Set up a constraint to model the cost of moving an existing processing plant roe ‘his exarmple shows how to setup a Eansrsint to model the cost of moving an existing processing plant. | Note: This example uses dats from the Tutor Single demonstration project. To follow slong, open the Tutor Single project and follow the steps in the ‘worked example. The Tutor Single dataset is supplied with Whittle. You must have installed this dataset when installing Whittle, Go to the network drive you specified on installation. Otherwise, install again from CD (and choose tutorial data only). \We wil ary out simple proces to set up the gona forthe existing processing plant. The scenario as follows, The mining lease has an exiting processing pant situated inthe inte viiniy ofthe pe that canbe moved fr a rice of $12 5M, We want to fnd outfits economical to move the pit in order to access more of the orebody, The steps required to do this are as follows: 1, GL Add the heavy block and cost of moving the heavy block Use the Run button to run the TutorSingle project. Examine the optimisation results in the 3D Viewer. Ths s the base case without the detall of ‘the processing plant. ‘Copy the ‘Standard Optimization Settings’ node and rename it “Existing infrastructure’ © WD ¥ Demonstration Project &-@ « kopute Bock Mode! [ Desceton Desertion 4 —_treg | [exstna astute Sv Standard stones a I SA 4 Standard eptmazston set) | selng 2 ¢ Lowe pumuaton | Iprcessing Pan Infastucue example certs Balv PaayPtoreeh |! eseresons | |costtomove $1251 flv sehen omen || Use sere Ex «Head grase per Per : Es v New spider crapn wv 6 tows ume EB Priya cram ‘Schedule Graph FS Head rate per Pec ES Now spiter raph ‘On the Mining tab, set Block mining cost adjustment factors to Model. ‘We want to create the heavy block in one comer of our model, In place of an air block, This way, when we overwrite the cost and tonnage information, we will not be affecting the pit optimisation results Enter the block co-ordinates as 33,1,23,EF Note: if you are using 2 GEMS block model, remember that, for the heavy block, you must enter the coordinates of the Whittle block model, not the coordinates of the GEMS block model. You can manually convert the coordinates using the formulae specified in the FAQs, Enter the Mining CAF 2s 10,000 and the Block tonnage as 1000 as shown: Sete eee Description _ (7) Use Constraints oS Fe psanonai nes te: (Ema) ‘Optmzaton —_pagmional Blocks cera rina ca — seam erage ian a © add additional arcs ‘We now want to link the blocks that define the existing processing plant footprint together then link the whole lot back to the heavy block. n this way, when any single block s considered in the optimization, it will ik to the heavy block and incur the cost we have associated with that block. ‘This is represented as follows: 21,37,22 23.37.22" 21,35,22 23,35,22 To specify the detail of these linked blocks, we will use Additional Arcs. Arcs ate directional and easily defined by listing the two blocks that the arc will ink in the format x1,y1,21,x2.y2,22. ‘Specify the diagram above as a series of arcs between blocks by clicking the Edit Arcs button and entering the information as shown:specify the diagram above as @ series of arcs between blocks by cicking the Edit arcs button and enternng the information as shown: 1B atonal Stracture Arcs Additional Ares Foimatx, yt,21, 2, y2, 2): panne 24,36,22,33,1.23] Nene (oc) (ene) ‘PTip: You can build up large numbers of arcs using an external program such as Excel, saving in a .csv format and importing into this dialog using 3. © Run the Optim’ jon and validate the results ‘the Import button. ‘hun the Existing Infrastructure node to carry out the optimization. To examine and validate the results, ure the 3D Viewer. First, n the Data Control section, Show XY Plane and view the data on level 23. Look for the "heavy block’ in the lower right corner. Place the ‘mouse pointer over the block and use the Info tab to chack the MCAF haz been applied correctly a¢ 10,000. Bl smeot snasing (a) Block outine [H) show Topography ‘Snap to View GHGaiea) as [atekaey ie xa 4) Za 3280 50 1900Now, view the pit shells At a revenue factor of 1, pit 28, you can see that the processing plant has been avoided by the optimizer. tis not until 2 revenue factor of 1.05 (pit 30) that the processing plant is economical to move. 7 aninonnt = PatDieplay— snow er zai] (mnaona (Zi smoot shading EBteek outing J