Mine planning and blast design increasingly run on AI-assisted optimization rather than manual iteration: platforms that generate and evaluate blast designs and blasting sequences, and evolutionary search over long-term production schedules.
This category covers both the design-generation side and the evaluation side: blasting evaluation after the fact, and the mining block models and production-prediction reports that a plan’s assumptions ultimately get checked against.
Key Takeaways Strayos uses drone photogrammetry and ML/genetic-algorithm optimization trained on historical blast outcomes to recommend burden, spacing, and timing before you drill. O-Pitblast and Deswik.Blast are established commercial alternatives with …
Key Takeaways Post-blast evaluation splits into two AI-driven tasks: tracking where the ore actually moved (Hexagon Blast Movement Intelligence) and measuring fragmentation size (Split-Desktop, WipFrag). Hexagon BMI generates a “Muckpile Block Model” — a post-blast update to your …
Key Takeaways Blast sequencing and timing design live inside broader blast-design suites: Orica BlastIQ and Deswik.Blast. BlastIQ is a cloud platform for storing, managing, and sharing blast-related information, giving quality-control visibility over blast design and execution rules. Marked …
Key Takeaways Long-term mine planning is one of the more genuinely AI-native categories on this list: Maptek Evolution runs many scheduling scenarios in parallel on cloud compute, with solutions that learn from each other to iteratively improve. Whittle (Enterprise Optimizer) and Deswik.Sched are …
Key Takeaways Block modelling itself still runs on established commercial platforms: Datamine Studio RM, Maptek Vulcan, Hexagon HxGN MinePlan, and Deswik. AI is arriving as an add-on layer, not a replacement — Datamine’s 2026 MineScape release added AI-enabled scheduling assistance built on …
Key Takeaways Production prediction reporting is consolidating into web-based platforms: Datamine Syncromine Core and Deswik.OPS. Datamine acquired Mineware/Syncromine in 2026, signaling active consolidation in this specific niche of production scheduling and reporting. Marked “Emerging” …