Intro.
The design of mining and mineral processing enterprises is a highly responsible process that requires consideration of site geology, efficient utilization of extracted resources and strict compliance with environmental safety standards.
M HEAVY TECHNOLOGY brings together advanced technologies and specialized software to deliver integrated solutions for optimization, reconstruction, design and construction of mining facilities.
We work with deposits of various scales and complexity, providing design services for:
- open-pit mines,
- processing plants,
- storage facilities,
- infrastructure,
- technological complexes.
M HEAVY TECHNOLOGY offers both full-scale integrated design and individual project options, such as geological surveys, 3D modeling, Geographical Information System integration and more.
Design of Mining and Processing Facilities.
The specialists of M HEAVY Technology integrate technological, engineering and environmental solutions into a unified project framework — ensuring that each facility operates efficiently under actual conditions, not just on paper.
M HEAVY TECHNOLOGY delivers a complete package of design solutions for mining operations, including:
- design of open pits, dumps, tailings storage facilities, and stockpiles, with consideration of geomechanics, geology, and hydrogeology;
- development of mine plans, drilling and blasting passports, transport, drainage and water disposal schemes;
- design of underground mining facilities: shafts, levels, ventilation systems, ore extraction methods and protection of mineral wealth;
- geomechanical modeling and stability analysis of slopes and workings;
- mine surveying support at all stages: from field surveys to as-built documentation;
- analysis of technical and economic parameters of mining, evaluation of alternative extraction scenarios;
- design of supporting infrastructure: airstrips, power lines, central heat supply stations, roads, storage facilities, water intakes, and more;
- 3D deposit modeling and mine planning using advanced BIM and GIS technologies;
- development of integrated transport and logistics schemes for mining enterprises;
- modeling and optimization of overburden removal and mining processes;
- development and support of land reclamation and mine closure projects;
- assistance with permitting, approvals, and expert reviews;
- author’s and technical supervision during project implementation;
- integration of automation and process control systems (APCS) into mining operations.
Design of Processing and Beneficiation Facilities.
M HEAVY TECHNOLOGY provides complete design services for beneficiation plants, processing units, and auxiliary facilities, including:
- development of technological schemes: flotation, gravity separation, magnetic separation, agglomeration, leaching, and more;
- design of crushing and screening complexes (CSC), classification units, storage, drying, and filtration systems;
- selection and layout of technological equipment with consideration of logistics, operational efficiency, and energy savings;
- calculations of water and energy consumption, design of water recycling systems;
- design of dedusting systems;
- implementation of automation and process control systems (APCS);
- development of BIM models for constructability assessment, phased construction and operational planning;
- integration into the overall production chain of the enterprise (pit – beneficiation plant – storage – shipping).
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Geological Structural and Resource 3D Modeling of Deposits.
3D Deposit Modeling is the foundation of effective design. M HEAVY M HEAVY TECHNOLOGY provides services in engineering geology, geological exploration, and three-dimensional subsurface modeling — forming the basis for efficient design of:
- open-pit mines,
- underground mines,
- processing plants and complete mining infrastructure.
3D modeling of deposits enables:
- effective planning of exploration programs,
- calculation of mineral reserves,
- assessment of hydrogeological and geotechnical conditions,
- optimization of mine development processes.
M HEAVY TECHNOLOGY performs 3D geological, structural, and resource 3D modeling of deposits — either as a standalone service upon client request or as part of integrated mine design projects.
Our Core Competencies:
- interpretation of exploration data: drilling, logging, sampling, and geophysics;
- construction of 3D models of ore bodies and host rocks;
- modeling of land faults, tectonics, contact zones, and ore quality variations;
- analysis of distribution parameters: density, moisture, particle size distribution and others;
- creation of geological cross-sections, plans, block models, and digital databases;
- integration of geological models into digital environments: GIS and planning systems.
Advantages of Creating a Geological Model
A geological model provides the foundation for design solutions, scenario evaluation of development and technological calculations.
We support our clients at every stage — from interpretation to integration.
