Vulcan

Phoenix Copper Limited uses Vulcan for planning and production, as well as geological evaluation on multiple projects in South Australia.

Vulcan is an essential tool in design and development for planning and production, as well as critical geotechnical modelling at McArthur River mine in Canada.

Vulcan 3D modelling and visualisation tools provide a better understanding of the behaviour of volcanic ash clouds for improving hazard management.

When designing a new underground project, Newmont Mining devised a faster, more accurate method for evaluating alternative designs using Vulcan.

A reverse block modelling approach allowed Stockton Mine to predict lithologies of thick black mudstone to more accurately determine the top of coal for efficient mining.

An innovative approach to stockpile monitoring using Vulcan sees Energy Resources Australia optimise stockpiled materials at the Ranger mine.

Maptek provided staff to cover survey shortages at Poitrel Mine, ensuring project deadlines were met and a survey management plan was in place.

Vulcan software and Maptek expertise helped the Oyu Tolgoi copper-gold mine to meet a tight schedule and deliver their first ore.

Barrick Plutonic Gold Mine uses the tetramodelling functionality in Vulcan to quickly identify areas of economic importance in areas with multiple sub-parallel lodes.

Vulcan HARP block modelling provided mine planners at Vale Mozambique with accurate quality and volume information, linking mine planning and geological information in a single model.

A new technique in Vulcan allows users to increase productivity in generating 3D geological models for large, complex metalliferous orebodies.

Vulcan design options and the haulage profile module were used to develop a tool for optimising dump filling.

Newmont Asia Pacific applied the Vulcan Stope Optimiser to assess how cut-off grade variations affect orebody expansion plans for the Tanami Operations.

Potasio Rio Colorado explores for potash in Argentina. A Vulcan simulation helps define a statistical framework for quantifying grade uncertainty where data is scarce.

Vulcan is used for grade control in a bulk mineable Carlin-type gold system at Cortez Hills Mine in Nevada.

Eagle Mine has developed an efficient and accurate method for estimating stope grades by innovative application of Maptek Vulcan grade control tools.

Iron Ore Company of Canada built a dynamic geological model for mine scheduling with Vulcan grade control and block modelling tools.

The BHP Billiton Cannington mine used Vulcan for phase and dump design, truck fleet estimation and mine planning to assist with the proposed transition from underground mine to open pit.

A geostatistical approach sees the application of the Sequential Gaussian simulation module in Vulcan to study uncertainty in zinc grades for the Francisco I. Madero deposit in Mexico.

CITIC Pacific Mining uses Maptek Vulcan grade control tools to ensure that the most economically viable areas of the resource are delivered to the crushers.