuous improvement across technical teams, finance and leadership.
one connected ecosystem for every stage from exploration to logistics, with consistent data, governed workflows, and built-in reporting for confident decisions.
we tackle your biggest bottlenecks with advanced technology, data and domain expertise, supporting complex multi-site operations across the mining value chain.
One connected workflow across the mining value chain, so each decision builds on the last, with governance and auditability built in from the start. Wherever you are on the journey, we meet you there and help you get to the next stage faster.
Exploration & Resource
Practical, aligned plans that maximise executable value.
Real-time control to keep performance on plan.
Sustainability & closure
Processing & logistics
Proven results across global operations
Production
CHALLENGES
- Difficulty measuring mine compliance
- No ease in comparing the models with mining
- Multiple source systems on site
Outcomes
A major iron ore producer uses Datamine Production Accounting and MineMarket for one pit-to-port view, improving audits and decisions.
Planning
CHALLENGES
Maintaining fast paced drill and blast schedules
Need of a logical set of tools to help them maintain a high standard of blasting safety on site
Ensure compliance to plan and achieve consistent blast output
Outcomes
A Tier 1 gold complex used Datamine's Minemax Scheduler to cut costs, lift NPV and align regional plans, replacing best-guess spreadsheets.
Consulting
CHALLENGES
Multiple factors lead to Peabody being short on essential team members and specific skillsets
They were missing the technical capacity and engineering skills to provide guidance, mentorship and to maintain good communication with the operations team
Outcomes
- Datamine provided Peabody with various consultants
- Peabody focused their efforts on it’s mining sequence whilst maintaining quality design and scheduling
- Mentorship and guidance provided to young engineers within the team and identify gaps with the current process
Geology
CHALLENGES
Challenges of collecting, analysing, and sharing their data in hard copy format
Highly qualified geologists were spending unnecessary time on tedious work
- Manual workflows resulted in a significant time investment
Outcomes
Iluka turned paper-heavy geology workflows into a trusted 3D source of truth with Datamine Studio RM, updating complex models in minutes.
Laboratories
CHALLENGES
Costly operational inefficiencies
Lack of transparency into data flow
Expert team members working on admin tasks
Outcomes
At Öksüt Gold, Datamine LIMS cut data entry errors by 90% and halved audit prep time, freeing the lab to focus on quality, not admin.
Exploration
CHALLENGES
Software package that was about to expire
Former solution no longer had updates
The team did not have a software to makes sections using data from their enterprises
Outcomes
Nexa uses Datamine as a single exploration backbone, unifying mines and projects worldwide with governed, reliable data.
Getting started is simple
Book a conversation to walk us through your current systems, bottlenecks and goals.
We map where you are today, prioritise quick wins and design a practical roadmap that works across your sites and teams.
We implement, train and support your teams, then help you scale best practice across your operations.
FAQs
Having Datamine as your One-Partner is about moving from standalone tools to one connected workflow across the mining lifecycle. Choosing Datamine as your single partner for every stage, helps you reducing fragmentation, improving visibility, and building a governed chain of trusted data end-to-end.
One-Partner targets the recurring operational pain created by disconnected systems, including:
- Manual reconciliations and spreadsheet workarounds
- Multiple vendors across different stages of the value chain
- Re-entry, conflicting “sources of truth,” and slow handovers
- Limited visibility between teams and downstream decisions
One-Partner is built to connect workflows across portfolios, including:
- Exploration (spatial, drillhole, tenement/tenure, geophysics)
- Geology (data capture, modelling, estimation, ore control)
- Planning (optimisation, design, scheduling, drill & blast, survey)
- Laboratories (sampling, LIMS, downstream flow)
- Production (reconciliation, accounting, inventory/logistics, downstream delivery)
- Sustainability (HSEC & people management)
- Fleet Management (dispatch & execute, protect, measure & improve)
Common outcomes the campaign is anchored on include:
- Less re-entry and fewer handoffs (reduced errors and delays)
- A governed workflow where teams work from the same trusted data (less debate, faster decisions)
- Higher confidence and defensibility through audit traceability and standardised processes
In Exploration, the goal is to have one exploration ecosystem from field to office, reducing handovers and conflicting sources of truth by connecting spatial, drill data, tenure/expenditure, and geophysics, such as:
- Discover for spatial analytics
- Fusion for structured drill data / secure geological database
- Landtracker for tenure and expenditure / compliance and conditions
- PA Explorer for geophysical data
In Planning, the goal is having one governed workflow to moving away from “separate tools that don’t talk to each other” into an environment where planning flows: from optimisation through design/scheduling to drill & blast and survey feedback loops, such as:
- Strategy: Studio NPVS+ and Minemax Scheduler optimise long-term geometry, schedules, and constraints
- Design: Studio OP, Studio UG, and MineScape support open pit and underground design and layouts
- Schedule: MineMax Tempo and DTS help build practical schedules that align to strategic guidance
- Blasting: DataBlast and Aegis support drill and blast design through to execution
- Survey and execution: Studio Survey support spatial control and shift planning
In Production, Datamine positioned our products as a connected workflow that keeps the production chain transparent, aligned, and decision-ready, from reconciliation through downstream delivery, so teams work from the same trusted data from the first tonne to the final shipment, such as:
- Centric supports shift-by-shift planning (short-interval control), performance-to-plan monitoring, dashboards, and SMS/email notifications.
