Application of KKT in determining the final destination of mined material in multi-processing mines

Esmaeil Rahimi and Afshin Akbari

Resources Policy, 2016, vol. 50, issue C, 10-18

Abstract: Determining the final destination of mined materials is counted as one of the most important challenges in mining. Cut-off grade is a criterion specifying the destination of mined materials relying on the commodity price, treatment method recovery, investment and operating costs.

Keywords: Mined material destinations; Karush–Kuhn–Tucker; Cut-off grade; Recovery; Costs (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2016.08.003

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