Abstract: To improve the production planning and scheduling tools for underground metal mines，and to facilitate the comparison of multi-alternatives，optimize mining operating process，and visualize mining status，the paper presents the logic characterization method of underground metal mining processing，proposes the scheduling and implementation of underground metal ore mining process and the simulation system，and establish the mining scheduling algorithm model with maximizing efficiency and agent-based mining process simulation models，including the state characterization，process control，entity activity and their mutual collaboration etc.Finally，based on the Eclipse development environment，the Java language together with Jade，JFreeChart，and JGraph tools are adopted to develop a system prototype termed as VisUMOP，which laid the foundation for further study on the overall simulation of underground metal mining process and operations.

Key words: Mining technology, Mining process, Task scheduling, Agent-based simulation