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Mining Operations & Mine Planning Software

Specialist software used by mining technical services and operations teams for geological modelling, mine design, planning and scheduling, operational execution, fleet/dispatch, drill and blast, material tracking and connected mine data.

7 active products76 tracked capabilitiesLatest evidence check Sep 25, 2026

Products in this category

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Research coverage is not a product score or ranking. It shows how much of this category's current capability model has a known evidence status for each product. Research pending means not yet verified—not unsupported—and should not be interpreted as lower product quality.

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Deswik

Deswik OPS

Operational planning and shift-execution product, distinct from Deswik Planning.

12% research coverage9 / 76 known facts

7 supported67 research pending1 verified source99% known-fact confidenceProfile reviewed Sep 25, 2026

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Deswik

Deswik Planning

Mine planning and scheduling product; product boundaries remain subject to the vendor evidence cycle.

5% research coverage4 / 76 known facts

2 supported72 research pending2 verified sources99% known-fact confidenceProfile reviewed Sep 25, 2026

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Hexagon

Hexagon MinePlan

Mine-planning product family; MineOperate and fleet capability remain separate product boundaries unless directly evidenced.

0% research coverage0 / 76 known facts

0 supported76 research pending1 verified sourceConfidence pendingProfile reviewed Sep 25, 2026

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Maptek

Maptek Evolution

Mine scheduling and optimization product; design and geology capability must not be assumed.

0% research coverage0 / 76 known facts

0 supported76 research pending1 verified sourceConfidence pendingProfile reviewed Sep 25, 2026

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Maptek

Maptek Vulcan

Mining geological modelling, design and planning product; workflow scope must be verified per product/module.

22% research coverage17 / 76 known facts

1 supported59 research pending5 verified sources99% known-fact confidenceProfile reviewed Sep 25, 2026

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Micromine

Micromine Origin

Geological modelling and mine-design product; operational and scheduling scope remains evidence-pending.

0% research coverage0 / 76 known facts

0 supported76 research pending1 verified sourceConfidence pendingProfile reviewed Sep 25, 2026

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RPMGlobal

RPM MinePlanner

Mine planning and scheduling product; integration and deployment scope remain evidence-pending.

0% research coverage0 / 76 known facts

0 supported76 research pending1 verified sourceConfidence pendingProfile reviewed Sep 25, 2026

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How to evaluate Mining Operations & Mine Planning Software software

Turn the category taxonomy into a practical shortlist or RFP. The guidance below comes from TechSelectAI's recorded category structure and evidence coverage; it does not rank vendors or assume that missing evidence means missing capability.

1. Scope the workflow

Data, Integration & Governance — 6 tracked criteria.
Drill & Blast — 6 tracked criteria.
Fleet & Dispatch — 6 tracked criteria.
Geology & Resource Modelling — 8 tracked criteria.
Grade Control & Material — 6 tracked criteria.
Mine Design — 8 tracked criteria.
Operational & Shift Planning — 6 tracked criteria.
Optimization & Simulation — 6 tracked criteria.

2. Start an RFP checklist

Life-of-mine planning — 1 product currently recorded as supported.
Mining CAD and 3D visualization — 1 product currently recorded as supported.
Mobile field execution — 1 product currently recorded as supported.
Offline field operation — 1 product currently recorded as supported.
Operator task assignment — 1 product currently recorded as supported.
Plan-versus-actual visibility — 1 product currently recorded as supported.
Public or documented APIs — 1 product currently recorded as supported.
Shift and weekly planning — 1 product currently recorded as supported.

3. Validate evidence before fit

Separate supported, conditional, explicitly unsupported and research-pending facts.
Confirm edition, deployment, integration, regional and contractual constraints directly against current evidence.
Use evidence confidence and source dates to decide which claims need vendor confirmation.

TechSelectAI category research is designed to support requirements discovery, not to create a universal winner. Buyer-specific Fit Score remains separate from this public research layer.

Capabilities buyers commonly evaluate

Use these pages to compare recorded support across products. Unknown means not yet verified, not unsupported.

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Mining Operations & Mine Planning Software

Products in this category

Deswik OPS

Deswik Planning

Hexagon MinePlan

Maptek Evolution

Maptek Vulcan

Micromine Origin

RPM MinePlanner

How to evaluate Mining Operations & Mine Planning Software software

1. Scope the workflow

2. Start an RFP checklist

3. Validate evidence before fit

Capabilities buyers commonly evaluate

Audit logging

Fleet-system integration

Historian or IoT integration

Interoperability and governed access

Public or documented APIs

Role-based access control

Blast design and execution tracking

Blast reconciliation

Charging and initiation planning

Drill execution tracking

Drill pattern design

Fragmentation analysis

Equipment state and cycle monitoring

Fleet dispatch

Operator tracking

Queue and route optimization

Truck-shovel dispatch

Underground fleet assignment

Block modelling and resource estimation

Drillhole database management

Geological domains and coding

Geological interpretation

Geostatistics

Resource and reserve reporting support

Validation and reconciliation

Wireframing and surfaces

Crusher and feed tracking

Dig block management

Grade-control sampling

Material reconciliation

Ore and waste classification

Stockpile, blending and material tracking

Bench and berm design

Design scenario comparison

Geotechnical design parameters

Haul roads, dumps and stockpiles design

Open-pit design

Pit phases and pushbacks

Stope and development design

Underground mine design

Mobile field execution

Offline field operation

Operator task assignment

Plan-versus-actual visibility

Shift and weekly planning

Short interval control

Discrete-event simulation

Equipment and resource optimization

Mathematical mine optimization

Mine scenario simulation

Schedule optimization

Value-chain optimization

Collision avoidance integration

Fatigue monitoring integration

Operational geofencing

Proximity detection integration

Safety, tracking or OT integration

Activity-based scheduling

Blending constraints in schedules

Medium-term scheduling

Production target and constraint modelling

Resource and equipment levelling

Schedule dependencies and calendars

Schedule scenario comparison

Short-term production scheduling

Cut-off grade scenario modelling