Mining infrastructure is built under a financial pressure that few other sectors
face in the same form, every day of construction delay is a day of ore not
processed, revenue not generated, and debt service not covered by production.
The capital costs are enormous, the timelines are non-negotiable, the logistics
are punishing, and the moment the mine enters production the operating demands
on the infrastructure are relentless. A conveyor system that is down for
twelve hours does not just miss a shift. It backs up the entire production
chain from the stope to the processing plant, with consequences that
ripple through the monthly production report and into the quarterly
results that the market is watching.
QBaticEPM3 gives mine owners, mining EPC contractors, EPCM programme management
offices, and the specialist infrastructure and maintenance contractors that work
across surface and underground mining environments a single structured platform
to manage the full infrastructure lifecycle, from the detailed capital cost
estimate that must satisfy both the technical review board and the project
finance lenders, through the construction programme that must be delivered
in sequence with the mining develoEPMnt schedule, to the maintenance regime
that keeps every item of surface and underground infrastructure operating
at the availability and utilisation rates that the mine plan depends on.
From the feasibility-level cost estimate that secures project financing through to a planned maintenance work order raised against a specific conveyor drive unit in year twelve of production, every decision, every cost, and every asset record connected in one environment that never loses what it has been told.
Request a DemoCapital Cost Estimation
Detailed cost models from prefeasibility through to definitive estimate, mining civils, processing plant, surface infrastructure, underground develoEPMnt, and utilities priced for lender and board submission.
EPCM & Construction Delivery
Multi-discipline programme management across civils, structural steel, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation packages, sequenced to the mining develoEPMnt schedule and tracked to first ore.
Asset Maintenance & Operations
Planned preventive and corrective maintenance across surface and underground infrastructure, conveyors, hoisting systems, processing equiEPMnt, pumping, ventilation, and power distribution managed for maximum availability.
Capital Estimate. Construction Sequence.
Maximum Plant Availability.
Three integrated capabilities built for the realities of mining infrastructure, where cost certainty secures financing, schedule performance determines first ore, and plant availability is the direct measure of revenue protection.
Feasibility to Definitive Cost Modelling
Build the full capital cost estimate from a mining-specific component library, open pit or underground develoEPMnt costs, shaft sinking and lining, portal structures and headframes, ore handling and hoisting systems, crushing and screening plant, processing facility civils and equiEPMnt, tailings storage facility construction, concentrate handling and loadout infrastructure, mine access roads, water and power supply systems, camp and administration facilities, and environmental management infrastructure. Estimates are structured by work breakdown structure to support the EPCM contract packages, the project finance model, and the board capital approval request, all from a single, version-controlled dataset that escalates through prefeasibility, feasibility, and definitive accuracy classes as the project matures.
Multi-Discipline Programme Sequenced to First Ore
Mining infrastructure construction is sequenced to a mining develoEPMnt programme that does not wait for civils to finish before underground develoEPMnt starts, and does not hold commissioning while the last instrument loop is being terminated. QBaticEPM3 manages the full multi-discipline programme, civils, structural steel erection, mechanical equiEPMnt installation, electrical distribution, instrumentation and control, and pre-commissioning, in one environment, with daily progress tracking against each work package, interface dependency management between disciplines, and a live cost-to-complete that reflects actual field productivity rather than the programme assumption made six months before the first concrete was poured.
Availability-Driven Maintenance Management
In mining, plant availability is not a maintenance metric. It is a production metric. A conveyor running at 94% availability when the mine plan requires 97% is a shortfall in tonnes moved, concentrate produced, and revenue banked. Every critical infrastructure item, conveyor drives and idlers, hoisting rope and sheaves, crusher liners, mill liners, pumps, ventilation fans, electrical substations, and underground support systems, is maintained to a preventive schedule in QBaticEPM3 that is driven by operating hours, tonnage throughput, and manufacturer service intervals. Corrective work orders are raised against specific asset tags, and the mean-time-between-failure data that accumulates over years of operation informs every maintenance budget revision and every capital spares stockholding decision.
Earthworks & Mine DeveloEPMnt
Processing Plant & Infrastructure
Maintenance & Asset Management
Every Asset Tagged. Every Failure Prevented. Every Tonne of Production Protected.
