Truck-Shovel (TS) systems are the most common mining system currently used in large surface mines. They offer high productivity combined with flexibility to be rapidly relocated and adjust load/haul capacity capital expenditure according market conditions. As world moves decarbonise as part of transition net zero emission targets, it is relevant examine options for decarbonising haulage In-Pit ...

production planning of an open-pit mine is a procedure during which the rock blocks are assigned to different production periods in a way that leads to the highest net present value (npv) subject to some operational and technical constraints. this process becomes much more complicated by incorporation of the uncertainty existing in the input parameters. the commodity price uncertainty is among ...

open-pit production scheduling (opps) problem focuses on determining a block sequencing and scheduling to maximize net present value (npv) of the venture under constraints. the scheduling model is critically sensitive to the economic value volatility of block, block weight, and operational capacity. in order to deal with the opps uncertainties, various approaches can be recommended. robust opti...

Driverless haulage trucks have recently been developed for open pit mines. To predict the benefits of an Autonomous Haulage System (AHS), a deterministic/stochastic model has been created to compare AHS to a manual system by estimating benchmarked Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) such as productivity, safety, breakdown frequencies, maintenance and labor costs, fuel consumption, tire wear, and ...

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 ...

This work tackles the open pit planning problem in an optimal control framework. We study optimality conditions for so-called continuous formulation using Pontryagin’s Maximum Principle, and introduce a new, semi-continuous that can handle optimization of two-dimensional mine profile. Numerical simulations are provided several test cases, including global one-dimensional final pit, first result...

In this study, a three-dimensional finite difference numerical model of the Jinfeng Gold Mine, including surface topography, ore body, shafts, and main faults, was built to estimate shaft stability deformation induced by underground mining transferred from open-pit mining. Satellite monitoring data displacement at several points used calibrate model. The sequence excavation filling in simulatio...

INTRODUCTION This study focused on using analytical and numerical models to develop and manage groundwater resources, and predict the effects of management measurements in the groundwater system. Movement of contaminants can be studied based on groundwater flow characteristics. This study can be used for prediction of ion concentration and evaluation of groundwater pollution as the theoretical ...

The use of mixed integer programming is a modeling approach well suited to formulate the mine scheduling optimization problem for both open pit and underground mining. The resolution applied for discretizing the problem, however, has a direct effect on both the level of selectivity that can be applied to improve profitability, as well as the computational feasibility. The proposed model allows ...