Molycop’s OreVia digital platform has been featured in the March 2026 edition of International Mining, showcasing how real‑time data and advanced analytics are transforming comminution performance and mine‑to‑mill optimisation.
Key Facts
- Molycop’s OreVia platform is featured in the March 2026 edition of International Mining, highlighting its role in supporting real‑time process optimisation across global mining operations.
- OreVia integrates advanced AI, machine vision, and real‑time measurement tools—including OreVia Rock, Slurry, and Froth—to help operations improve fragmentation control, particle size management, and flotation performance.
- By linking mine‑to‑mill data streams, OreVia enables predictive, data‑driven decision‑making, helping operators reduce variability, enhance stability, and optimise comminution and recovery circuits.
The story explores how Molycop’s digital-to-physical approach helps mining operations better understand their ore characteristics and optimise plant performance from the mine through to recovery.
Transforming Process Visibility
As the mining industry continues to embrace digital technologies, operations increasingly require tools that can provide real-time insights into ore behaviour and plant performance.OreVia brings together a suite of solutions designed to support process characterisation and optimisation, including:
• OreVia Rock – real-time fragmentation measurement and analysis
• OreVia Slurry – continuous measurement of particle size distribution (P80) in slurry streams
• OreVia Froth – advanced flotation froth monitoring and analysis
Together, these tools provide metallurgists and operators with greater visibility into their process, enabling faster decision-making and more effective circuit optimisation.
From Data to Actionable Insights
In the International Mining feature, Edgar King, Manager – Machine Vision at Molycop, explains how OreVia systems are designed to generate immediate value for operations.Using advanced AI models and machine vision technology, OreVia platforms can rapidly begin delivering insights once installed. These systems continuously analyse operational data, helping operators identify changes in ore characteristics, detect process variability and adjust operating strategies in real time.
For example, OreVia Rock provides fragmentation analysis at crusher feed and SAG mill feed points, enabling operators to understand changes in ore hardness and fragmentation before they impact downstream processing.
Further along the circuit, OreVia Slurry delivers continuous particle size measurement in cyclone overflow streams, allowing operations to move beyond delayed laboratory sampling and make real-time adjustments to grinding and classification parameters.
Bridging the Gap Between Mine and Mill
One of the most significant benefits highlighted in the article is OreVia’s ability to bridge the traditional gap between mining and processing.Real-time fragmentation data allows operations to better understand how blasting outcomes influence downstream performance. By linking mine-to-mill data streams, operations can refine blasting strategies and optimise grinding circuit performance simultaneously.
This integration enables operations to move away from reactive process adjustments and towards predictive, data-driven decision making.
Supporting Smarter Operations
Across global deployments, OreVia has demonstrated its ability to support improved process stability and operational performance.Installations have been deployed across major gold and copper operations in the Americas and Africa, where the platform has helped operators:
• Detect instability in flotation circuits earlier
• Identify and reduce oversized feed entering grinding circuits
• Improve control over particle size distribution
• Reduce reliance on manual sampling and delayed laboratory results
By converting complex process data into clear and actionable insights, OreVia supports metallurgists and plant operators in making better operational decisions.
A Digital-to-Physical Approach
Molycop’s digital solutions are built on the company’s broader digital-to-physical philosophy, which combines real-time operational data with deep metallurgical expertise and laboratory analysis.This approach integrates OreVia insights with Molycop’s established capabilities in comminution analysis, media optimisation, and flotation chemistry, enabling operations to better understand the complete ore journey — from blasting and crushing through to recovery.
By combining advanced analytics with practical metallurgical expertise, Molycop continues to help mining operations improve efficiency, stability and productivity.
Read the Full Story
The full article appears in the March 2026 edition of International Mining as part of its feature on comminution and crushing technologies.👉 Read the LinkedIn post from International Mining:
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/international-mining_im-march-2026-comminution-crushing-activity-7435305999390965760-BmIF/
