BlendOpt is Paradyn’s configurable optimisation platform for mining value chains. It plans stockpiling, blending, processing, logistics and sales together, so every decision is set by what earns the most for the whole operation, backed by the specialists who build it.
Every plan is judged by its economic result for the whole operation, not by the local targets of each department.
“Before BlendOpt it would take about two weeks of full-time effort to create a single scenario for our LOM product forecasts with our previous software. With BlendOpt the same work is completed in two hours.”
“The ability that Paradyn has shown to tailor that to what we need … the confidence that was initially shown through the proof of concept … there’s been no relinquishment of that confidence through implementation.”
“BlendOpt enables us to make smart choices and also the best choices for the business in regard to generating revenues … a set of tools to easily run through different scenarios in a time-efficient manner.”
“We should get the best possible scenario or schedule from the IP delivered and that gives us confidence that we are passing out the best products.”
“… my favourite thing is the dashboards. The amount of information at your fingertips: quality, tonnages, stockpiles, metrics of all types.”
“Dread sometimes … a large scheduling piece in a manual fashion … it’s so manual when you’re working through spreadsheets with hard-coded numbers … there’s a fear of double counting or not utilising all the information correctly.”
“For the long-term process the proof is already there, it already shows how much quicker and much easier it is to do.”
“The attention to detail is very, very good … to see the mini proofs of concept in the development process fills us with confidence … Through the whole process there’s never a no answer.”
A plan that maximises throughput at one step often destroys value at another. BlendOpt is configured for each operation’s value chain and optimises its decisions together.
Allocate ROM ore from several mines across processing plants, and test capacities, product strategies and the downstream value of alternative mine plans for the best result over the life of mine.
Control mill feed grade, ratios and deleterious elements to lift recovery, and balance CHPP ash against yield and product quality against saleable tonnes.
Set stockpile definitions, capacities and reclaim schedules that create blending options, and keep product quality consistent across the plan.
Take the mine schedule as given and turn its ROM output into the most valuable production plan, connected to rail, port, product specifications and contracts, down to day-of-operations scheduling.
Developed by Paradyn over more than a decade, BlendOpt turns complexity into clarity. It connects to your data, models your constraints and finds the best feasible plans and schedules in minutes, not weeks.
Mine plans, qualities, reserves, availability and timing.
Yield, recovery, throughput, routing and process economics.
ROM, product stocks, reclaim, quality and capacity.
Specifications, pricing, penalties, commitments and demand.
Rail, road, conveyors, vessels, ports and timing windows.
Search the decision space while satisfying every constraint.
Every misstep in planning, operations and scheduling drains the bottom line. We frame the decision, configure BlendOpt to represent your system, and turn the results into recommendations your teams can act on.
Clarify objectives, constraints, economics and the decisions management needs to make.
Configure BlendOpt with your schedules, operating data and technical knowledge.
Run scenarios and sensitivities to find the best feasible strategies and the trade-offs between them.
See the economic impact and operational implications, then keep re-optimising as conditions change.
BlendOpt has been applied to life-of-mine planning, production, blending, stockpiles, product strategy, logistics and day-of-operations scheduling across coal, copper, gold and bulk commodities.
BlendOpt tested production, blending and product decisions together across a multi-mine coal value chain, improving margins through higher-value products and a higher average sale price.
Read the multi-mine case study →Like for like against the customer’s existing plan, by allocating ore across multiple processing plants over the life of mine.
Optimisation showed a proposed CHPP capacity upgrade was not needed, avoiding tens of millions of dollars in capital.
BlendOpt is enterprise software your planners use every day. The same platform and team also deliver focused optimisation studies and ongoing managed optimisation.
A BlendOpt deployment configured for your value chain and embedded in your planning and scheduling workflow, with dashboards your team runs day to day.
Answer a high-value strategic question, such as a life-of-mine strategy, capacity upgrade or product portfolio, with a defined scope, scenarios and decision-ready recommendations.
Paradyn specialists run BlendOpt for you as an ongoing service, supporting planning cycles, budget and LOM updates, and recurring scenario analysis.
From global majors to single-asset operators in coal, copper, gold and iron ore.
Why local KPIs and planning silos hide the real constraint, and how the same approach applies across commodities.
How local KPIs, silo metrics and planning assumptions can block mine-to-market value.
Why departments optimising for their own targets drain value, and how BlendOpt aligns decisions.
Blend ore and stockpiles to keep lithium concentrate within grade and impurity specifications.
Mining value chain optimisation means planning every step from run-of-mine (ROM) material to customer together: stockpiling, blending, processing, logistics and sales. BlendOpt takes the mine plan as its input and optimises those downstream decisions as one plan, so production, recovery and product quality are set by what earns the most for the whole operation, not by the targets of each department.
Value chain optimisation in mining is finding the plan that earns the most across the whole chain from ROM to customer, rather than optimising stockpiling, processing, logistics and sales one at a time. A plan that maximises throughput at one step often destroys value at another. BlendOpt models the chain as a whole and optimises it over time.
Mining production optimisation decides how the ore delivered by the mine plan is stockpiled, blended and processed in each period, and which products to make, so the operation earns the most within its physical, quality and contractual limits.
Recovery depends on what the plant is fed. BlendOpt controls the grade, ratios and deleterious elements in mill feed across the whole schedule. At one copper operation, new stockpile definitions and optimised reclaim cut Cu:S variability from 0.4 to 0.03 and improved recovery and concentrate grade.
Yes. BlendOpt trades off yield against quality wherever the two compete, for example CHPP ash against product yield in coal, or the volume of each product against its specification.
Yes. In a multi-plant life-of-mine study, BlendOpt found an 18% NPV improvement, like for like, over the customer's existing plan.
Bring us the problem. We’ll show you what BlendOpt finds when the whole value chain is optimised together.
Tell us about the decision you are trying to make. We will show you how BlendOpt models it, whether you license the platform, commission a study, or have our specialists run it for you.