Maximizing economic earnings is the most common goal in cut-off grade optimization of open-pit mining operations. When this is the case, the price of the product has a critical effect on optimum value of cut-off grade. This paper investigates the relationship between optimum cut-off grade and price to maximize total cash flow and net percent value (NPV) of operation. In order to visualize this ...

a necessary and sufficient condition in terms of lower cut sets are given for the insertion of a $gamma-$continuous function between two comparable real-valued functions.

This paper is based on the open pit to underground mining practice of Daye Iron Mine. The influence mechanism between high-steep slope and non-pillar sublevel caving method is studied by using physical model test. Firstly, engineering geological properties of the choosing typical research section is analysed and generalized. Secondly, the system of open pit to underground mining is developing a...

Ground water and surface water create a range of problems in lignite mining utilizing surface mining methods. In order to create a safe and economic mining environment, it is essential to carry out mining after dewatering the rock mass surrounding the lignite mines by advance dewatering techniques. This paper briefly describes the ground water regimes including pressure gradients associated wit...

We consider the problem of finding an optimal mining sequence for an open pit during a number of time periods subject to only spatial and temporal precedence constraints. This problem is of interest because such constraints are generic to any open-pit scheduling problem and, in particular, because it arises as a Lagrangean relaxation of an open-pit scheduling problem. We show that this multi-pe...

In recent years, there has been a decline in the efficiency of coal mining by traditional methods. On one hand, volume outside contour cut, which is economically impractical for open-pit mining, increasing. other when using underground geotechnology, cost production exceeds performing operations open this due to differences factors operation pit and mine. This circumstance determines use open-u...

The open-pit mining problem is to determine the contours of a mine, based on economic data and engineering feasibility requirements in order to yield maximumpossible net income. This practical problem needs to be solved for very large data sets. In practice, moreover, it is necessary to test multiple scenarios taking into account a variety of realizations of geological predictions and forecasts...