Integration of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) into Design.
Mining Industry Design requires precise spatial positioning.
Geographic Information Systems (GIS).
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) make it possible to combine geology, topography, infrastructure and mining operations on a single digital map, ensuring:
- precise georeferencing of design solutions;
- overlay of multiple layers — geology, terrain, water sources, roads, networks, and restricted zones;
- analysis of constraints (sanitary zones, land use areas, protected territories);
- control of project compliance with actual site conditions and regulations;
- preparation of visualizations and maps for approvals and expert reviews.
Integrating GIS into the design process makes it possible to:
- optimize workflows at all stages of project development,
- improve coordination among participants,
- increase the accuracy of executed works.
K-MINE – an Advanced Solution for the Mining Industry.
M HEAVY TECHNOLOGY employs in its work professional GIS platforms, including the K-MINE software suite — one of the most advanced and versatile solutions for the mining industry.
K-MINE is a Complete Platform for Digital Management of the Entire Mine Lifecycle
What we offer:
✔️ A Single Solution Instead of Dozens of Programs
- Geological modeling;
- Resource and reserve estimation;
- Mine design (open-pit and underground mines)
- Mine surveying and 3D visualization;
- Economic analysis and production planning.
Seamless Integration of Modules. All modules “speak” the same language — with no transfers, format conflicts, or data loss.
✔️ High Accuracy and Compliance with Standards
K-MINE supports international codes (JORC, NI 43-101, KAZRC, GKZ, etc.), making it indispensable for preparing documentation for investors, licensing and stock exchange listings.
✔️ Flexibility and Customization
The platform easily adjusts to the specifics of each deposit, the type of mineral resource, as well as national legislation and individual company standards. Everything can be tailored to your needs — without unnecessary complications.
✔️ Support for BIM and Digital Twins
A modern mining operation requires more than just a 3D model — it needs a digital twin that synchronizes geology, production, mining logic, and logistics. K-MINE provides this capability and is widely used in integration with automated control and monitoring systems.
Mine Surveying Support – Control, Accuracy, and Safety.
M HEAVY TECHNOLOGY provides a full range of services to ensure complete geodetic and mine surveying support for mining operations.
What Does Mine Surveying Support Include?
✔️ Preparation of As-Built Documentation.
– Control of actual excavations against design boundaries;
– Surveys of stockpiles, dumps, pit walls, levels, etc.
✔️ Development of Mining Documentation.
– Mine development projects, drilling and blasting schemes, transport maps;
– Passports for benches, stockpiles, dumps, pitwalls, sections etc.
✔️ Mine Work Accounting and Planning.
– Extraction, overburden and dumping volumes and routes;
– Short- and medium-term planning (K-MINE, Excel, GIS);
– Monthly and quarterly balances and forecasts.
✔️ Stockpile and Waste Dump Management and Control.
– Systematization of ore, overburden, and waste rock inventory records;
– Monitoring of material balances and movements;
– Preparation of official reports and documentation.
✔️ Elaboration and Approval of Mining Development Plans.
– Preparation of full documentation packages for mine development planning (MDP);
– Coordination with government authorities and support through the approval process;
Interaction with state geological committees, inspections, and expert bodies.
Advantages for the Client.
✔️ Technical Consistency.
All mining activities — from mine surveying to mine development planning — are carried out within a single system, without breaks or duplication.
✔️ Integrated Function of the Mine Planning Engineer.
We take on the responsibilities of an engineer in charge of planning mining, overburden removal, dumping and stockpile operations, as well as preparing the required project documentation.
✔️ Modern Technical Equipment.
We have the necessary state-of-the-art equipment and software to provide fast and accurate field and office support for mining operations.
✔️ Accuracy and Control.
Regular updates of as-built documentation, precise volume tracking, balance preparation, deviation analysis and discrepancy elimination.
✔️ Resource Efficiency.
No need to keep a mine surveyor or planning engineer on staff. We handle their tasks on a turnkey basis — without the costs of hiring, workplace setup or training.
✔️ Regulatory Compliance.
