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Training Session: Open-Pit Design and Short-Term Planning with K-MINE

Past Session

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Date: December 17th, 2025
Time: 09:00 am EST / 2:00 pm GMT
Duration: 1.5-2 hours
Language: English
Date: December 23th, 2025
Time: 3 pm (Astana Time)
Duration: 1.5-2 hours
Language: Russian

This applied online session focuses on practical open-pit design workflows and short-term planning using K-MINE. Participants will walk through design logic, interactions between long-, medium- and short-term schedules, and the transition rules that keep production aligned with strategic targets. Real examples will show how to move from theoretical pushbacks to designed pushbacks, generate practical schedules, validate results, and assess economics.

Session Agenda

  • Planning Concept
  • Long-Term Designs
  • Scheduling: Theoretical PBs vs Designed PBs
  • Middle-Term Planning & Scheduling
  • Migrating Between Scheduling Horizons
  • K-MINE Planning Approach
  • Short-Term Scheduling in K-MINE
  • Using Scheduling Results
  • Economic Estimation of Results
  • Short-Term Design (Manual)
  • Risk Control
  • Advice and Recommendations

Who Should Attend

Mine planning engineers, production engineers, technical managers, designers, schedulers, operational analysts, and anyone responsible for connecting open-pit design decisions.

Session Format

The session will be conducted online, lasting two hours, and requires advance registration. Participants will benefit from live interaction through a Q&A segment. Please note that session recordings will not be publicly available afterward. A certificate of attendance will be provided to all participants.

Participation Guidelines

Register early (limited seats). Bring questions and, if possible, a brief description of your deposit style and data challenges to map learnings to your context. A stable internet connection is recommended for the live demo segments.