All of Minecraft's consultants have gained practical, technical and operating experience during previous employment at numerous operating coal mines in a variety of roles, mostly culminating in senior management positions. The majority of the senior consultants hold statutory qualifications in their field of expertise.
Typical MineCraft assignments include:
• Economic analysis and due diligence studies;
• Feasibility studies and resource assessment;
• Mine strategic options analysis;
• Mine design and production scheduling;
• Mining method evaluation and productivity modelling;
• Mine equipment specialisation audits, appraisals and reviews;
• Mine tender specification, review and contract preparation;
• Project scheduling and project management;
• Mine ventilation studies.
Over the years MineCraft have developed specific skills and in-house software programs which are aimed at solving Clients' needs in an efficient and accurate manner.
MineCraft Consulting Software includes:
• Production Schedule Module - used
for calculating underground mine production schedules
from
one to thirty years duration. Specifically designed as a rapid evaluation tool to quickly appraise numerous options.
• Economic Evaluation Module - used to calculate
the economic return on investment of mining
projects using discounted cash flow analysis.
• Longwall Productivity Module - used for estimating
longwall productivity rates for both new
operations and existing operations. Also able to optimise specific longwall design aspects such as panel width, drum size, operating mode, etc.
• Longwall AFC Power Demand Module - used to
analyse the power requirements of chain conveyor systems.
• Development Productivity Module - used for
estimating development productivity rates in both new operations
and existing operations using new equipment or alternative processes.
• Ventilation Simulation Module - used to assist
in rapid ventilation network analysis using the
proprietary ventilation simulation software VnetPC.
• Cost Ranking Module - used for mine optimisation
by calculating the economic values of alternate
mining panels and zones.
In addition to in-house software, Minecraft personnel are experienced users of the following Proprietary Software:
• Microsoft Office Suite;
• Primavera Suretrack;
• Autocad, Coreldraw;
• VnetPC;
• Belt Analyst.
