A Goal Programming Model for Dispatching Trucks in an Underground Gold Mine

The cost of transporting mined material in an underground mine is major. This typically represents between 50 to 60 percent a mine’s total operating costs. problem dispatching trucks gold is, therefore, major economic importance and warrants the use decision support model. developments realistic decision-support model for addressed this paper. must address multiple conflicting objectives therefore goal programming was formulated. applied case study, Red Lake mine, Ontario, Canada. results showed improvements meeting versus single objective illustrate flexibility that (in mines) yields when solved using