- MineMarket supports ore tracking, stock management, blending, customer logistics, and contract management.
- Reconcilor and Production Accounting support mine and plant reconciliation and metals accounting, with auditable balances and clear reporting.
In Geology, the goal is a single governed geology workflow that keeps mapping, modelling, estimation, and ore control connected—reducing handover errors and improving traceability from inputs to outputs, such as:
- Studio Mapper captures and synchronises field mapping so face data progresses faster from field to office.
- Sirovision with PixPro uses photogrammetry (photos to 3D surfaces) and can integrate third-party LiDAR for structural and geotechnical interpretation.
- Studio Geo and Studio RM build and update geological models; Studio RM supports geological modelling, geostatistical analysis, resource estimation, and evaluation.
- Supervisor is a geostatistical suite that optimises resource estimation; used with Studio RM, it supports a transparent modelling approach aligned to established standards such as JORC.
- Isatis (Isatis.neo and Isatis.Py) provides advanced statistical and geostatistical tools for data analysis, 2D/3D mapping, simulations, and uncertainty/risk analysis to strengthen resource confidence.
- MineScape Stratmodel creates stratigraphic deposit models that update as drilling continues.
- Ore Controller supports day-to-day ore control workflows from sampling to block models so material goes to the right place.
- MineTrust provides governed data management, and DH Logger supports drillhole logging and data capture as part of the connected geology workflow foundation.
In Labs, the goal is a connected sample-to-report workflow that eliminates re-entry, reduces errors and rework, strengthens traceability, and moves validated results directly into downstream systems for faster decisions, such as:
- AssayNet governs the sample-to-result workflow and integrates the systems around it. It can exchange data with external environmental labs to simplify reporting and compliance. It can connect with robotics to streamline preparation and testing. And it can feed results into core mining systems such as ERP, metal accounting, and geological databases so operational teams work from the same numbers.
- CCLAS manages the end-to-end sample lifecycle and links the lab system with connected platforms. It can share data with third-party environmental labs to simplify compliance reporting, interface with robotics to automate preparation and analysis, and push validated results into ERP, metallurgical accounting, and geological databases so operational groups align on one set of results.
In Fleet Management, the goal is controlled execution from plan to performance—reducing operational variance and execution losses (up to 20%) by ensuring operational intent is executed as designed, with real-time control, visibility, and compliance across people, equipment, and material movement.
MineTrack provides a mature, configurable, mining-native operational platform to execute mine plans in real time, enforce material and production compliance, and generate the operational truth required for reconciliation and continuous improvement such as:
- Dispatch: turning plans into tasks (task assignment, priority control, shift execution, material tracking)
- Execute: real-time fleet control (automated haul cycle, live dispatching, route optimisation, delay response)
- Measure: material and movement (payload control, grade control, operational KPIs, maintenance KPIs)
- Protect: assets and safety (equipment health, safety enforcement, fuel efficiency)
- Improve: learning from execution (performance analytics, plan reconciliation, continuous optimisation)
In Sustainability, the goal is a connected sustainability operating system that helps sites manage health and safety, workforce readiness, environmental performance, governance, and ESG reporting in one coordinated workflow, so compliance is easier to prove, risks are easier to manage, and sustainability performance is measurable and reportable. See how Datamine can support your business:
- Manage health, injury, safety, events, work permits, certifications/training, and H&S asset management through Zygth, Nexo, and Isystain
- Manage FIFO logistics, schedules, and accommodation with integrated communications, compliance, training, and production reporting through People Tray
- For occupational health and hygiene, primary healthcare, health incidents, clinic capacity, chronic wellness, and disease management, manage through Qmed
- Manage energy/emissions, water, waste, biodiversity, and environmental monitoring through Zygth and Isystain
- Strengthen compliance monitoring, audits, contractor/supplier management, risk management through Zygth, Isystain, and Qmed
- Identify skill gaps, assign training programs, and track progress to lift capability and meet organisational goals through Zygth, Isystain, and People Tray
- Measure, monitor, and report sustainability performance and ESG impact through Isystain.
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