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Mine Planning Training
A practical mine planning course covering short, medium and long-term planning — turning resources and designs into realistic, executable plans.
Plans that can actually be mined
The discipline behind a good plan
Good planning is what turns a resource into a safe, productive, profitable operation. This course builds the fundamentals of mine planning across short, medium and long-term horizons, and how they fit together.
Participants learn to move from resource and design through to a practical, resourced plan — understanding the constraints that make a plan executable rather than just optimistic.
A plan is only useful if it can be mined. We teach planning that respects the real constraints of the operation.
What the course covers
Modules
Planning horizons
How short, medium and long-term planning differ, connect and feed each other.
Resource to inventory
Working from the resource model and reserves to a practical mining inventory.
Cut-off & strategy
Cut-off grade basics and how strategy shapes what gets mined and when.
Mine design basics
Designs, accesses and layouts that underpin a plan — open pit and underground.
Constraints & integration
Bringing geotechnical, ventilation, services and equipment constraints into the plan.
Building the plan
Constructing a defensible, resourced plan and communicating it clearly.
Who should attend
Designed for
- Graduate and early-career mining engineers
- Planning engineers building their fundamentals
- Production engineers moving into planning
- Technical services and supervisors
FAQ
Mine planning training, answered
Is this open pit or underground?
Both. Core planning principles apply across methods, and content can be weighted to your operation’s context.
Do we need planning software for the course?
No. The course focuses on the engineering and decision-making behind planning; it can be aligned to your software workflows where useful.
How does it relate to scheduling?
Planning sets what and how; scheduling sequences it over time. The two courses are complementary — many teams take both.
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Want your planners trained on this?
Short, medium and long-term planning — turning resources and designs into executable plans. Tell us the team and the dates.