FOR MINING AND METALS
Technology Built Around Operating Decisions.
idoba combines operating experience, site data and fit-for-purpose technology to bring critical evidence forward. Each method is selected and developed around a defined operating decision, not applied in search of a use case.
DECISION-LED
Start With The Decision.
Choose The Technology That Fits.
The operating decision determines the evidence required, the data relationships that matter and the technology best suited to the problem. Mining and metals specialists shape the operating logic, while product and data teams turn it into repeatable software and an accountable workflow.
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Operating Decision
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Domain Expertise
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Site Data
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Fit for Purpose Technology
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Usable Evidence
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Accountable Action
The Experience of Operators, Encoded in Software.
PROVEN TECHNOLOGY
DIGITAL TWIN • MACHINE LEARNING
See Developing Failure Risk in The Relationships Between Potline Conditions.
A pot-level digital twin brings relevant operational and laboratory conditions together in near real time for each pot. Machine-learning models developed for specific cathode and sidewall failure modes assess the complex relationships within that data and bring developing risks to engineering attention pot by pot.
Represent Each Pot.
Use a data-informed digital twin to bring actual operating and laboratory conditions together over time.
Assess Failure Modes.
Apply separate machine-learning models developed for cathode and sidewall failure risk.
Identify at Risk Pots.
Direct engineering attention to the pots and failure-mode insights that require investigation.
Retain Engineering Judgement.
Engineers spend their time making better-informed decisions instead of collecting and analysing complex data.
AGENT-BASED SIMULATION
Simulate Operational Interactions That Determine Whether The Schedule Will Hold.
Agent-based simulation represents equipment as individual agents with their own tasks, timing, and operating rules. Within the mine geometry, those agents interact through access, congestion, queuing, sequencing, and shared resources, revealing system behaviour that cannot be understood from isolated rates alone.
Represent Individual Agents.
Simulate trucks, loaders, jumbos, and other equipment with their relevant behaviours and constraints.
Simulate Agent Interactions.
Test how access, traffic rules, timing variation, queues, and activity sequences affect delivery.
Run a Range of Outcomes.
Compare the distribution of likely schedule results rather than relying on a single deterministic estimate.
Compare Multiple Scenarios.
Test changes before crews, equipment, and cost are committed.
Purpose-built Technology For Operating Decisions Beyond Our Current Products.
FIT FOR PURPOSE TECHNOLOGY
When a material mining or metals decision sits beyond the scope of idoba.sim or idoba.predict, idoba can bring together domain expertise, site data and fit-for-purpose technology to define and develop an operational solution. The objective is not open-ended experimentation. It is usable evidence for a specific decision and a credible path into operational use.
A Suitable Applied Technology Opportunity Has.
A defined operating decision, problem or evidence gap.
A material production, cost, capital, reliability or safety consequence.
Relevant site data and an accountable operational owner.
A domain specialist able to shape and validate the operating logic.
A clear evaluation method and path into an existing decision workflow.
Potential to become repeatable software rather than permanent bespoke services.
It’s Not.
An open-ended AI strategy or transformation program.
Generic software staff augmentation or outsourced product development.
A research pilot without a defined decision, owner or evaluation path.
Autonomous operational decision-making or replacement of accountable judgement.
PRODUCT FIRST, EXPERTISE THROUGHOUT
Developed, Implemented and Supported Into Use.
CHOOSE THE RIGHT PATH
Explore a Product or Bring us a Defined Operating Challenge.
Use idoba.sim to stress-test weekly underground schedules. Use idoba.predict to identify cathode and sidewall failure risk earlier. For a material decision beyond the current products, discuss an applied technology opportunity with idoba.