All documents, surveys, and calculations are prepared in full compliance with regulatory requirements — ready for submission to supervisory authorities and state expert reviews.
✔️ Integration with Digital Systems
We work in the software environments most convenient for you — K-MINE, Datamine, Micromine, and others.
✔️ Ongoing Support and Access.
Direct communication with an engineer, access to up-to-date information and quick response to changes. Support is provided at every stage — from planning to reporting.
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Mine Planning.
Mine planning is the strategic foundation of the entire production cycle at a mining enterprise.
M HEAVY TECHNOLOGY provides short-term, medium-term and long-term mine planning services, ensuring efficient deposit development and stability of the production cycle.
What Is Mine Planning?
It is a set of engineering, geological, economic and surveying calculations that define the entire logic of deposit development — from drilling and blasting and overburden removal to the shipment of finished products.
🔹 Long-Term Planning (5+ years):
- General strategy for deposit development
- Optimization of block extraction sequence
- Calculation of timelines, capital investments, and development scenarios
🔹 Medium-Term Planning (1–5 years):
- Annual and quarterly production plans;
- Balancing overburden and ore extraction;
- Planning of equipment movement, dumps, and stockpiles.
🔹 Short-Term Planning (up to 1 year):
- Monthly, weekly, and daily schedules;
- Plans for drilling, blasting, and excavation works;
- Real-time adjustments based on mine surveying data.
Why Is It Beneficial to Order Mine Planning from M HEAVY TECHNOLOGY Specialists?
1. Cost Savings from the Start.
Clear project planning makes it possible to:
- minimize overburden removal;
- avoid unnecessary movement of rock mass;
- predefine optimal parameters for haul roads, drilling sites, dumps, and stockpiles.
Result — Reduced Operating Costs
2. Reduced Risks and Accidents.
Competent planning takes into account rock geomechanics, hydrogeology, and zones of tectonic fracturing. This makes it possible to prevent risks of collapses, water inrushes, spontaneous combustion, and other emergency situations in advance.
3. Optimization of the Production Chain.
By aligning production volumes with processing capacities and logistics planning helps to:
- balance the workload of processing plants;
- prevent downtime and ore shortages;
- maintain stable stockpile levels.
4. Flexibility in Changing Market Conditions.
High-quality planning is not a one-time approved document — it is a dynamic tool for resource management.
If raw material prices rise — priority blocks are recalculated. If demand falls — stripping volumes are reduced and stockpiling is increased. All this is possible only with up-to-date digital models, a strong planning system, and a team that knows how to use it.
5. Licensing and Compliance with Regulatory Requirement.
The mine development plan, production schedules and extraction volumes — all must be documented and confirmed. Regular reporting to the State Geological Service, mine surveying measurements and environmental monitoring — without systematic planning it is impossible not only to work efficiently but even to operate legally.
Why M HEAVY TECHNOLOGY?
M HEAVY TECHNOLOGY provides end-to-end services for design and implementation of mining and processing facilities — from the concept to commissioning, including full technical support and coordination at every stage.
What Our Comprehensive Approach Includes.
- Development of conceptual solutions, Work Code technical and economic assessments (TEA), feasibility studies, design, and working documentation;
- 3D modeling, process layout, production flow calculations, positioning of equipment and utilities;
- Selection, positioning and specification of main and auxiliary equipment;
- Design of supporting infrastructure: warehouses, roads, power lines, administrative and service facilities;
- Development of implementation schedules, logistics, and budgets;
- Supervision of construction, commissioning, staff training, and startup operations.
Advantages of Working with M HEAVY TECHNOLOGY.
In design and construction it is important to understand not only what to build, but also how to organize the process itself. Who will be responsible for design, procurement, construction and installation? Who will manage the project on a turnkey basis, and who will simply provide support?
M HEAVY TECHNOLOGY offers two formats for project execution:
EPC — Engineering, Procurement, Construction
EPCM — Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management
Advantages of EPC:
- A single contractor who fully undertakes the project execution on a turnkey basis.
