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

总部位于英国的矿业中小企业OptimalSlope正在与SLRConsulting合作。OptimalSlope拥有由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)组成的核心项目团队。到2050年实现净零的目标要求采矿业减少其碳足迹，目前碳足迹约占全球碳足迹的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70亿美元的直接开采成本。英国康沃尔和多塞特地区的露天矿可以从直接降低数千万美元的成本和减少数百万吨的岩石废物中受益。为了应对这一挑战，OptimalSlope正在开发一种软件，可以在适当的较短运行时间内自动设计任何岩性的最佳形状的斜坡。OptimalSlope的创新(Slope Optimiser)可以为任何给定的输入岩性确定最陡峭、最优的斜坡剖面，并将输出可视化并输出到战略矿山规划软件中。通过使用Slope Optimiser，矿主(付费客户)可以提高他们的采矿挖掘效率，导致利润增加50%。此外，坡度优化器可以帮助将范围1和范围2中的矿山碳足迹平均减少20%，并减少尾矿的数量。矿山设计人员将受益于更自动化的设计过程，需要更少的人工操作。这将导致更安全和更一致的地雷设计过程。

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.