Xinhai mine design institute campus in Yantai

Design that carries the project from resource to construction drawings

Mine, plant and tailings designed in one institute, in the sequence a financier expects to see, with three dimensional BIM coordination and clash detection before anything is fabricated.

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Stages and deliverables

Stage structure as published in the Xinhai full lifecycle mine design brochure.
StageCore workDeliverable
Scoping and PEAPreliminary economic assessment, option screeningConcept design report
Prefeasibility, PFSMethod selection, infrastructure, financial evaluationFeasibility study report
Feasibility, BFS or DFSOrebody modelling, reserve estimation, full studyBankable feasibility report
FEEDProcess flow diagrams, general arrangement, CAPEX estimateBasic engineering design report
Detailed design, DEDStructural drawings, construction drawings, material take-offIssued-for-construction package

Four things the design institute is built around

The institute integrates geology, mining, processing, civil, power, automation and steel structures, so the interfaces that usually generate change orders are handled inside one organisation.
  • Compliance with GB codes, Eurocodes, US and Australian standards
  • Deliverables prepared for JORC, NI 43-101 and VALMIN reporting
  • Modular engineering for fast erection on remote sites
  • Design integrated with procurement, construction and operation
Aerial view of the Xinhai manufacturing and research campus
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Digital delivery

Design work is coordinated in three dimensional BIM with automatic clash detection, and handed over with VR and AR based digital project delivery including virtual commissioning of the digital twin. The practical value is narrow but real: interferences between piping, structure and equipment are found before steel is cut, and the operating team can walk the plant before it exists.

Design decisions lock most of the life-of-mine cost. Xinhai puts that figure at more than 70% of life-of-mine cost committed during design, which is the argument for spending longer on the flowsheet than on the tender.

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Test work first

Design inputs come from the metallurgical test report, not from a comparable plant.

Test work

Modular engineering

Where site access or schedule is the constraint, the plant is designed as shippable modules.

Modular plants

Build it with us

The same institute supports procurement, construction and commissioning under an EPC contract.

EPC delivery

Common questions

Which design stages does Xinhai cover?
Scoping and PEA, prefeasibility, bankable or detailed feasibility, FEED and basic engineering design, detailed engineering design, and issued-for-construction drawings.
Are the deliverables usable for financing?
The design institute states that deliverables are prepared to satisfy JORC, NI 43-101 and VALMIN reporting standards, and that designs comply with Chinese GB codes, Eurocodes, US and Australian standards.
How large a plant can be designed?
The published capability range runs from 10 t/d to 50,000 t/d. That is a company range across projects, not a single line capacity.
What does the design institute consist of?
Six professional departments covering mining, mineral processing, civil, electrical, automation and steel structures, with more than 100 designers, and a wider institute of 17 disciplines and 300+ specialists.

Send us the ore, the tonnage target and the site conditions. We reply with a scoped proposal.

Every Xinhai proposal starts from test work, not from a catalogue. Tell us where the project stands and our engineers will come back with the delivery model, the scope split and the next step.

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