Software for metallurgists and metals accounting

MAX replaces the sprawl of monthly workbooks with one database. Each value records who entered it, when, and which import or worksheet it came from, and changes made through the application are logged with their old and new values, so you can always answer "what did we report, and why?".

• Who entered or changed each value, and when
• Every value linked to the import or worksheet session it came from
• Change log of edits with previous and new values
• Adjusted values kept alongside the original measurement
• Multi-user access with conflict detection
• Lock dates that protect reported periods from later edits

Reusable import definitions map your existing spreadsheets, laboratory files and plant system exports onto MAX measure points, and can collect files automatically from FTP servers, network shares and SharePoint. Worksheets cover the readings people enter by hand.

• Excel and CSV import with saved column and row mappings
• Automatic collection from FTP, SFTP, network shares and SharePoint
• Rules for unknown, missing and below-detection values
• Entry worksheets for shift readings and stock takes
• Numerical, categorical, text and file custom fields
• Imports for budgets, downtime and bullion as well as plant data

Recoveries, contained metal, moisture corrections and consumable rates are all expressed as formulas held in the system, grouped into categories you define and tied to a unit of measure. Each formula states how it rolls up from shift to month, so an auditor can trace any figure on a report back to its inputs.

• Named formulas grouped into categories such as leach, elution or reagents
• Explicit roll-up rules: aggregate then evaluate, or evaluate then sum
• Sum, average and weighted-average aggregation
• Overrides per plant configuration, optionally with start and end dates
• Editor with autocomplete, dependency tree and circular-reference checks
• Functions for budgets, inventories and stock balances

MAX ties feed, product, tailings and inventory together through measure points, formulas and inventory movements, so the metal accounted for in each period can be compared with what was measured. Reconciliation sessions record the original and reconciled figures side by side.

• Tonnes, grades and contained metal for every measure point
• Stockpile and in-circuit inventories with wet and dry mass, moisture and assays
• Stock surveys that true up book inventories
• Period reconciliation that keeps original and reconciled values
• Budgets, forecasts and variance analysis

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

• Plant states and categories configured to your plant
• Time usage model: operating, delay, standby, planned and breakdown
• Availability and utilisation calculated for any period
• State workflows that control which changes are allowed
• Delay logs imported from spreadsheets or other systems
• Downtime tables, Pareto-style charts and dashboards

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.

• Reports for any period you define: shift, day, week, month, quarter or year
• Draft and approved reports, with preliminary and final versions
• Export to PDF, Word and Excel
• Distribution lists for email, in-app notifications and Microsoft Teams
• Dashboards with charts, grids, pivots and filters, built in the application
• Automatic generation of reports as each period ends

From the gravity circuit to the gold room, or from the bagging plant to the truck, MAX tracks each bar, bag, container or load with its weights and assays, groups them into pours, batches and shipments, and keeps a record of every transfer.

• Parcels and batches configured for your products: bars, bags, containers, loads
• Wet and dry mass, moisture and assays for every parcel
• Batch approval before figures are used
• Transfers that record where each parcel came from and went to
• Certificates of analysis generated, approved and numbered
• Shipments and consignments for product leaving site

Segregation of duties is built in. Operators enter, metallurgists review, and managers approve, each with permissions scoped to what they need. MAX signs users in through Microsoft Entra ID, so your existing accounts, groups and sign-in policies apply.

• Role-based permissions down to individual types, records, fields and menus
• Single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID, using your own sign-in policies
• Active Directory and Entra groups mapped to MAX roles
• User activity log of sign-ins, commands and changes
• System log of errors and warnings
• HTTPS everywhere, with TLS for file transfers and email

MAX holds a structured model of your operation: equipment, measure points and the categories of data you collect, with plant shown on a map of the site. That model drives the import mappings, the downtime log and the reporting hierarchy, so a new circuit or stockpile is added in one place.

• Equipment hierarchy with categories, classifications, groups and models
• Measure points for every stream, tank and stockpile, nested as needed
• Data categories that organise what is collected and calculated
• Plant plotted on road, satellite or hybrid maps
• Separate sites linked so product can move between them

Month-end is a sequence of steps, not a scramble. MAX records who approved each report, batch and certificate, lets administrators lock periods that have been reported, and keeps improvement work and investigations as projects and tasks assigned to the right people.

• Draft and approved period reports, with an approval log
• Preliminary and final report versions with their own distribution
• Approval of pours, batches and certificates of analysis
• Lock dates that protect reported periods
• Locked reconciliations once figures are final
• Projects and tasks with priorities, due dates and a My Tasks view