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dc.contributor.authorLittle, J
dc.contributor.authorKnights, P
dc.contributor.authorTopal, Erkan
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T14:36:22Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T14:36:22Z
dc.date.created2014-03-26T20:00:59Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.identifier.citationLittle, J. and Knights, P. and Topal, E. 2013. Integrated Optimization of Underground Mine Design and Scheduling. The Journal of The Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. 113: pp. 775-785.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39714
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It is common practice for underground mine plans to be created sequentially, where results from one planning process form the input data for another. While this is practical for manual methods, computerized optimization techniques should consider an integrated approach to creating the global mine plan. This is because optimizing an individual mine planning process, such as stope layouts, introduces a likelihood of increasing costs or decreasing revenues associated with other areas, such as production scheduling, as harmful decisions must be balanced. Considering the interaction and influence that individual underground mine planning processes have on each other during optimization will provide more profitable results than if these are ignored. Optimization techniques for stope layouts and production scheduling are reviewed. An integer programming model is proposed that allows for either integrated or isolated optimization. Both approaches are separately applied to a block model. The results demonstrate the model’s ability to produce optimal long-term sublevel stoping mine plans and the benefits of using an integrated approach.

dc.publisherSAIMM
dc.relation.urihttp://www.saimm.co.za/Journal/v113n10p775.pdf
dc.subjectunderground production scheduling
dc.subjectstope layouts
dc.subjectinteger programming
dc.subjectunderground mine optimization
dc.subjectmathematical programming application
dc.titleIntegrated Optimization of Underground Mine Design and Scheduling
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume113
dcterms.source.startPage775
dcterms.source.endPage785
dcterms.source.issn0038-223X
dcterms.source.titleThe Journal of The South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
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