Also known as the petroleum industry, Oil and Gas industry is one of the biggest sectors or portions of all industries in the world in terms of monetary value (as high as $2 trillion per annum in 2021 [1]). Due to its inherent nature of providing the most crucial economic framework – Oil to the world, Oil and Gas industry stands apart as one of the most significant, widespread and impactful industries around the globe, especially for countries including the United States, Russia, Canada, Saudi Arabia and China.

Editorial for Special Issue “3D/4D Geological Modeling for Mineral Exploration”

Xiumei Lv, Wangdong Yang, Xiaoning Liu and Gongwen Wang Applications of Radial Basis Functional Link Networks in the Exploration for Lala Copper Deposits in Sichuan Province, China

Baoyi Zhang, Yongqiang Tong, Jiangfeng Du, Shafqat Hussain, Zhengwen Jiang and Shahzad Ali et al. Three-Dimensional Structural Modeling (3D SM) and Joint Geophysical Characterization (JGC) of Hydrocarbon Reservoir

Zhifei Liu, Ling Zuo, Senmin Xu, Yaqing He, Chunyi Wang and Luofeng Wang et al. 3D Multi-Parameter Geological Modeling and Knowledge Findings for Mo Oxide Orebodies in the Shangfanggou Porphyry–Skarn Mo (–Fe) Deposit, Henan Province, China

‘Orebody modelling and strategic mine planning’ are arguably the backbone of our industry and represent an intricate, complex and critically important part of mining ventures. They have a profound effect on the value of a mine, as well as determining the technical plan to be followed from mine development to mine closure.
It is most gratifying to introduce the second revised edition of this Spectrum Series volume on the above topic, following the depletion of all copies of the first edition within about a year of its publication.

The Symposium of the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) was held at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India, during the period 5–7 March 2019. Computer applications of geomechanics have been gaining much popularity from the early days of the International Conference on Numerical Methods in Geomechanics at Vicksburg, in 1972, Blacksburg, in 1976, and Innsbruck, Austria, in 1988. It was in that very context the IACMAG was established and it has been growing ever since with various stakeholders contributing significantly from different nations across the world. IACMAG aims at fostering multidisciplinary research and ideas pertaining to geomechanics with particular emphasis on integrating both the practical and the fundamental aspects. The field of geomechanics has evolved with time, and in this regard, IACMAG takes into account the need for judicious simplification of fundamental aspects of geomechanics with proper amalgamation of theory and experimentation in order that they find their use in practical problems and challenges faced in the industry today <...>

Deswik.SO (Stope Optimizer) is a strategic mine planning tool that automates the design of stope shapes for a range of stoping methods for underground mines. The goal is to maximize the value of an orebody given the constraints using a certain mining method and design parameters. The outputs (stope wireframes, section strings and reports) are suitable for use in strategic and tactical planning <...>

Данный модуль можно изучить самостоятельно или в рамках учебного курса под руководством преподавателя. Для завершения этого курса вам понадобится использовать ряд инструментов и функций Deswik.CAD.

Настоящее руководство представляет собой комбинированный учебный модуль, содержащий теоретические сведения и практические задания. <...>

This tutorial provides an introduction to the common tools and functions contained within Deswik.CAD in an Open Pit Hard Rock operation, however as this tutorial is an introduction to Deswik.CAD functionality, the learning’s can be applied generally.

This tutorial is designed to be used in conjunction with the training data folder 3.01 Intro to CAD Open Pit Hard Rock containing all of the training data, software files and a completed set of CAD exercises. <...>

Deswik.IS (interactive scheduler) bridges the gap between designing and scheduling.

Deswik.IS produces a Gantt chart schedule that you can change and update via Deswik.CAD.

The planning engineer can make changes to the graphics, and the results update in the schedule. This facilitates rapid schedule development, with time to analyze scenarios, rather than manipulate data. The main features of Deswik.IS include:

This tutorial provides an introduction to the common tools and functions contained within Deswik.Scheduler in an Underground Hard Rock Operation, however as this tutorial is an introduction to Deswik.Scheduler functionality, the learning’s can be applied generally.