24 patents
Utility
Methods and systems for deploying equipment required to meet defined production targets
19 Dec 23
Methods and systems determine at least one production constraint for a material loading system and a material processing system; estimate an effect of entropy on a cycle time of a material conveying system to produce a future cycle time estimate; estimate an effect of entropy on a material processing time to produce a future material processing time estimate; predict whether a delay will occur during the operation of the material loading, material conveying, and material processing systems; estimate a duration of the predicted delay; determine a loading system capacity and a conveying system capacity required to meet the defined production target based on the production constraint and estimates of the future cycle time, the future material processing time, and the duration of the predicted delay; and deploy one or more material loading and conveying systems to meet the determined loading and conveying system capacities.
Mary Amelia Walker, Nicholas Hickson, Robert Catron, Brian Vaughan, Hung Jung Lu
Filed: 8 Dec 21
Utility
Methods and systems for deploying equipment required to meet defined production targets
5 Dec 23
Methods of deploying shovels and haul trucks to meet a defined production target may include: Determining at least one production constraint for a shovel and a material processing system; estimating an effect of entropy on a cycle time of the haul trucks to produce a future cycle time estimate; estimating an effect of entropy on a material processing time of the material processing system to produce a future material processing time estimate; predicting whether a delay will occur during the operation of the shovel, the haul trucks, and the material processing system; estimating a duration of the predicted delay; determining a number of shovels and a number of haul trucks required to meet the defined production target based on the determined production constraint, the future cycle time estimate, the future material processing time estimate, and the duration of the predicted delay; and deploying the determined number of shovels and the determined number of haul trucks.
Mary Amelia Walker, Nicholas Hickson, Robert Catron, Brian Vaughan, Hung Jung Lu
Filed: 8 Dec 21
Utility
System and method for adjusting leaching operations based on leach analytic data
21 Nov 23
The method may comprise receiving historical data (e.g., mineralogy data, irrigation data, raffinate data, heat data, lift height data, geographic data on ore placement and/or blower data); training a predictive model using the historical data to create a trained predictive model; adding future assumption data to the trained predictive model; running the forecast engine for a plurality of parameters to obtain forecast data for a mining production target; comparing the forecast data for the mining production target to the actual data for the mining production target; determining deviations between the forecast data and the actual data, based on the comparing; and changing each of the plurality of parameters from the forecast data to the actual data to determine a contribution to the deviations for each of the plurality of parameters.
Luciano Kiniti Issoe, Tianfang Ni, Oleksandr Klesov, Luke Gerdes, Raquel Crossman, Muneeb Alam, Dana Geislinger, Travis Gaddie, Margaret Alden Tinsley, Steven Chad Richardson, Akaash Sanyal, Cory A. Demieville, Robyn Freeman
Filed: 25 Apr 23
Utility
Acid mist suppression in copper electrowinning
7 Nov 23
A method of acid mist suppression in copper electrowinning is described.
Scot Philip Sandoval, Stanberg Lee Tallman, William Duane Sanders, Ephrem Lemlem Gebrehiwot, Aron Tyab
Filed: 7 Oct 22
Utility
Systems, devices and methods for improved efficiency of ball mills
3 Oct 23
A drum assembly for a ball mill system may comprise: a drum having a first flange extending axially forward from a first radial wall, a second flange extending axially aft from a second radial wall, and a cylinder shell extending axially from a first radially outer end of the first radial wall to a second radially outer end of the second radial wall; a frame coupled to the first flange; and an inlet liner coupled to the frame, the inlet liner comprising a plurality of inlet segments disposed circumferentially adjacent to each other, the inlet liner defining an inlet radius for the drum assembly.
