Vale Moatize

Comprehensive Monitoring
Solutions
Feb, 13th, 2019
Clifford Walsh – GroundProbe Africa
Antonio Rocha – GroundProbe Brazil

Commercial in Confidence
Introduction

This report outlines the applicability of Monitoring technologies for monitoring

slopes at Vale Moatize.

The aim of the report is to identify and recommend the ideal technology to:
• Provide the resolution required to effectively detect movement at
– Pit slopes
– Tailing Dams
– Waste deposits
• Achieve project specific range, vertical and lateral scan area coverage
and satisfy monitoring requirements

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 GroundProbe
GroundProbe is an Australian company specialized on:

• Previous detection of geotechnical hazard

• Remote analysis of geotechnical data
• Alarms for evacuation

We have a range of solutions to attend customers needs with any geotechnical concerns:

• Technology agnostic (RAR and SAR)

• Open pit and underground monitoring
• Mine slopes and civil industry
• Tailing dams and hydro electrical dams
• Laser solutions
• Partnership with others industry leaders

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Geotechnical structures can be positioned at this plot:

• Lower to higher geotechnical risk

• Lower to higher level of investment
• Lower to higher level of detail
Technology

Radar RAR

Radar SAR
Lasers

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 GroundProbe´s monitoring fundamentals
All GroundProbe´s monitoring solutions have the same fundamentals:
• 24h monitoring
• Alarm system
• High frequency of data generation (every 2 min or more)
• Light data for live transmission
• Imaging and video systems
• Remote monitoring from any computer
• Support for analysis, data interpretation and alarm validation

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 InSAR
A geotechnical engineer must take care of a large number of structures, slopes, tailing
dams, waste deposits, in places of difficult access, often without proper or sufficient
instrumentation.
• Geotechnical monitoring from satellites: wide and precise movement detection
• Supports engineers to decide: where to focus?
• Hyistorical database: when it started?
• Typical precision: ~2 mm

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 InSAR application for Moatize
• Beneffits:
– Historical data for all the site since 2015
– Identifies deformation process on early stages
– Supports monitoring planning
• Back analysis: Sentinel-1 @16 m resolution data for archive analysis. Images from
November 2014 to present (ascending and descending look directions);
• On going Monitoring:
– Sentinel @16 m resolution
– TerraSAR-X @3 m resolution
• Reports delivered every month
• Reprocessing for slow deformation movements every 6 months
• Quarterly optical imagery: high resolution images with orthorectification

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 GNSS
GNSS are geotechnical GPS, autonomous, that monitor deformations (movement)
in real time, with millimetre precision.
• small and light (15 cm, 3.5 kg)
• works with conventional batteries that last up to 2 years
• integrated wi-fi
• provides information on a powerful geotechnical dashboard with alarms
• simplified installation

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 GNSS application for Moatize
• Applicable to the smaller dike at Chipenga dam
• 350 m lengh
• 6 – 10 GNSS (confirm distribution)
• Data available on line with alarms
• Anti-robbery instalation option

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 GMS – Geotechnical Monitoring System
The GMS is a robotic station specially developed for geotechnical monitoring, which uses
radar technique and processing to increase its accuracy. It has a special feature: it can
monitor real prisms, as well as virtual prisms in any quantity and location.
• Monitor real prisms, and virtual prisms
• Data analysis, real time alarms, imaging and video features
• More precise compared to surveying tools (radar signal algorithm)
• Economical

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 GMS application for Moatize
• Applicable to the bigger dike at Chipenga dam
• 1900 m length
• Highly vegetated requires real prisms (confirm quantity and distribution)
• Sensor location close to the dam requires big horizontal coverage
• Precision 0,5 mm @ 250 m
Sensor location

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 Radars SSR-FX
RAR radars (Real Aperture Radar) are ideal for critical safety monitoring when there is an
immediate risk to the safety of people, equipment and operation.
It allows to monitor slopes from any position, with mobility and speed to follow the
dynamics of production in the day to day of the mine, and with sub-millimeter precision.
• Agile, flexible and energy self-sustained
• 0.1 mm precision
• Quick deployment
• High resolution (@500 m: 4 x 0,68 m)
• 2 minutes scan
• Weather station integrated

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 Application for Moatize – Section 2A
• Fractures system favourable to toppling
• Catch bench filled with material with ramp above
• Several small failures
• Requires resolution and fast scan time

Radar point of view

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 Application for Moatize – Pit 4
• Fractures system favourable to toppling
• Cracks at the ramp / several small failures
• Requires resolution and fast scan time

Radar point of view

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 Application for Moatize – Pit 3
• Several small failures
• Requires resolution and fast scan time

Radar point of view

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 Application for Moatize – Pit 1
• Several small failures
• Requires resolution and fast scan time

Radar point of view

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Geotechnical Support Services
In general, local geotechnical engineers have activities such meetins, contracts
management and others; therefore they don´t have exclusive time to dedicate to data
interpretation and alarm validation.

