Author 1:
Name & Surname: Sery S. S.
Company: VIOGEM JSC (Belgorod, Russia)
Work Position: Deputy General Director for Science, Head of laboratory
Scientific Degree: Candidate of Engineering Sciences
Contacts: lggt@mail.ru

Author 2:
Name & Surname: Dunaev V. A.
Company: VIOGEM JSC (Belgorod, Russia)
Work Position: Head of Geology and Geoinformation Department
Scientific Degree: Doctor of Geological-Mineralogical Sciences

Author 3:
Name & Surname: Gerasimov A. V.
Company: VIOGEM JSC (Belgorod, Russia)
Work Position: Head of Geoinformation Systems Laboratory
Scientific Degree: Candidate of Engineering Sciences

Author 4:
Name & Surname: Kabelko S. G.
Company: VIOGEM JSC (Belgorod, Russia)
Work Position: Senior Researcher
Scientific Degree: Candidate of Engineering Sciences

The article is devoted to a topical trend in the theory and practice of mining—research, development and manufacture of automated geoinformation systems GIS for geological and surveying support of mining. The authors described the core GIS GEOMIX designed by VIOGEM with the active participation of geotechnical services of mines in Stary Oskol iron ore region of KMA; its evolutionary and resupplied structure; basic and special functional modules, their purpose and tasks; ways of further improvement. The emphasis is laid on integrated automation of information support in mines inside a unified software environment and the unicity of computer technologies embodied in GEOMIX for modeling rock mass disintegration in open pit mines by drilling-and-blasting; estimation of fragmentation quality and distribution of quality indexes in broken ore; modeling of jointing and block structure of rock mass and potential failure wedges in benches with calculation of bench stability; automated design of open pit mine elements; virtual monitoring of ore drawing from panels in underground mines; advanced design of open pit mines with optimized transportation and ultimate limits. It is informed on the application of GEOMIX in optimization of raw material reserves and future development at mining-and-processing integrated works in Stary Oskol iron ore region: feasibility study of quality standards for produced minerals and raw materials (ferruginous quartzite, high-grade iron ore; nonmetals in overburden rocks); justification of expediency of discarding unmarketable reserves of prevailing minerals stored in special areas; validation of profitability of open pit mining at Lebedinsky and Stoilo-Lebedinsky deposit down to a depth that is lower than the current project depth limit by 250 m within the set mining lease boundary on the ground surface; development of the technology for advanced open pit mine planning with alternative designs of extraction and transportation charts and with selection of the best alternative; trial of the technology at Stoilensky Mining-and-Processing Integrated Works.

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