Dale Coray
Filed: 13 Jan 22
Utility
Real-time correlation of sensed position data with terrestrial features
23 May 23
Methods and systems of correlating sensed position data with terrestrial features receive sensed position data from a position sensing system operatively associated with a moveable object; select a reduced set of snap point candidates from terrestrial data based on a sensed position point; choose a best snap point candidate from among the reduced set of snap point candidates based on a plurality of predictive variables and corresponding weighting factors for each snap point candidate in the reduced set of snap point candidates; and snap the sensed position point to the best snap point candidate to produce a snapped position point.
Mary Amelia Walker, Robert Catron, Brian Vaughan, Hung Jung Lu
Filed: 5 Jun 20
Utility
Systems and methods for monitoring metal recovery systems
2 May 23
Various embodiments provide a leaching solution monitoring module comprising a first leaching solution distribution system interface, a flow meter in fluid communication with the first leaching solution distribution system interface, the flow meter in fluid communication a 3-way pressure regulator, and a second leaching solution distribution system interface in fluid communication with the 3-way pressure regulator.
John Warren Dean, Jr., Christopher Wooten, Chase Zenner
Filed: 29 Apr 22
Utility
System and method including multi-circuit solution extraction for recovery of metal values from metal-bearing materials
21 Feb 23
The present disclosure relates to a metal recovery process comprising a solvent extraction process.
Jason M Morgan, Barbara J Savage, David G Meadows, Wayne W Hazen
Filed: 2 Jul 21
Utility
System and method for adjusting leaching operations based on leach analytic data
6 Dec 22
The method may comprise receiving historical data (e.g., mineralogy data, irrigation data, raffinate data, heat data, lift height data, geographic data on ore placement and/or blower data); training a predictive model using the historical data to create a trained predictive model; adding future assumption data to the trained predictive model; running the forecast engine for a plurality of parameters to obtain forecast data for a mining production target; comparing the forecast data for the mining production target to the actual data for the mining production target; determining deviations between the forecast data and the actual data, based on the comparing; and changing each of the plurality of parameters from the forecast data to the actual data to determine a contribution to the deviations for each of the plurality of parameters.
Dana Geislinger, Travis Gaddie, Margaret Alden Tinsley, Muneeb Alam, Steven Chad Richardson, Akaash Sanyal, Raquel Crossman, Tianfang Ni, Cory A. Demieville, Luke Gerdes, Robyn Freeman, Oleksandr Klesov, Luciano Kiniti Issoe
Filed: 27 Jun 22
Utility
System and method for liquid-organic particle separation
14 Jun 22
The present invention provides a method and system for separating a liquid from organic particles.
Steven Richardson
Filed: 7 Dec 20
Utility
Systems and methods for monitoring metal recovery systems
17 May 22
Various embodiments provide a leaching solution monitoring module comprising a first leaching solution distribution system interface, a flow meter in fluid communication with the first leaching solution distribution system interface, the flow meter in fluid communication a 3-way pressure regulator, and a second leaching solution distribution system interface in fluid communication with the 3-way pressure regulator.
John Warren Dean, Jr., Christopher Wooten, Chase Zenner
Filed: 6 Apr 21
Utility
Methods and systems for deploying equipment required to meet defined production targets
8 Feb 22
Methods and systems determine at least one production constraint for a material loading system and a material processing system; estimate an effect of entropy on a cycle time of a material conveying system to produce a future cycle time estimate; estimate an effect of entropy on a material processing time to produce a future material processing time estimate; predict whether a delay will occur during the operation of the material loading, material conveying, and material processing systems; estimate a duration of the predicted delay; determine a loading system capacity and a conveying system capacity required to meet the defined production target based on the production constraint and estimates of the future cycle time, the future material processing time, and the duration of the predicted delay; and deploy one or more material loading and conveying systems to meet the determined loading and conveying system capacities.
