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product news Underground ventilation system GEMS 6.5, available in the first quarter of 2013, is the latest version of GEOVIA's col- laborative geology and mine planning application. As with Surpac, this version will deliver the new integrated Dynamic Shells tool for significant time savings when ini- tially evaluating deposits. This release will also provide quicker, more robust Solids/Surface repair, with new functionali- ty reducing solids validation time from days to minutes, and additional features to improve productivity. Atlas Copco has added the SwedVent underground ventilation system to its underground product range. Atlas Copco introduced its underground ventilation system, SwedVent, at MINExpo in Las Vegas, September 24-26. This intro- duction follows the acquisition of the SwedVent product line and other under- ground products from GIA Industri AB in the first quarter of the year. The ventila- tion system features high pressure fans delivering air along extensive lengths of tunneling, with a capacity of 3 to 200 cubic meters (106 to 7,063 cubic feet) per sec- ond. SwedVent also includes flexible duct- ing and control systems. For highly effective noise reduction, the fans are equipped with silencers that are manufactured with mineral wool as absorbing material and have a center core that also reduces the high frequency sound. System design is an important part of the overall package, taking into account system pressure, total leakage, motor load, airflow and other safety considerations and energy consumption. www.atlascopco.com Mining Software Dassault Systèmes, which recently acquired Gemcom Software and is transitioning to being known as GEOVIA, has announced significant updates to its Surpac, GEMS, InSite, Whittle and MineSched applications targeted at the mining industry. "With the mining industry facing higher costs and more pressure on prices, it is imperative that they be able to unlock addi- 56 www.coalage.com tional efficiencies and economic value from their mining operations," said Rick Moignard, CEO, GEOVIA, Dassault Systèmes. "The new and enhanced features that we are announcing across much of our application portfolio will provide addition- al tools and functionality for mining profes- sionals to better quantify, plan and manage extraction of their ore bodies." "The latest updates to the GEOVIA product portfolio underline our commit- ment to delivering innovations that will help our customers achieve sustainable mining productivity. Dassault Systèmes is excited to expand its 3DEXPERIENCE platform into the natural resources are- na, and the mining industry specifically," said Monica Menghini, executive vice president, industry and marketing, Dassault Systèmes. Surpac 6.4, available in the first quarter of 2013, is the latest version of a very pop- ular geology and mine planning software. This version of Surpac will deliver a new integrated Dynamic Shells tool for signifi- cant time savings when initially evaluating deposits, and also provide increased memory handling using 64-bit architec- ture to make it easier and faster to work with extremely large datasets. Additional- ly, Surpac 6.4 has a new stereoscopic 3-D visualization capability to enhance visual- ization, presentations and decision mak- ing, plus many more features to save time and increase efficiency. InSite 4.2, available later this year, is the latest version of GEOVIA's mine production management application that records and evaluates data for service, support and pro- duction activities from the mine through to saleable product, enabling rapid return on investment. In addition to several new fea- tures to provide operations with even more confidence in production data, this version provides updates to the custom reports and analytics module for enhanced performance, along with improved material balance and stockpile management to streamline recon- ciliation and end-of-month processes. Whittle 4.5 is the latest update to the industry's leading strategic mine planning application for open-pit mines. Offering streamlined processes to allow increased economic value to be discovered, this ver- sion enables mining companies to develop more practical mine plans with the use of a new mining direction feature and alterna- tive pushback creation capabilities. MineSched 8.0, available later this year, is the latest version of GEOVIA's next gener- ation scheduling application for surface and underground mines of all types and sizes. MineSched provides mining companies with the capabilities to develop tactical schedules that maximize productivity and minimize costs. MineSched 8.0 provides many new features and enhancements in addition to greatly improved performance. Production scheduling is up to 50 times faster and development scheduling is 10 times faster, making most scheduling runs almost instantaneous. www.3ds.com/GEOVIA/Product-News Proximity Detection Matrix demonstrated its new IntelliZone proximity detection system for mobile November 2012