Mining Engineering
Extensive Mining Engineering services
MEC offers extensive mining engineering services designed to support projects throughout their entire life cycle. Our expert team guides projects from initial exploration and feasibility studies through detailed mine planning and design, ensuring efficient and sustainable operations.
MEC specialises in comprehensive mine studies across diverse commodities and mining methods, facilitated by a proficient team of skilled mine planners. Leveraging advanced software and streamlined processes, our Technical Consulting team consistently delivers value-added outcomes.
Our team is adept at using our experience, advanced software and efficient processes to generate value adding outcomes. MEC has recently completed several mine planning and feasibility studies across commodities including coal, copper and gold.
Range of services
Our services span from resource modelling to operational support, covering equipment selection and cost estimation. Focusing on both open pit and underground commodities, we utilise advanced methodologies and software solutions to ensure efficient project management and optimisation. Additionally, our consultancy provides onsite operational support, including technical mentorship, training, and relief role coverage.
OPEN PIT
Consulting Services
- Studies-conceptual, pre-feasibility and bankable feasibility
- JORC resource and reserve reporting
- Scheduling model builds
- Life of mine planning, long term planning and optimisation
- Design and scheduling
- Cost modelling and project optimisation
- Due diligence
- Tender / contract management
Methodologies
- Conventional open cut
- Strip mining
- Terrace mine
- Dragline
- Dozer Push
- Truck shovel
- In-Pit systems (i.e. IP Crusher Conveyer)
Onsite Operational Support
- Lead productivity improvement
- Technical mentorship and leadership training
- Technical services teams for full project support
- Operational design, planning and scheduling
- Operational review, cost modelling and operational improvement
- Training and mentoring of on-site personnel and systems development and review
- Short to medium term design, planning and scheduling solutions
- Relief role coverage from technical services engineers, geologists and surveyors through to management positions such as Senior Engineer and other Statutory roles
Commodities
- Copper
- Silver
- Zinc
- Lithium
- Diamonds
- Gold
- Base Metals
- Uranium
- Iron ore
- Mineral sands
- Coal
UNDERGROUND
Consulting Services
- Studies – concept, pre/feasibility and bankable feasibility;
- JORC Resource and Reserve reporting;
- Mine design, reserving and scheduling model builds;
- Contract and tender evaluation;
- Life of Mine planning, scheduling with long term planning and optimisation.
- Cost modelling and financial evaluation;
- Project Management;
- Value Improving Practices and Trade-Off Studies;
- Mineability Assessments;
- Value Driver Tree Analysis;
- Mine and stope economic cost modelling and optimisation
- Extraction sequence and cut-off grade optimisation
- Contract and tender evaluation
- Mining method and equipment selection
- Trade-off studies
- Capital and operating costs estimation
- Project review and project optimisation
- Assessment of ground control best practice
- Caving – Fragmentation analysis and cavability assessment
- Caving – Subsidence analysis and draw control
Methodologies
- Longwall Mining – Conventional, Longwall
- Top Coal Caving Punch and Plow
- Hydro Mining
- Bord and Pillar
- Highwall Mining and Mechanised Augering
- Value Driver Tree Analysis
Onsite Operational Support
- Technical services teams for full project support;
- Operational design, planning and scheduling;
- Operational review, cost modelling and operational improvement;
- Training and mentoring of on-site personnel and systems development and review;
- Ventilation and Gas Drainage Capability;
- Short to Medium term design, planning and scheduling solutions;
- Short to medium term design, planning and scheduling including supply of software where necessary
- Drill and blast design, guidelines and reporting systems
- Operational review, cost modelling and operational improvement
- Ventilation engineering
- Technical department gap analysis, process mapping and RACI analysis
- Technical procedures and industry best practice standards and policies
Commodities
- Copper
- Silver
- Zinc
- Lithium
- Diamonds
- Gold
- Base Metals
- Uranium
- Coal