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Incorporating geo-metallurgical information into mine production scheduling / Kumral, M. in Journal of the operational research society (JORS), Vol. 62 N° 1 (Janvier 2011) 

Public ISBD [article]  in Journal of the operational research society (JORS) > Vol. 62 N° 1 (Janvier 2011) . - pp. 60–68 Titre : Incorporating geo-metallurgical information into mine production scheduling Type de document : texte imprimé Auteurs : Kumral, M., Auteur Année de publication : 2011 Article en page(s) : pp. 60–68 Note générale : Recherche opérationnelle Langues : Anglais (eng) Mots-clés : Geo-metallurgical  variables  Uncertainty  Stochastic  programming  with  recourse  Mine  production  scheduling  Maximin  problem Index. décimale : 001.424 Résumé : Economic characterization of mining parcels depends upon geo-metallurgical properties, which vary throughout orebody. Mine production scheduling should aim to obtain maximum utility from orebody in such a way as to ensure mine–mill reconciliation. As heterogeneity of geo-metallurgical variables increases, the scheduling will be a very complicated task. Geo-metallurgical and financial data used in the mine production scheduling are based on simulation and/or estimation generated from sparse drilling and unknown future events. Therefore, the scheduling process involves a significant degree of uncertainty. In order to deal with the uncertainty stemmed from geo-metallurgical and financial variables, two approaches are recommended in this paper. Firstly, mine production scheduling is formulated as a problem of stochastic programming with recourse. The extraction periods of mining blocks are treated as the first-stage variables and the block destinations represents a recourse vector. It is observed that the solution is implicitly robust. Secondly, the scheduling is expressed as a maximin problem to extract more uniform metal quantity in periods to coincide with mill requirements instead of maximization of net present value because the blending constraint in the traditional approach forces more uniform production. In the case where there is correlation between grade and geo-metallurgical variables, this model generates reasonably good results. DEWEY : 001.424 ISSN : 0160-5682 En ligne : http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v62/n1/abs/jors2009174a.html [article] Incorporating geo-metallurgical information into mine production scheduling [texte imprimé] / Kumral, M., Auteur . - 2011 . - pp. 60–68. Recherche opérationnelle Langues : Anglais (eng) in Journal of the operational research society (JORS) > Vol. 62 N° 1 (Janvier 2011) . - pp. 60–68 Mots-clés : Geo-metallurgical  variables  Uncertainty  Stochastic  programming  with  recourse  Mine  production  scheduling  Maximin  problem Index. décimale : 001.424 Résumé : Economic characterization of mining parcels depends upon geo-metallurgical properties, which vary throughout orebody. Mine production scheduling should aim to obtain maximum utility from orebody in such a way as to ensure mine–mill reconciliation. As heterogeneity of geo-metallurgical variables increases, the scheduling will be a very complicated task. Geo-metallurgical and financial data used in the mine production scheduling are based on simulation and/or estimation generated from sparse drilling and unknown future events. Therefore, the scheduling process involves a significant degree of uncertainty. In order to deal with the uncertainty stemmed from geo-metallurgical and financial variables, two approaches are recommended in this paper. Firstly, mine production scheduling is formulated as a problem of stochastic programming with recourse. The extraction periods of mining blocks are treated as the first-stage variables and the block destinations represents a recourse vector. It is observed that the solution is implicitly robust. Secondly, the scheduling is expressed as a maximin problem to extract more uniform metal quantity in periods to coincide with mill requirements instead of maximization of net present value because the blending constraint in the traditional approach forces more uniform production. In the case where there is correlation between grade and geo-metallurgical variables, this model generates reasonably good results. DEWEY : 001.424 ISSN : 0160-5682 En ligne : http://www.palgrave-journals.com/jors/journal/v62/n1/abs/jors2009174a.html