The role of geophysics in enhancing mine planning decision-making in small-scale mining [PDF]
Royal Society Open Science, 2020 Small-scale mining usually operates under high geological uncertainty conditions. This turns mine planning into a complex and sometimes inaccurate task, resulting in low productivity and substantial variability in the quantity and quality of the mineral ...
Ricardo Tichauer +3 more
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State-of-the-art optimization methods for short-term mine planning [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] [PDF]
F1000ResearchMaintaining short-term planning aligned with the ultimate long-term plan is challenging. This requires many details to be modelled on a daily or weekly basis to reach this target.
Nasib Al Habib +4 more
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An open-source optimization model for sustainable open-pit mine production scheduling [PDF]
Frontiers in Artificial IntelligenceOpen-pit mine production scheduling is a complex optimization problem that requires balancing economic performance with operational feasibility and environmental responsibility. While significant advances have been made in mathematical formulations, many
Justina Senam Lotsu +2 more
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Path planning for coal mine robot via improved ant colony optimization algorithm
Systems Science & Control Engineering, 2021 This paper is concerned with the path planning of the coal mine robot. A new workspace model is presented to describe the complex coal mine environment. Thus, the cost of a path is composed of not only the distance of the path but also some hybrid costs ...
Baoye Song, Huimin Miao, Lin Xu
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Development of a multiple level underground limestone mine from geology through mine planning
International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 2020 The development of a multiple level underground mine is a complex task in which geology, engineering, ground control, and unit operations are integrated into a single mine design.
Christopher Newman +2 more
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A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning
Interfaces, 2010 Applications of operations research to mine planning date back to the 1960s. Since that time, optimization and simulation, in particular, have been applied to both surface and underground mine planning problems, including mine design, long- and short-term production scheduling, equipment selection, and dispatching, inter alia. In this paper, we review
Alexandra M Newman +2 more
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A dynamic rescue route planning method based on 3D network in mine water inrush hazard
Geomatics, Natural Hazards & Risk, 2019 Water inrush in mine is one of the most common hazards in the mining industry. To solve the problem of rescue route planning during a mine water inrush hazard, a dynamic rescue route planning method based on a 3 D network is proposed.
Xiangwei Zhao +4 more
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Path planning for coal mine robot to avoid obstacle in gas distribution area
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 2018 As the explosion-proof safety level of coal mine robot has not yet reached the level of intrinsic safety “ia,” therefore, path planning methods for coal mine robot to avoid the dangerous area of gas are necessary.
Xiliang Ma, Ruiqing Mao
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Application of MCDA in the determination of optimal block size for open-pit modelling and mine planning [PDF]
Podzemni Radovi, 2021 The process of creating a geological block model as the basis for a further detailed design and planning of mining operations is a very responsible task.
Marković Petar +3 more
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International Journal of Mining Science and Technology, 2023 This article presents a novel approach to integrate a throughput prediction model for the ball mill into short-term stochastic production scheduling in mining complexes.
Christian Both, Roussos Dimitrakopoulos
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