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Mining Asset Register Built During Construction
Every item of installed infrastructure, conveyor structure and drive assembly, crusher and screen, mill motor and gearbox, pump set, ventilation fan, electrical substation, underground support element, and surface drainage structure, is registered in QBaticEPM3 during the construction and commissioning phase with its asset tag, manufacturer data, rated capacity, installation date, and commissioning test results. When the construction contractor demobilises and the operations team takes over, they inherit a complete, structured asset register from day one of production, not a set of equiEPMnt data sheets in a handover folder that no one can locate when the first major service falls due three months later.
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Conveyor, Hoisting & Materials Handling Maintenance
Conveyor systems and hoisting infrastructure are the arteries of a mine, ore moves from the stope to the mill through them, and nothing substitutes for them when they stop. QBaticEPM3 manages the full preventive maintenance programme for every conveyor belt, drive pulley, take-up system, idler set rotation, and transfer point, as well as hoisting rope inspection cycles, sheave wear measurements, and skip and cage certifications. Service intervals are tracked against both calendar periods and tonnage throughput counters. When an idler set approaches its replacement threshold or a rope inspection finds a broken wire cluster, a corrective work order is raised against the exact asset segment before the defect causes an unplanned stoppage that cascades through the production schedule.
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Processing Plant Reliability & Liner Management
Crusher liners, mill liners, screen panels, and cyclone liners are consumable items that wear predictably with tonnage throughput, and replacing them at the right interval is a precision exercise. Replace too early and money is left on the table. Replace too late and a liner failure during a production shift damages underlying equiEPMnt and triggers an unplanned shutdown that costs far more than the liner itself. QBaticEPM3 tracks cumulative tonnage against each wear component, schedules replacements at the optimal interval based on historical wear data from previous campaigns, and manages the planned shutdown window so that liner changes, mill inspections, and screen deck replacements are co-ordinated into the minimum planned downtime rather than addressed as a series of independent reactive interventions.
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Underground Infrastructure & Safety-Critical Systems
Underground mining infrastructure carries a dimension of maintenance consequence that surface operations do not, a ventilation fan failure underground is not a production inconvenience. It is a safety-critical event that triggers evacuation protocols and regulatory notification. Pumping systems that keep underground workings dewatered, electrical distribution at underground substations, compressed air supply, refuge chambers, emergency communication systems, and fire suppression equiEPMnt all carry mandatory inspection and testing requirements that form part of the mine's safety management system. QBaticEPM3 schedules every mandatory inspection and test, records the outcome against the relevant asset, and maintains the compliance record that demonstrates to the Mine Health and Safety Inspector that every statutory obligation has been met, before the inspection visit, not during it.
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Capital Spares Management & Long-Range Cost Planning
Critical capital spares, replacement mill motors, spare gearbox assemblies, strategic conveyor belt stockpiles, standby pump units, represent a significant investment in physical assets that must be managed, inspected, and ready for deployment at short notice. QBaticEPM3 tracks every capital spare against the equiEPMnt it covers, records its storage condition inspection history, and ensures that the procurement cycle for long-lead items begins before the operating spare is nearing the end of its serviceable life. The long-range capital maintenance plan, major relines, conveyor replacement programmes, shaft rope replacement cycles, and substation equiEPMnt overhauls, is held in the system, updated each year from actual condition data, and available to the finance team, the board, and the lender as a structured, auditable forward expenditure model.
Maximum Availability. Minimum Unplanned Downtime. Every Shift.
A mine's infrastructure maintenance programme is not a support function, it is a direct contributor to the production result. Every percentage point of conveyor availability above the plan is additional tonnes moved. Every crusher liner campaign managed to its optimal tonnage threshold is a reduction in consumable cost per tonne processed. Every ventilation fan inspection completed on schedule is a safety obligation met and a regulatory risk removed. The operating team that manages maintenance reactively, responding to failures rather than preventing them, will always spend more and produce less than the team that manages it from a structured, asset-linked programme.
QBaticEPM3 gives mining operations teams, EPCM programme management organisations, and the specialist maintenance contractors that support them the structured environment to run a proactive maintenance programme across every infrastructure discipline, with every work order traceable to the asset it serves, every cost captured against the production activity it supports, and every capital renewal event planned and budgeted before it becomes an emergency.
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Infrastructure That Produces.
Assets That Never Stop Working.
Ready to manage every asset from first blast
to final rehabilitation?
Let QBaticEPM3 connect your capital cost models, your construction programme, and your maintenance regime, so every item of infrastructure on your mine site is managed from a single, complete record that protects production, satisfies the regulator, and justifies the capital.