GroundProve offers GSS – Geotechnical Support Services, with 25 engineers in shifts to

provide:
• 24h monitoring support to data analysis
• Remote report
• Alarm validation
• TARP (Trigger Action Response Plan)
• Report at any movement detection

It´s the maximun attention to your

geotechnical concerns.

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Application for Moatize
• Reports trends change 24h/day
• Alarm validation
• TARP (Trigger Action Response Plan): in case of alarm, who does what and how
• Report at any movement detection

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GeoExplorer
In partnership with Navstar, a recognised leader in monitoring software, our customers
has access to GeoExplorer platform. The data integration solution provides a range of
features and benefits, offering new ways for you to view, interact and report any
geotechnical sensors data.

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 Investment
List
price Vale Price USD
Equipment Discount Comments
USD

#1 SSR-FX
$580,000 $460,000 (Each) $ 140,000.00
Mobile

#2 SSR-FX $560,000 $420,000(Each) $ 140,000.00

Mobile (Each)
Fully mobile system – all accessories included such as
camera, weather station, electric jacks, trailer, generator,
user interface, communication equipment and laptop
#3 SSR-FX $540,000 $400,000 (Each) $ 140,000.00
Mobile (Each)

#4 SSR-FX $ 140,000.00
$520,000 $380,000 (Each)
Mobile (Each)

Complete System as per scope of supply. Comprising:

 Geotechnical Monitoring System – GMS Dual

#1 GMS Dual $ 220,000 $160,000 $ 60,000  Electronics box (Data processing unit)
 Licenses for GMS processing, Viewer and Analysis
software.
 Laptop

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Investment
List
price Vale Price USD
Equipment Discount Comments
USD

GNSS per unit

GNSS $ 9,000 $ 8,000 $ 1,000 Requires Base station
Requires software installation

Back
InSAR analysis $ 25.000
since 2015

InSAR On Going
monitoring $ 54.000
(low res)

On Going
InSAR monitoring $ 115.000
(high res)

Optical
InSAR images $ 14.000

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 Opex

List Price USD Vale Price USD

Item % Discount Comments

Freight to site
Client Cost
Incoterms CIP to site
applies.
Unscheduled emergency
callout man day fee for
work on site or traveling
Clients cost and Insurance Incoterms:
$21,000
0 EXW from Brisbane otherwise Incoterms
( Each)
CIP to site applies.
Cost of man days for technician to perform
unscheduled maintenance and other tasks
$1,000 $450.00 65% on site or to travel to site. (Note: this
charge is avoided where a callout can be
regarded as an MTM)

Scheduled technician Cost of man days for technician to

man days on site or $1,200 $500.00 60%% perform maintenance and other tasks
traveling on site or to travel to site

Training costs as required on site.

Site training (typically 5 $2,000 $1,400 Excludes reimbursable travel costs and
per day per day 30%
days or 40 hours) $10,000 total $7,000 total travel days if needed. Included once per
year if needed on Completed Care

Typical deployment charge, Assembly,

Radar deployment $10, 000 $7,000
communication integration,
(typically 5 days on site ($2,000 ($1,200 30%
Georeferencing. Excludes reimbursable
and 2 travel days) per day) per day)
travel costs or additional days if required

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 Opex
IT EM USD PRICE
Standard Care Support Plan per Annum 1st SSR-FX $ 60,000,00

Comprising: Remote 365 day PA Technical support desk, all software upgrades, IP and software operating 2nd SSR-FX $ 50,000,00
licenses and 90 day spares warranty.
3rd SSR-FX $ 40,000,00

4th SSR-FX $ 30,000,00

1 GMS - $ 30,000,00
Excluded:

All hardware and maintenance spares required, major item repair /rotation charges

Site visits and maintenance:

3 Monthly (12 weeks) visit for duration of contract.

The service visit will require 1 day transit time and 2 days on site

USD 250 per day for Technical specialist on site

USD 300 per day for Technical Manager

Travel (AA Rates apply) and Accommodation at CTC.

Complete Care Support Plan per annum

Comprising: Remote 365 day PA Technical support desk, all software upgrades, IP and software operating 1st SSR-FX $ 90,000,00
licences.12 month warranty on spares.
2nd SSR-FX $ 80,000,00
Also inclusive of:
3rd SSR-FX $ 70,000,00
 All scheduled replacement spares and ‘ad hoc’ spares required, including replenishment of used site based
4th SSR-FX $ 60,000,00
spares.
1 GMS - $ 50,000,00
 Major item repair /rotation charges and the labour for the 2 day specialist maintenance service visit 3
monthly for duration of contract.

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 Optional
• GroundProbe provides shelter ($ 25.000 + freight),
or
• GroundProbe provides support to customer to
construct

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 Safety first

Customer focus

Innovative solutions

Honesty and integrity

People matter