Software for metallurgists and metals accounting

MAX replaces the sprawl of monthly workbooks with a single, centralised database. Each value records who entered it, when, and from which source, and every later change is versioned so you can always answer “what did we report, and why?”.

• Full history of edits and adjustments with user and timestamp
• Adjusted values kept alongside the original measurement, never overwritten
• Multi-user access with concurrent, conflict-free data entry
• Designed for the AMIRA P754 principles of traceability and transparency

Reusable import definitions map your existing spreadsheets, laboratory exports and plant historian extracts onto MAX measure points. Validation rules flag out-of-range or missing values at the point of entry, so problems are caught on the shift they happen rather than at month end.

• Spreadsheet and CSV import with saved column mappings
• Manual entry worksheets for shift readings and stock takes
• Numerical, categorical, text and file custom fields on any record
• Mobile-friendly web forms for readings captured in the plant

Recoveries, contained metal, moisture corrections and consumable rates are all expressed as formulas held in the system, grouped by processing area and unit of measure. Each formula states how it aggregates (evaluate then sum, or sum then evaluate), and changes are tracked, so an auditor can trace any figure on a report back to its inputs.

• Formulas organised by circuit: crushing, milling, gravity, leach, elution and more
• Explicit aggregation rules for daily, weekly and monthly roll-ups
• Unit-of-measure aware, with conversions handled by the system
• Change history so past periods still reproduce their original results

MAX applies mass balance principles across your flowsheet so that feed, product, tailings and inventory tie together. Period-end reconciliation compares the accounted metal with what was physically measured and highlights the gaps that need explaining.

• Mass and metal balance across measure points you define
• Period reconciliation with adjustment workflow and approval
• Stock and inventory tracking for in-circuit and on-hand metal
• Budget values and budget analysis dashboards for variance reporting

Every stoppage is logged against its equipment, cause and duration. Downtime feeds directly into availability and utilisation reporting, so throughput conversations start from the same numbers the operators entered.

• Delay categories and equipment hierarchy configured to your plant
• Availability, utilisation and mean time between failure reporting
• Downtime dashboards by shift, crew, cause and equipment
• Consumable usage tracked alongside runtime

Period reports are generated from the same formulas that drive the balance, so the daily report, the month-end pack and the board summary never disagree. Dashboards let metallurgists explore trends without exporting anything.

• Period reports for shift, day, week, month and custom ranges
• Dashboards with charts, gauges and grids you can filter and drill into
• Export to Excel, PDF and Word for distribution
• Scheduled report delivery to stakeholders by email

From gravity gold to the smelt, MAX tracks each bar, lot or consignment with its weights and assays, and reconciles mine-site figures against refinery or customer certificates.

• Bar and lot registers with weights, fineness and assay results
• Shipment consignments with chain-of-custody records
• Certificate reconciliation against site accounting
• Revenue-ready contained metal figures for finance

Segregation of duties is built in. Operators enter, metallurgists review, and managers approve, each with permissions scoped to what they need. MAX integrates with Microsoft Entra ID for single sign-on and multi-factor authentication.

• Role-based permissions down to individual fields and actions
• Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)
• System log of user actions, errors and approvals
• Encrypted in transit and at rest on Microsoft Azure

MAX holds a structured model of your operation: sites, locations, plant areas, equipment and measure points, visualised on aerial imagery. That model drives the navigation, the import mappings and the reporting hierarchy, so a new circuit or stockpile is added in one place.

• Sites and locations plotted on satellite imagery
• Equipment and plant hierarchy for downtime and consumables
• Measure points and data categories configured per area
• Supports multiple sites and commodities in one system

Month-end is a sequence of steps, not a scramble. MAX assigns tasks for data checks, reconciliations and sign-offs, records who completed each one, and locks the period once it is approved.

• Configurable workflows for period close and adjustments
• My Tasks view for each user, with notifications
• Period locking after approval to protect reported figures
• Projects and tasks for improvement initiatives