Sunday, November 15, 2009

Feasibility Study

Is an activity to calculate and consider a mined mineral deposits and cultivated profitably. Before the planning and design activities necessary mining activity that presents a feasibility study some information:

1. Introduction, summary, notions

2. General: location, climate, topography history, ownership, land status, transportation, etc.

3. Environmental problems: the conditions present, the standard, problems that need to be protected, land reclamation, special study, informed consent.

4. Geological factors: the presence of sediment, genesa, structure, Mineralogy and petrographic.

5. Extractive reserves: the procedure of exploration, discovery of minerals, calculation of reserves, and the average levels.

6. Mine planning: development, and exploitation

7. Processing: place the necessary facilities

8. Building surface: the location and construction planning

9. Supporting facilities: electricity, water supply, driveway, location of waste land, housing, etc.

10. Employees: labor and staff

11. Marketing: Economic survey of the demand and supply, the price of long-term contracts, land replacement, etc.

12. Cost: The estimated cost of development and exploitation costs both direct and indirect total costs, the cost of processing, transportation, consolidation, etc.

13. Economic evaluation: an evaluation of reserves, reserves and clarification of natural resources

14. Projected benefits: calculation of the minimum profit (margin) which is based on COG and the price range





Mine planning phase are:

1. Data collection, data processing and supporting major
2. Mine planning
3. Supporting mine planning

Technical benchmarks are:

1. The spread of geology (Stratigraphy, structure, etc.)
2. Quality extractive (distribution levels, levels which mined, COG, blending)
3. Barring geo technical / geo mechanic (strong press, shear strength, tensile strength)
4. Barring hydrology, geo hydrology (ground water, permeability)
5. Barring topography (slope steepness)
6. Barrier deposition geometry (thickness, depth, distance and spatial)
7. Barring the way of mining and equipment used
8. Management (project, planning, operations)
9. Mining technology, processing, and utilization

Environmental benchmarks:

1. Initial state
2. Conditions during mining
3. Post-mining conditions
4. Multiflier effect of the project
5. Value added
6. Environmental Management

Economics benchmarks:

1. The value of assets owned
2. Availability of markets (distance, / location, scale of operations, quantity, quality specifications, price, contract period, competitors, etc.
3. Break even point
4. Product Price
5. Operating costs
6. Investment costs
7. Preparation of investment funds
8. And management of business entities
9. Profit and profitability
10. Risks and uncertainties

Ultimate benchmark designs (excavation, stockpiling):

1. Location,
2. Geometry ultimate (limit of excavation, landfill boundaries, shape)
3. Sequence mining / landfill
4. Overall production plan (quantity, quality, ratio of peeled, schedules, mine life)
5. Plan flow chart
6. Layout plan
7. Interior plan mine
8. Plan tool
9. Plan road transport
10. Plan draining

Draft Mining Sector:

1. Mine geometry sectoral / each 5-year blocks (limit, shape, etc.)
2. Backup mining sectoral
3. The order of excavation / landfill sectoral
4. Planned production (quantity, quality, ratio of peeled, schedule)

Investment Plan:

1. Feasibility study of techno-enviro-economic (business feasibility of the mine)
2. Finding the source of investment funds
a. Own capital
b. Capital loans
c. Bank, the banking system, the technical term in the 3R and the 5C credit lending
*) Return (interest on loans)
*) Repayment capacity (ability to return)
*) Risk bearing ability (risk factors)
*) Character, capacity, capital, collateral, and the condition (5C)
d. Capital markets

Marketing Plan:

1. The number, related to: the production capacity of mining, transport capacity of transport infrastructure to the port
2. Quality, related to: consumer / type of use such as cement, power plant, capable of changing technology products, single products, processed products, etc..
3. Period of time, including: long-term contracts (5 - 10 years), medium-term contracts (2 - 4 years) and short-term contracts (6 - 12 months)
4. Location, associated with: distance, how to transport and distribution, transportation costs
5. Price includes: the promotion price, competitive price, the price of long-term, short term, price-related profits, so the price must be greater than the cost (investment + operating costs)
6. Competitors and strangers
7. Regulations