Webinar | Time Usage Model for Underground Mining

The purpose of this Time Usage Model (TUM) for Underground Mining Webinar is to share the purpose of the project and the plan. It will be led by the project leader(s) who will detail why the project is needed, explain the needs and focus areas, as well as why collaboration is essential.

About the Project

The TUM for Underground Mining is a guideline which recommends and applies consistent classification of common underground mining operational activities into standard time categories. The TUM will be a visual representation of the recommended classification framework and will include details on how it relates to other mining processes such as short interval control, block caving, planning, etc. It will look at the full cycle of the mine as a tool for making the full mine more efficient and improve alignment in the industry on definitions across the site.

Specific consideration for the guideline include:

• How does the time usage model for underground impact short interval control and what are the relationships between the two?
• What definitions should be considered and agreed upon by industry?
• What processes (i.e., SIC, various mining methods such as block caving, planning, processing facilities) need to be defined as contributors for how the project is developed?
• Looking at the full cycle as a tool for making the mine more efficient.
• What measurements need to be included and monitored?
• A time usage model, which is a visual representation of the recommended classification framework identified above.