Stockpile Management
A stockpile is a stored quantity of mined material, such as ore, which is kept before being processed, sold, or otherwise used. Stockpiles can vary in size and are managed strategically for operational efficiency, economic optimisation, and to accommodate fluctuations in demand or mining rate. They can be tracked and modelled to enhance inventory control and decision-making. In MineMarket, a stockpile is the lowest level physical entity for which tonnage and quality information is stored throughout the supply chain. Stockpiles can be used as both sources and destinations of material transactions.
Stockpile management includes editing and viewing stock inventories, contributor information, and quality information.
Stockpile Surveys
Stockpile surveys rectify tonnage or quality data stored for a stockpile. Physical surveys may be required for various reasons relating to moisture gains or losses, other gains or losses, and errors associated with weighing and sampling.
Stockpile surveys can be performed either directly on the stockpile, or by using a survey editor that includes the stockpile in the survey, or when creating Manual Blends.
Weights and assays for a survey are entered on a wet (as received) basis.
Traceability
Traceability displays all sources from which and destinations to which there are transactions, and the total quantity moved across each process flow, as applicable at a selected date.
For default traceability settings, see Configure the Traceability Display.
Video
A Datamine consultant recorded this video about stockpile traceability in MineMarket.
