A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning

Alexandra M. Newman (), Enrique Rubio (), Rodrigo Caro (), Andrés Weintraub () and Kelly Eurek ()
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Alexandra M. Newman: Division of Economics and Business, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401
Enrique Rubio: Mining Engineering Department, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Rodrigo Caro: Industrial Engineering Department, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Andrés Weintraub: Industrial Engineering Department, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Kelly Eurek: Division of Economics and Business, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, Colorado 80401

Interfaces, 2010, vol. 40, issue 3, 222-245

Abstract: 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 several decades of such literature with a particular emphasis on more recent work, suggestions for emerging areas, and highlights of successful industry applications.

Keywords: literature review; mine planning; mine design; production scheduling; equipment selection; dispatching; optimization; simulation; open-pit mining; underground mining (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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