Nilton Silva

Experience

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  Samarco

  Jan 2015 - Mar 2015

  Internship

  - Responsible for Mine Operation KPI’s reports providing dashboards to managers and senior engineers

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  CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior

  Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

  Scholarship Holder Science Without Borders (University Exchange)

  - 2 semesters of Master Degree course in Earth Science and Engineering at University of Miskolc.

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  Hungarian Office for Mining and Geology

  Jul 2016 - Aug 2016

  Internship

  - Database querying- Creating and handling shapefiles and geodatabases- Analyzing geographical and geological information- Digitizing maps

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  LGG - Laboratório de Geotecnologias e Geomateriais

  Dec 2017 - Mar 2018

  Internship

  - Support technical projects and develop new sustainable products from mine taillings and waste from partners- Elaborate technical reports about mineral processing activities- Operation of calcination equipment, bench and industrial scale crushing and screening tests with iron ore waste

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  Vale

  Feb 2020 - Dec 2022

  Responsible for delivering Short Term Mine Plans for Serra Leste Mine, an open pit iron ore project in BrazilDelivered:- Engineer and Supervisor delivering Drill&Blast plans and managing operations- Budget controlling - Fragmentation optimization- Infrastructure and mine works Responsible for developing systemic knowledge of Vale's production system such as Mine, Beneficiation plant, Railroad, Port to ClientDelivered: - Safety Procedures Implementation at Azul Mine Manganese and Serra Leste Mine- Technical Reports and Third Party negotiations of technologies (i.e, Autonomous Equipments for Decharacterization of Dams)

  • Drill & Blast Engineer

    May 2021 - Dec 2022

  • Global Trainee

    Feb 2020 - May 2021
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  IMC Mining

  Mar 2023 - Aug 2023

  Mining Engineer Consultant

  - Responsible for supporting the Principal Engineer in Long Term Mine Plans to clients and other commodities (i.e., Diamond, Gold and Bauxite)Delivered:- Strategic mine schedulling on Minemax (i.e., Financial and NPV scenario simulations)- 3D geological modelling- Pit optimization on Vulcan - Block model manipulation with Python (i.e., Geospatial data, Block Model Visualizing and Resource to Reserve reporting)

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  Vitrinite

  Oct 2023 - now

  Mining Engineer Graduate

  - Short Term Schedule- Dig and Dump Plans- Mine Design- Rehabilitation- Drill and Blast- Safety Compliance