Innovative software for the mining industry that automatically designs optimally shaped slopes in any lithology within a suitably short runtime

OptimalSlope是一家总部位于英国的矿业中小企业，正在与SLR Consulting合作。OptimalSlope拥有一个核心项目团队，由Stefano Utili（首席执行官兼岩土工程教授）、Andrea Agosti（采矿和岩土工程师）、Dainius Jenkus（软件工程师）和Caleb Arden（软件工程师）组成。到2050年实现净零排放的目标要求采矿业减少其碳足迹，目前约占全球碳足迹的8%。通过实施更高效的坑壁，该行业每年可以在全球范围内节省2亿公吨二氧化碳当量的碳排放和70亿美元的直接挖掘成本。英国康沃尔和多塞特地区的露天矿可以从数千万美元的直接成本降低和数百万公吨的岩石废料减少中受益。为了应对这一挑战，OptimalSlope正在开发软件，可以在适当的短时间内自动设计任何岩性的最佳形状的边坡。OptimalSlope的创新（Slope Optimizer）可以为任何给定的输入岩性确定最陡、最佳的坡度剖面，并将输出可视化并导出到战略矿山规划软件中。通过使用Slope Optimizer，矿主（付费客户）可以提高他们的采矿效率，从而使盈利能力提高高达50%。此外，Slope Optimiser还可以帮助将范围1和范围2中的矿山碳足迹平均减少20%，并减少尾矿数量。矿山设计师将受益于自动化程度更高的设计流程，需要更少的手动操作。这将使地雷设计过程更加安全和一致。

OptimalSlope, a UK-based mining SME, is collaborating with SLRConsulting. OptimalSlope has a core project team of Stefano Utili (CEO and professor of geotechnical engineering), Andrea Agosti (mining and geotechnical engineer), Dainius Jenkus (software engineer) and Caleb Arden (software engineer).The goal of achieving net zero by 2050 requires the mining industry to reduce its carbon footprint, which currently accounts for approximately 8% of the global carbon footprint. By implementing more efficient pit walls, the industry could save 200M metric tonnes of CO2-equivalent carbon emissions and $7B per year in direct excavation costs globally. Open-pit mines in the Cornwall and Dorset areas of the UK could benefit from direct cost reductions of tens of millions and rock waste reductions of millions of metric tonnes.To address this challenge, OptimalSlope is developing software that automatically designs optimally shaped slopes in any lithology within a suitably short runtime.OptimalSlope's innovation (Slope Optimiser) can determine the steepest, optimal slope profiles for any given input lithology, as well as visualise and export the output into strategic mine planning software.By using Slope Optimiser, mine owners (paying customers) can increase their mine excavation efficiency, leading to profitability increases of up to 50%. Additionally, Slope Optimiser can help reduce the mine carbon footprint in Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 20% on average and decrease the number of rock tailings. Mine designers will benefit from a much more automated design process that requires fewer manual operations. This will result in a safer and more consistent mine design process.