- Guaranteed result — the contractor is fully responsible for the completed facility.
- Fixed cost — cost overruns are less common.
Fast implementation — all processes run in parallel, without unnecessary bureaucracy.
Advantages of EPCM:
In the EPCM format the contractor does not build the facility directly but is responsible for design, assists with procurement and manages construction carried out by other companies (subcontractors).
EPCM = consulting + technical support + management.
- More flexibility — the client can choose suppliers and contractors directly.
- Lower cost — no need to pay a markup for “general contracting”.
- Control remains with the client, supported by professional guidance.
Suitable for complex or non-standard facilities where a high level of customization is required.
Brief Comparison: EPC and EPCM
| Criterion | EPC | EPCM |
| Who builds | Contractor | Client (through subcontractors) |
| Who is responsible | Contractor (turnkey) | Client, EPCM only manages |
| Process control | Minimal from the client | Maximum from the client |
| Flexibility in procurement | Low | High |
| Cost | Usually higher | Can be lower |
Speed of implementation | Usually faster (everything in one company’s hands) | Can be slower (more approvals and required) |
Which format to choose?
- Are you an investor who doesn’t want to dive into the details, but needs a turnkey project and guaranteed results?
➤ EPC is your choice. - Do you have experience, want to control the budget, participate in tenders but need technical supervision and a project office?
➤ Choose EPCM.
Our team works in both formats: we can take on the entire EPC cycle or support your project in EPCM format, depending on the client’s goals, budget, and strategy.
Pilot and testing facilities.
We also design and build pilot processing facilities for testing mineral processing technologies: flotation, gravity separation, magnetic separation, agglomeration, and others.
✔️ This allows us to check the effectiveness of technological solutions before large-scale implementation, minimizing risks and increasing investment justification.
✔️ This approach ensures efficient implementation of both large industrial complexes and pilot plants — with minimal load on the client.
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M HEAVY Experience in Designing Mining and Processing Enterprises.
– Chile
Проект “El Plomo” (greenfield).
- Development of design of a Mining Project for lead-zinc ore extraction;
- Development of concentration technology, organization of the production cycle;
- Implementation of a planning system and the K-Mine GIS system;
- Complete infrastructure: roads, warehouses, dewatering system, logistics, equipment selection and supply;
- Participation format: EPCM.
– Guatemala — 2 projects
- “Fenix” Project (brownfield)
- Restoration of operations at a mothballed nickel ore mining enterprise;
- pre-Feasibility Study, engineering, equipment supply;
- Development of mining process flowcharts, passports and production organization;
- Increase in productivity (+34%), reduction in costs (−18%).
2. “Montufar” Project (greenfield)
- Feasibility Study, Development of technological solutions;
- Equipment selection and supply;
- Comprehensive mine operations support — turnkey;
- Full cycle of engineering and production support.
– Vietnam
GPM Project;
Development and implementation of a new dry separation scheme (magnetic and electrostatic) for the plant for collective concentrates; Development of a beneficiation technology for highly concentrated monazite ore using wet gravity separation tables.
– Guinea Bissau
“Gutaq” Project (greenfield).
Development of mining and beneficiation technology for titanium ores, engineering, and equipment supply.
– Ukraine
“Mokro-Kaligorsky Open Pit” Project (greenfield)
- “From scratch” start -up of the first open-pit brown coal mining project in independent Ukraine under challenging hydrotechnical conditions;
- Feasibility Study (FS) of Drainage Solutions;
- Development and approval of the Mining Project with state authorities.
Other technological solutions for large-scale projects:
- Development, engineering and implementation of briquetting technology for titanium- and alumina-containing ores for metallurgy (Intech);
- Development, engineering, and implementation of briquetting technology for iron-containing waste for metallurgy (Intech);
- Development of iron ore pellet classification technology (Metinvest);
- Design of a Concentrate Thickening Complex for beneficiation waste of metal-containing ores.
- Production and supply of mining and processing equipment: hydrocyclone unit, wet autogenous grinding mill.