COSMO — Stochastic Mine Planning Laboratory

Marco Maulen has been working in the mining industry for more than 22 years with extensive experience in mine planning and project development. In his current role as Practice Lead of Mining Technical for BHP Minerals Americas, he works with various mine-planning groups throughout the organization as a mentor and technical expert setting the standards and best mine planning practices across the region. He is a member and chartered professional in mining of the AusIMM.

His technical skills include optimization, mine designs, production schedules and economic estimations for different stages of mining projects ranging from scoping studies up to operational improvements. These areas of interest are currently aimed at improving the strategic and business planning process, methodologies for economic evaluation in mining projects, analysis of stochastic variables (their impact on the results and decisions) and in general, the enhancement of the mining and business planning process.