¿Quién podría haber anticipado los desafíos a los que se enfrentaría el mundo en 2020? En marzo, en Snowden (como muchos otros) no estábamos seguros de lo que COVID-19 significaría para nuestro negocio, nuestra gente y nuestros clientes. Hemos sido…
Snowden Optiro's Fresh Thinking Podcasts offer a fresh take on the world of geology and mining. Our aim is to offer interesting technical podcasts for those working in or associated with the mining industry.
30 Seconds of Reconciliation Info. The topic is Stockpile volumes. The author is Ian Glacken, Optiro's Director of Geology.
Generosity is alive and well! Both Ian Glacken – Executive Consultant and Paul Blackney – Executive Consultant, believe in sharing the knowledge and skills they have each gained over their more than 35 years’ worldwide experience as geologists. So in…
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Our aim is to offer interesting technical talks with a fresh take on the world of geology and mining.
At our recent event as part of the Snowden Community in mineral resources, we discussed Transparency and Standardisation in Metal Reconciliation Reporting. One would argue that how well an operation converts its resources to reserves and ultimately recovers its metal,…
This week’s 30 Seconds of Reconciliation Info is from Ian Glacken our Geology Director. The frequency of reconciliation: This is an area where practice varies enormously; some organisations believe that reconciliation on anything less than a three-month increment is meaningless…
Technical Podcasts for the Mining Industry. Our technical podcast series titled Fresh Thinking by Optiro are available for free on iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, Google Podcasts and on the Optiro website.
Our aim is to offer interesting technical talks and key information with a fresh take on the world of geology and mining. We will be uploading new podcasts on a regular basis.
This week’s 30 Seconds of Reconciliation Info is from Ian Glacken our Director of Geology. Reconciliation of planned and unplanned dilution for underground stopes: Typically, underground stopes of relatively limited dimensions (i.e. not sublevel or block caving shapes) are designed…
This week’s 30 Seconds of Reconciliation Info comes from Ian Glacken our Director of Geology. Remember that the ore blocks you design may not be the ore blocks you mine: Always remember that ‘as-designed’ may not (usually will not) be…
