2023 was an action-packed year for Deswik with Polymathian Industrial Mathematics joining the team, and the acquisition of MCB Brazil by Sandvik to allow Deswik to gain full control over its Brazilian operations. We continued with our global tour of user events, hosting conferences in Banff (Canada) and Perth (Australia), while also releasing three rebranded solutions (APEX, Spatial and Planning Solutions) to provide even more capabilities in mine planning to help our customers.

2022 saw our completed acquisition by Sandvik and the announcement to acquire Polymathian Industrial Mathematics to deliver end-to-end optimization solutions to our mutual customers. In addition to expanding and enhancing our existing software portfolio, 2022 also marked our return to hosting user events, with conferences held in Europe and Australia.

Traditional scheduling methods identify a single deterministic result, and while it is a best guess, it can be invariably wrong. Watch Todd Vallance and Patrick Doig’s presentation on Stochastic Scheduling from the 2022 Deswik Australia User Conference which can help users understand how achievable their production schedule is, what the critical path is, and how the plan can be better managed.

In 2021, we continued to develop and extend Deswik.Suite, all the while providing exceptional customer service, support and training. With the addition of Deswik.Apps, and our new series of technical sessions called, ‘Sips & Tips’, 2021 was yet another successful year for our global teams. Discover our infographic!

In 2020, we focused on providing excellent customer service, support and training, whilst continuing to develop the Deswik Suite and improve the usability of our software. Check out our infographics!

In 2019, we continued our focus on providing an integrated platform that supports mine design and planning across all planning horizons and the mining value chain. Check out our infographic!

We continue to work hard to provide an integrated platform that supports mine design and planning across all planning horizons and the mining value chain. We’ve put together a series of videos to showcase our key highlights from the past twelve months. Check them out!

Designed to handle large amounts of scanned survey point data and automate the process of creating valid solids from it, Deswik.AdvSurvey is built to meet the changing scope of survey in mining.

In 2018, we continued to extend our software’s capability and focus on usability to make our users’ lives easier. We remain dedicated to our user community with increased support, free online training and new user events to be launched globally.

The latest upgrade of Deswik is set to change how engineers plan their mine while considering haulage constraints and landform development.

We’re pleased to welcome drill and blast technology manufacturer Minnovare as an integration partner, as part of our commitment to providing a flexible and integrated mine planning platform.

Deswik continues to bridge the gap between geology and mine planning. A new collaboration with Imago will extend the capability of Deswik’s operational geology platform.

In 2017, we continued to work hard to improve and expand our support services for our users around the world. We’ve introduced many new tools and enhancements…

Originally published in the Tenth International Mining Geology Conference 2017 Proceedings, this paper reviews automated joint mapping techniques using the concentric shells algorithm.

Deswik is pleased to announce the release of Deswik.Suite 2017.1, a major release featuring 254 enhancements and two new modules.

Our awesome software team continues to deliver powerful tools for our users. Here’s a snapshot of the enhancements for the year…

Nova Project have been using Deswik.CAD’s reconciliation tool for their End-of-Month process. This has resulted in a higher quality report for the contractor on site and significant time savings.

Deswik is pleased to announce the release of Deswik.Suite 2016.1, a major release featuring 141 enhancements and two exciting new products.

Deswik.CAD now features in-built survey functions, commonly used by underground surveyors internationally.

2015 has been another busy year for our software team. We take a look back at our major achievements:

With Deswik’s assistance, Anglo American’s Dawson mine managed to achieve significant haulage and engineering productivity improvements, directly reducing their cost per tonne of coal.

In Deswik.Suite 2016.1, users will be able to export a network of tunnels directly from Deswik.CAD to a native Ventsim file.

Plenty of new tools and features to look forward to in 2016 with the next release of Deswik.Suite. Find out more…

Version 5.1 of the Deswik Suite is now available, featuring over 200 enhancements. Highlights for this release include…

Minimizing risk of acid mine drainage: discover the techniques for integration of production and destination scheduling for planning engineered waste rock dumps and tailings management.

Deswik launches Deswik.DD, a sectional design & analysis tool for design, optimisation and communication for dragline or dozer push operations.

DESWIK announces a technology partnership with ARANZ Geo Limited, developers of Leapfrog 3D geological modeling software.

The much anticipated Advanced Deswik.Sched module has also been published and has received positive feedback from numerous recipients.

A study has been completed producing a mining schedule in conjunction with a dumping schedule and haulage analysis.

Version 5.0 of the Deswik software suite is now available, featuring some exciting new functions and improvements.

Our software team has been busy this year continuously delivering improved solutions.

We use this feature quite a bit here at Deswik. It still surprises me how many people don’t know about the DCF file format. VDCL is the original Deswik.CAD file format.

This case study outlines the process followed in the Deswik Software Suite to compare trucked material movements and an alternative strategy of semi-mobile in-pit crushing and conveying.

V4.0 brings enhancements across the entire toolset and represents the largest release from Deswik to date.