{"id":6192,"date":"2023-07-14T14:20:22","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T18:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hexagonmining.com\/?p=6192"},"modified":"2025-10-24T13:07:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-24T17:07:26","slug":"hxgn-mineplan-2023-release-2-features-new-geostatistics-and-scheduling-enhancements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.hexagonmining.com\/en\/hxgn-mineplan-2023-release-2-features-new-geostatistics-and-scheduling-enhancements\/","title":{"rendered":"HxGN MinePlan 2023 Release 2 features new geostatistics and scheduling enhancements"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The MinePlan team has been actively listening and incorporating valuable client feedback and as a result have implemented various improvements. This latest release encompasses several exciting features and enhancements across a range of our existing tools.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s New in MinePlan Geosciences?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Multiple Indicator Variogram Analysis<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Multiple indicator variogram analysis has been added to the MinePlan Sigma geostatistics solution. Geologists can now conveniently analyze their overlain multiple indicator variograms, select parameters for Multiple Indicator Kriging, and then send the selected parameters directly to Model Interpolation tool for interpolation. This adds another important tool to the geostats toolkit for more accurate modeling of complex datasets with skewed distributions, where more traditional variogram models may not be appropriate.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6193\" style=\"width: 712px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6193\" class=\"wp-image-6193 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hexagonmining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mineplanpic1-1024x646.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hgnminingblog.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mineplanpic1-1024x646.png 1024w, https:\/\/hgnminingblog.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mineplanpic1-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/hgnminingblog.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mineplanpic1-768x484.png 768w, https:\/\/hgnminingblog.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mineplanpic1.png 1323w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-6193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 1. MIK variogram analysis can be run in MinePlan Sigma with input data and results visualized in MinePlan 3D.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Gavin Clarkson, Senior MinePlan Advisor and Business Development Manager, explains the new functionality in a Tech Tip <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WuMeHZ_FyNI\">video.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/WuMeHZ_FyNI?si=0xHRq4MDq6TdjyJp\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Performance &amp; User Experience Improvements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A job queue has also been added to MinePlan Sigma, so users can batch create and update their complex geostatistical charts in the background while continuing to analyse their data in real time.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s New in HxGN MinePlan Activity Scheduler?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>New Remote Data Store and Public API <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This release encompasses the new remote data store and the public API for MinePlan Activity Scheduler, which provides a powerful toolset for communicating the schedule. Activity Scheduler is the natural cross-over point to communicate key data of the schedule with stakeholders such as fleet management and machine guidance. This new remote data store also enables collaborative access, enabling multiple users to connect to the same project and effectively communicate project changes through configurable notifications.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6195 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.hexagonmining.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mineplanpic2-1024x562.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"702\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hgnminingblog.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mineplanpic2-1024x562.png 1024w, https:\/\/hgnminingblog.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mineplanpic2-300x165.png 300w, https:\/\/hgnminingblog.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mineplanpic2-768x421.png 768w, https:\/\/hgnminingblog.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Mineplanpic2.png 1382w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 702px) 100vw, 702px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Performance Improvements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This release brings many enhancements that improve the performance when working with complex projects in Activity Scheduler. These improvements are aimed at speeding up computation times around load times as well as schedule performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Workflow Improvements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reclaim Activities are now supported in Truck Levelling!<\/p>\n<p>Truck Levelling is a solution that enables the user to create an optimal tactical schedule considering the limited amount of equipment. Activity Scheduler now includes an extra layer of accuracy by including reclaim activities as part of this solution.<\/p>\n<h2>What\u2019s New in HxGN MinePlan Schedule Optimizer?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Performance Improvements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>200% Performance Improvement!!!<\/p>\n<p>MinePlan Schedule Optimizer is focused on clients who like the adaptability and functionality which enables them to solve the most complex of problems. By targeting performance improvements of the optimisation engine, this new release enables schedules to be run approximately twice as fast, getting you to your results more quickly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Workflow Improvements<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Schedule Optimizer also now also enables users to configure Discrete Items for reporting purposes.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the tech tip <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=y95uDc86K1Q\">video.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/y95uDc86K1Q?si=nXI1n17oMQWF26kf\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/community.hexagonmining.com\/\">Hexagon\u2019s Mining division\u2019s Mining Client Community<\/a> for a complete list of updates to HxGN MinePlan, and to download the latest release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MinePlan team has been actively listening and incorporating valuable client feedback and as a result have implemented various improvements. This latest release encompasses several exciting features and enhancements across a range of our existing tools. What\u2019s New in MinePlan Geosciences? Multiple Indicator Variogram Analysis Multiple indicator variogram analysis has been added to the MinePlan<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.hexagonmining.com\/en\/hxgn-mineplan-2023-release-2-features-new-geostatistics-and-scheduling-enhancements\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":6193,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[666,377],"tags":[758,752,671,663],"class_list":{"0":"post-6192","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-company-news","8":"category-tech-talk","9":"tag-geosciences","10":"tag-mine-planning-software","11":"tag-mineplan","12":"tag-planning-update"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>HxGN MinePlan 2023 Release 2 features new geostatistics and scheduling enhancements - Hexagon - Mining Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.hexagonmining.com\/en\/hxgn-mineplan-2023-release-2-features-new-geostatistics-and-scheduling-enhancements\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"HxGN MinePlan 2023 Release 2 features new geostatistics and scheduling enhancements - Hexagon - Mining Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The MinePlan team has been actively listening and incorporating valuable client feedback and as a result have implemented various improvements. 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