Open-pit mine planning software that returns a practical plan in minutes
Another scenario shouldn't cost another week. Hold more operating constraints in the solve for strategic, long-term and medium-term studies, and test every assumption that moves the plan.
Now in use at an ASX-listed mining company
$273M more NPV than Google OR-Tools on the same ten-year scenario →Published MineLib plans lost up to 58% of stated value under real operating constraints →Who it's for
More scenarios than one planner can run by hand, with the operating constraints kept in the solve.
More studies from the same team, on client models kept in Australia with read-only handover.
Give your study team or consultants a tool that tests more options, so the study you decide on is stronger.
Three solves in a single pass
Pit selection, block scheduling and haulage usually mean three steps in three tools. Cognomine solves all three in a single pass, so there is one set of inputs to prepare and one result to defend.
Solved together, with real-world constraints
A schedule a crew can run
To get a long-horizon answer back in reasonable time, operating detail usually gets dropped, and the plan that comes back is one a crew could not run as scheduled.
It runs in the cloud on quantum-ready algorithms, and every run is covered by the credit already on your account.
Closing the gap between plan and practicality is what Cognomine is built for.
Cognomine keeps that detail in the solve, with the capital and operating trade-offs behind it:
- Bench and phase sequencing
- Dig precedence
- Drill-and-blast lag
- Digger separation
- Slope constraints
- Haulage and processing capacity
- Target feed grade, contaminant limits and stockpile strategy
What we have measured
We publish our benchmarks in full, including what they do not show: one against Google OR-Tools, and replays on two MineLib deposits.
Google OR-Tools
On one benchmark scenario, against Google OR-Tools
The same ten-year plan, orebody and constraints. Cognomine returned a plan in minutes; Google OR-Tools was stopped unconverged at 12 hours. The Cognomine plan returned $273M more discounted NPV on $149.5M less equipment capital.
MineLib
of stated value lost under real operating constraints
Published plans on two public deposits, replayed under real operating constraints, lost up to 58% of their stated value.
Comparing mine planning tools? Read our guide to choosing mine planning optimisation software →
Built to take a client's model
Hand results to a client read-only, with no limit on recipients.
- Stays in Australia
- Encrypted in transit and at rest
- Logically isolated to your account
- Removed within 30 days after your entitlement ends
Block model and constraints in, schedule out
Bring the file your tools already produce. The wizard maps your columns, so there is no template to match.
Sensible defaults across every setting, so you adjust only what your study turns on. Run in the cloud, results in minutes.
Take the schedule and its supporting outputs into your existing workflow.
Hosted in the cloud, so there is nothing to install. On-site deployment is available for teams that need it.
See how it works →Where you can find us
See it on your scenario
- Thirty minutes or less. No deck.
- You speak to Donny, our CTO, and Ray, our CEO.
- Share an overview of a study you are working on, or one you are tackling soon. We help assess whether Cognomine is a fit.
- If Cognomine is wrong for the work you do, we will tell you on the call.
