Development of mining and geological information system in the present-day situation in the Russian mining industry

Abstract

The article presents an approach to the development of the MINEFRAME mining and geological information system. The current situation in the mining industry, the foreign policy challenges require to use digital technologies as a driver to improve labor productivity and industrial safety. One of the most important classes of software used at mining enterprises are mining and geological information systems, i.e. the information systems that offer complex automation in solving geological, mine surveying and technological tasks when working with the vector, wireframe and block models of mining system facilities. The mining and geological information systems make it possible to have reliable knowledge of the deposit at each stage of exploration, design and operation of the mine through the use of 3D geological and geomechanical models, determination of distribution patterns for useful and harmful components of minerals for comprehensive analysis of scenarios of the sequence of field development, selection of the most efficient mining technologies and equipment, assessment of the risk level for design solutions and their economic efficiency. This approach fully corresponds to the trends of digital transformation declared by the government of the Russian Federation and represents a new stage of automation and informatization of economic activities and transition to digital technologies.