Mining Software – Mine Site Survey of Investment Status and Supplier Choice, 2022 Update
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Investment levels are high in mine planning software, with 45% of respondents having fully implemented mine planning software, versus 29% having fully implemented mine management software, with majors having invested to a greater extent than non-majors for both types. Investment levels were highest in Australasia.
Despite extensive investment to date, 42% of mines expect to invest further in mine planning software and 34% in mine management software in the next two years, with the highest shares in Australasian and African mines.
Overall Dassault Systems, supplier of the Geovia mining software, was the most popular choice. It was also the most popular in surface mines and across Asia Pacific and the combined Europe, Middle East and Former Soviet Union region. In second place overall was Datamine, followed by Maptek.
Other significant suppliers included Bentley Systems, which ranked fourth overall, thanks to its acquisition of Seequent. Deswik, which has been acquired by Sandvik, ranked fifth and Hexagon sixth. Sandvik’s equipment competitor, Epiroc, has acquired MineRP, which ranked 12th overall.
Scope
Information was gathered through to the end of 2021 from individual mines via primary or secondary research, with the majority from conducting interviews with key mine-site personnel regarding their choice of mining software. In addition a further 130+ surveys were conducted regarding investment levels and expectations for future investment in mine management and mine planning software.
Key Highlights
Investment levels are high in mine planning software, with 48% of respondents having fully implemented mine planning software, versus 39% having fully implemented mine management software, with majors having invested to a greater extent than non-majors for both types. Investment levels were highest in Australasia and Africa.
Despite extensive investment to date, 31% of mines expect to invest further in mine planning software and 34% in mine management software in the next two years, with the highest shares in American and Australasian mines.
Overall Dassault Systemes, supplier of the Geovia mining software, was the most popular choice, used at 36% of the 632 mines tracked. It was also the most popular in surface mines and across Asia, North America and a combined Europe, the Middle East and the Former Soviet Union.
In second place overall was Datamine, which was used at 26% of the mines surveyed, and the most popular amongst underground mines and in Africa.
In third place was Maptek, whose products include Vulcan, which was used at 20% of mines overall and was ranked highest in Australasia and second place in North America.
Other significant suppliers included Deswik, Seequent, Autodesk and Hexagon (the latter including Blast Movement Technologies), which were used at between 13% and 15% of mines overall. Deswik was well-placed in Africa and also amongst underground mines, whilst Seequent was highest-placed in South and Central America.
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