MICROMINE’s latest coal mining software solution 'Coal Measure' is a dynamic and integrated software solution for coal data management and processing.
Released last September at MINExpo, Coal Measure allows for advanced 3D seam modelling, resource categorisation, resource reporting, pit optimisation, pit design and scheduling.
This application has been built for both coal exploration and mining purposes, designed to deliver cost reductions through improved planning and increased operation efficiency.
Coal Measure has combined elements from the company’s data management software Geobank and exploration and mine solution software, Micromine.
As part of the software’s development, MICROMINE carried out rigorous, real-life testing to ensure the end product met the demands of the coal mining market.
“With coal becoming an increasingly critical energy source, our clients have been demanding a more sophisticated solution that takes into account the complexities of coal and the ways in which it is mined,” MICROMINE’s CEO Kevin Fitzpatrick explained.
“It has become very clear to us that we needed to develop a world-class solution that was both sophisticated enough to take into account these complexities, whilst also ensuring it remained both user-friendly and was easily transferable,” Fitzpatrick said.
Coal Measure approaches coal deposits in a new manner, differing from metalliferous and irregular deposits, replacing interpretation and wireframing with modelling seam morphology using griddling based on stratigraphic sequence.
This process is quickly followed by direct conversion into a seam block model.
MICROMINE participates in the Coal Industry Standards Committee, whose charter is to design and implement standards for coal mining and production.
Ibo Mango, MICROMINE’s Geobank data management specialist, is a member of the panel and was responsible for the release of ‘CoalLog’ Version 1, a Borehole Data Logging Standard for the Australian Coal Industry designed to improve the accuracy of borehole data.
“The best thing about the Coal Standard is the benefits it will provide MICROMINE’s clients. A universally consistent system will be more transferable within the industry and will allow operations to record and manage higher quality and more accurate borehole data,” Mango said.
“MICROMINE is excited to be driving this data standardisation improvement and being in a position to introduce the new standard within clients’ operations,” he said.
MICROMINE’s software solutions have been developed specifically for coal with strong industry involvement so resources may be optimally mined.