Trucking, conveying or both?

Independent system design across the full haulage chain: mine to mill, mine to leach pad, mine to waste dump, mill to tailings and more.

From a site-wide haulage trade-off study to in-plant conveyors, the same engineers adapt to the scope and phase of your project.

We configure materials handling systems for your mining project. Trucking and conveying considered on equal terms.

Planning

  • Recommendations for pushbacks, waste dumps, leach pads, filtered-tailings facilities and stockpiles that enable more cost-effective haulage, coordinated with your mine planner and geotechnical engineer.

  • Configurations aligned with the mine production schedule, the pit expansion and the construction of earth structures. We determine which equipment configurations, and how many, are needed to sustain operations over the life of mine.

3D Modeling & Drawings

We turn the concept into models and drawings your team can build on.

  • Existing topography, earth structures and equipment configurations integrated into models used to calculate volumes of storage capacities and required earthworks.

  • Flow diagrams, plot plans, equipment layouts, stacking plans and conceptual single-line diagrams.

Conveyor Engineering

We calculate, select and specify conveyor equipment down to the component level.

  • Belt width, belt tension and power: the key inputs for selecting drives, belting, idlers, pulleys and take-ups.

  • Selection of mobile conveyors, hoppers, bins and silos.

  • Technical descriptions, datasheets and design criteria for equipment and components.

Fleet Selection

We build the haul network and size the fleet to match.

  • Haul road layouts and truck cycle-time calculations.

  • Truck and loader fleets selected and specified.

Estimating & Economic Modeling

We show what each configuration and alternative costs, and what it means for your project.

  • CAPEX, OPEX and sustaining capital for each system configuration and alternative, including earthworks, civil works, erection, commissioning and decommissioning.

  • The present value of all costs for each configuration and alternative over the project or system life, discounted to today’s value. NPC is a key economic metric for comparing alternatives on a cost-only basis.

  • Impact on project NPV, IRR and payback period, to support the investment decision.

Tendering Services

We help you go to market and pick the right bid.

  • Developed or peer reviewed, within our scope of services.

  • Technical and economic evaluation of bids.

Project Readiness

We give your project a second look before you make big commitments or move it to the next phase.

  • Review of engineering and tendering work in progress.

  • PEA to FS-level studies, including trade-off studies, value engineering, optimization loops and simulation.

Meet our team