Audit logging
Provide documented audit or activity logging.
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Original specialist framework · Mining technical services & operations
Mining Operations & Mine Planning Capability Taxonomy
A vendor-neutral requirements framework for discovery, RFI/RFP preparation, demonstrations and technical evaluation across the mining planning-to-execution lifecycle.
Taxonomy depth is not product evidence. A criterion is relevant to mining evaluation; it does not mean every product supports it. Not yet verified is a research gap, not evidence of missing functionality.
Requirements area
Data, Integration & Governance
Fleet-system integration
Integrate with separately evaluated fleet systems.
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Historian or IoT integration
Integrate with industrial historians or IoT platforms.
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Interoperability and governed access
Provide documented data interoperability, access control, audit or architecture capabilities.
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Public or documented APIs
Expose documented APIs or integration interfaces.
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Role-based access control
Provide documented role-based access control.
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Requirements area
Drill & Blast
Blast design and execution tracking
Design blasts or track blast execution without inferring fragmentation analysis.
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Blast reconciliation
Reconcile blast design, execution and resulting production context.
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Charging and initiation planning
Plan blast charging, initiation or timing.
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Drill execution tracking
Track drilling execution or drilling progress.
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Drill pattern design
Design drill patterns or related drilling layouts.
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Fragmentation analysis
Analyze fragmentation following blasting.
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Requirements area
Fleet & Dispatch
Equipment state and cycle monitoring
Monitor equipment state, cycles, payload or comparable production telemetry.
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Fleet dispatch
Assign or dispatch mining equipment, vehicles or work in operational workflows.
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Operator tracking
Track operators or personnel within documented fleet/operations workflows.
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Queue and route optimization
Optimize fleet queues, routes or assignments.
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Truck-shovel dispatch
Dispatch truck-shovel or comparable surface mining fleets.
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Underground fleet assignment
Assign underground fleet or work equipment.
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Requirements area
Geology & Resource Modelling
Block modelling and resource estimation
Create, maintain or use block models and resource-estimation workflows.
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Drillhole database management
Store, govern or use drillhole data for mining technical workflows.
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Geological domains and coding
Define or use coded geological domains and classification attributes.
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Geological interpretation
Interpret geological domains, surfaces or structures for mining models.
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Geostatistics
Apply documented geostatistical analysis to resource-modelling workflows.
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Resource and reserve reporting support
Support resource or reserve reporting workflows without inferring regulatory compliance.
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Validation and reconciliation
Validate or reconcile geological models, estimates or production data.
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Wireframing and surfaces
Create or manage geological wireframes, surfaces or solids.
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Requirements area
Grade Control & Material
Crusher and feed tracking
Track crusher feed or downstream material flow.
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Dig block management
Define, release or track dig blocks.
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Grade-control sampling
Manage or use grade-control sampling workflows.
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Material reconciliation
Reconcile planned and actual material movement, grades or destinations.
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Ore and waste classification
Classify material as ore, waste or comparable operational categories.
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Stockpile, blending and material tracking
Track material movement, stockpiles or blending constraints.
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Requirements area
Mine Design
Bench and berm design
Design benches, berms or comparable open-pit geometry.
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Design scenario comparison
Compare alternative mine-design scenarios.
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Geotechnical design parameters
Apply geotechnical constraints to design or planning workflows.
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Haul roads, dumps and stockpiles design
Design or model haul roads, waste dumps or stockpiles.
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Open-pit design
Design open-pit mine geometry, phases, benches, ramps or related layouts.
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Pit phases and pushbacks
Design or model open-pit phases, pushbacks or shells.
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Stope and development design
Design stopes, drives or underground development layouts.
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Underground mine design
Design underground mine layouts, stopes, development or related infrastructure.
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Requirements area
Operational & Shift Planning
Mobile field execution
Provide documented mobile field-execution workflows.
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Offline field operation
Support documented offline operation — do not infer this from mobile access.
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Operator task assignment
Assign operational tasks to operators or field teams.
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Plan-versus-actual visibility
Compare planned work or production with recorded operational actuals.
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Shift and weekly planning
Plan mining activities by shift, week or comparable operational horizon.
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Short interval control
Support short-interval operational control or comparable execution cadence.
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Requirements area
Optimization & Simulation
Discrete-event simulation
Simulate mining operations using discrete-event or comparable simulation.
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Equipment and resource optimization
Optimize equipment or resource deployment.
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Mathematical mine optimization
Apply documented mathematical optimization to mining decisions.
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Mine scenario simulation
Simulate mine schedules, equipment or operational scenarios.
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Schedule optimization
Optimize mine schedules using documented methods.
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Value-chain optimization
Optimize linked mine-to-processing or value-chain decisions.
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Requirements area
Safety & OT Integration
Collision avoidance integration
Integrate with documented collision-avoidance systems.
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Fatigue monitoring integration
Integrate with documented fatigue-monitoring systems.
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Operational geofencing
Provide or integrate documented operational geofencing — no safety-certification claim.
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Proximity detection integration
Integrate with documented proximity-detection systems.
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Safety, tracking or OT integration
Connect with documented safety, personnel/equipment tracking or OT systems; this is not a safety-certification claim.
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Requirements area
Scheduling
Activity-based scheduling
Schedule mining activities, tasks or work packages.
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Blending constraints in schedules
Apply blending constraints in mine schedules.
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Medium-term scheduling
Build medium-term mining schedules.
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Production target and constraint modelling
Model production targets, constraints or resource limits in scheduling workflows.
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Resource and equipment levelling
Level resources or equipment against schedule requirements.
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Schedule dependencies and calendars
Model task dependencies, calendars or operational constraints in schedules.
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Schedule scenario comparison
Compare alternative schedules or planning scenarios.
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Short-term production scheduling
Build short-term production schedules for mining operations.
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Requirements area
Strategic Planning
Cut-off grade scenario modelling
Model cut-off-grade assumptions or scenarios.
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Economic scenario analysis
Model economic assumptions or compare strategic mine scenarios.
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Life-of-mine planning
Create or support long-range life-of-mine planning.
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NPV optimization
Optimize strategic mining decisions against documented economic value metrics.
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Pit or stope optimization
Optimize pit, stope or extraction sequencing decisions.
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Production capacity modelling
Model strategic production capacity, throughput or target scenarios.
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Requirements area
Survey & Spatial
Drone and laser-scan integration
Use drone, laser-scan or comparable capture data in documented workflows.
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Mining CAD and 3D visualization
Provide mine CAD, spatial design or 3D visualization workflows.
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Spatial data management
Manage governed spatial data used in mining workflows.
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Survey and spatial-data integration
Integrate survey, spatial or capture-derived data where documented.
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Survey pickup and reconciliation
Capture, import or reconcile survey pickup data.
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Use this framework to structure buyer requirements, not to infer universal suite entitlement. Validate product, module, edition, integration and implementation scope in writing.