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SigmafinefortheMiningand
MetalsIndustry
SigmafineIndustryStories

CarlosH.Quintana,SigmafineEngineeringMgr,
VisiantPimsoft

Topics

Presentationwilldiscussthefollowing

Introduction
Reconciliation Challenges in Metals Accounting
ReconciliationChallengesinMetalsAccounting
SigmafineFeatures
Demo Acoupleoftypicalbusinesscasescenarios
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yp
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MassBalanceoftheoverallcircuitforCuandAu

WhataretheoverallCuandAurecoveryandproductionrates?
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Howmuchwaterhasbeenaddedtotheentirecircuit?
h t h b
dd d t th
ti i it?
Whatisthewateradditionratiobetweengrindandflotation?
Reporting
HowisSigmafineconfiguredtodothis?

Trackingofstockpile/bulkstoragecompositions

Conclusions
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Introduction

Increaseindemandforbetterreportingstandardsandmore
stringentregulatoryrequirementsrequire..
IncreasedaccuracyoftheDatausedinMetalsaccounting
Accessingthesamedataandworkingfromoneversionof
thetruth
Sigmafinecanaddresskeyareassuchas:
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AMIRAstandardscompliance
p
Massmeasurements
Datacollectionandanalysis
Metalbalancing
g
Reporting

WewilllookathowSigmafinecanbeappliedtosomeof
thesekeyareas,specifically:
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, p
y
o

AnexampleofaMassBalanceoftheoverallcircuitforCu
andAu
Trackingofstockpile/bulkstoragecompositions
g
p /
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ReconciliationChallengesinMetalsandMining

Therearemanyandthesearejusttonameafew...

Lowredundancy
Many analyzers
Manyanalyzers
Complexmodels(singlemodelwithmultiple
dimensions)
Pilesofmaterialsthatcannotbemeasured
Material accounting per element
Materialaccountingperelement

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SigmafineFeatures

Easyandflexibleconfigurationofanalyzers
Simplecontrolwherecomponentbalanceis
computed
Linearbalancealwaysconvergesandisvery
stable
o Nonlinearstillavailable
Transferscanhandlecomponentinformation
Transfers can handle component information

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SigmafineFeatures

Forcomponents

Componentbalanceininventoriesthatarenot
typically measured
typicallymeasured
Componenttrackingininventories
Independentsolvabilityofcomponents
Independent solvability of components
Independenttoleranceofmeasurements
Independentcomponentlistperanalyzer
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SigmafineFeatures

HasaUniqueAlgorithmforMetalsAccounting

OverallMassBalance

min
i ( y x)

( y x)

s.t. Ax = c
Foreachcomponent

min( y *i xi )
xi

( y * x )
i

yi * xyyi
s.t. Ai xi = ci
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Advantages

Forthelinearcomponentbalance

Noconvergenceproblems
Perfect balance for mass and components
Perfectbalanceformassandcomponents
Nocrossinteractionofcomponentsmeasurements
Results are simple to understand
Resultsaresimpletounderstand
Goodforbalanceswithtracecomponents(i.e.,water
balances include components under the ppm
balancesincludecomponentsundertheppm
measurementrange)

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TypicalScenario

LetslookatascenarioandhowSigmafineisconfiguredto
addressit

Flowsheet
MassMeasurements
Assays i.e.%Solids,Cu%,Auppm

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FlowSheet

Flowsheet ofGrindingandFlotationPlant

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MassMeasurements

Infoonmassmeasurements

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Assays

Infoonassays

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SizingDataonAssays

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MassBalanceoftheOverallCircuitforCuandAu Demo

NowletslookattheSigmafinemodel

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MassBalanceoftheOverallCircuitforCuandAu

ReportingusingSigmafineExceladdin

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WaterBalance

Howmuchwaterisaddedtothecircuit?....

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TrackingofStockpile/BulkStorageCompositions

CompositionTrackingAnalysisRulecanbeused

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Conclusion

WithSigmafine..

AccountingstandardscanbeappliedtoMetals
accounting.
accounting
Theaccuracyoftheinformationrelatingtotheflowand
transferofmaterialsandtheirmetalcontentisincreased.
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f
o
o

Bydoingmassandcomponentanalysis
Correctingissuesthatareflagged

Thesamedataandworkingfromoneversionofthetruth
canbeaccessedacrosstheorganization.

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Thank You
ThankYou
CarlosH.Quintana
carlos quintana@visiant com
carlos.quintana@visiant.com

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