Mary Amelia Walker, Nicholas Hickson, Robert Catron, Brian Vaughan, Hung Jung Lu
Filed: 16 Mar 21
Utility
Methods and systems for determining and controlling vehicle speed
1 Feb 22
Methods and systems of determining and controlling a vehicle travel speed on a roadway determine a grade of the roadway at defined intervals along the roadway; calculate a maximum straight line vehicle speed for each defined interval based on the determined grade and vehicle performance data; determine a radius of curvature and a superelevation of the roadway for each defined interval; determine a lateral friction coefficient for a vehicle/roadway system; calculate a maximum cornering vehicle speed for each defined interval based on the curvature, superelevation, and lateral friction coefficient; calculate the travel speed for each defined interval based on the maximum straight line vehicle speed and the maximum cornering vehicle speed; and control the speed of the vehicle so that it does not exceed the calculated travel speed for each defined interval.
Mary Amelia Walker, Nicholas Hickson, Robert Catron, Brian Vaughan, Hung Jung Lu
Filed: 16 Mar 21
Utility
System and method including multi-circuit solution extraction for recovery of metal values from metal-bearing materials
6 Jul 21
The present disclosure relates to a metal recovery process comprising a solvent extraction process.
Jason M Morgan, Barbara J Savage, David G Meadows, Wayne W Hazen
Filed: 1 Nov 19
Utility
Systems and methods for monitoring metal recovery systems
13 Apr 21
Various embodiments provide a leaching solution monitoring module comprising a first leaching solution distribution system interface, a flow meter in fluid communication with the first leaching solution distribution system interface, the flow meter in fluid communication a 3-way pressure regulator, and a second leaching solution distribution system interface in fluid communication with the 3-way pressure regulator.
John Warren Dean, Jr., Christopher Wooten, Chase Zenner
Filed: 18 Dec 18
Utility
System and method for liquid-organic particle separation
7 Dec 20
The present invention provides a method and system for separating a liquid from organic particles.
Steven Richardson
Filed: 6 Aug 19
Utility
System and method for parallel solution extraction of one or more metal values from metal-bearing materials
5 Oct 20
A process and system is provided for recovery of one or more metal values using solution extraction techniques and for metal value recovery.
Anand Raman, Jason M Morgan, Barbara J Savage, David G Meadows, Wayne W Hazen
Filed: 26 Jun 18
Utility
Systems and methods of correlating satellite position data with terrestrial features
7 Sep 20
A method of correlating satellite position data with terrestrial features may include the steps of: Defining a two-dimensional grid comprising a plurality of grid points at defined locations; rounding the satellite position data to the nearest grid point of the defined two-dimensional grid to create an amplitude data table, each rounded satellite position data point in the amplitude data table defining a reference grid point value; matching the terrestrial survey data to at least four adjacent grid points of the defined two-dimensional grid to create a terrestrial coordinate table; merging the amplitude data table and the terrestrial coordinate table based on the reference grid point values to form a merged table; searching the merged table to identify the grid point with the minimum distance between an (x,y) location and an (rx, ry) location; and snapping the (x,y) location to a snapping point.
Mary Amelia Walker, Robert Catron, Brian Vaughan, Hung Jung Lu
Filed: 1 Oct 19
Utility
Methods and systems for leaching a metal-bearing ore using a bio-augmentation process
7 Sep 20
A system and method for recovering a metal value from a metal-bearing ore material are provided.
Joanna M Robertson, Christine Rae Green, Gabriel Elias Bowman
Filed: 28 May 19
Utility
Real-time correlation of sensed position data with terrestrial features
13 Jul 20
Methods and systems of correlating sensed position data with terrestrial features receive sensed position data from a position sensing system operatively associated with a moveable object; select a reduced set of snap point candidates from terrestrial data based on a sensed position point; choose a best snap point candidate from among the reduced set of snap point candidates based on a plurality of predictive variables and corresponding weighting factors for each snap point candidate in the reduced set of snap point candidates; and snap the sensed position point to the best snap point candidate to produce a snapped position point.
Mary Amelia Walker, Robert Catron, Brian Vaughan, Hung Jung Lu
Filed: 22 Oct 18