Advances in Applied Strategic Mine Planning

Front Matter ....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Beyond Naïve Optimisation  (P. H. L. Monkhouse, G. A. Yeates)....Pages 3-18
 Optimal Mining Principles  (Brett King)....Pages 19-30
 The Global Optimiser Works—What Next?  (J. Whittle)....Pages 31-37
 Blasor—Blended Iron Ore Mine Planning Optimisation at Yandi, Western Australia  (P. Stone, G. Froyland, M. Menabde, B. Law, R. Pasyar, P. H. L. Monkhouse)....Pages 39-46
 Roadblocks to the Evaluation of Ore Reserves—The Simulation Overpass and Putting More Geology into Numerical Models of Deposits  (A. G. Journel)....Pages 47-55
 Quantification of Risk Using Simulation of the Chain of Mining—Case Study at Escondida Copper, Chile  (S. Khosrowshahi, W. J. Shaw, G. A. Yeates)....Pages 57-74
 A Risk Analysis Based Framework for Strategic Mine Planning and Design—Method and Application  (M. Godoy)....Pages 75-90
 Mining Schedule Optimisation for Conditionally Simulated Orebodies  (M. Menabde, G. Froyland, P. Stone, G. A. Yeates)....Pages 91-100
 Stochastic Mine Planning—Methods, Examples and Value in an Uncertain World  (R. Dimitrakopoulos)....Pages 101-115
Front Matter ....Pages 117-117
 The Value of Additional Drilling to Open Pit Mining Projects  (G. Froyland, M. Menabde, P. Stone, D. Hodson)....Pages 119-138
 Stochastic Optimisation of Long-Term Production Scheduling for Open Pit Mines with a New Integer Programming Formulation  (S. Ramazan, R. Dimitrakopoulos)....Pages 139-153
 Stochastic Long-Term Production Scheduling of Iron Ore Deposits: Integrating Joint Multi-element Geological Uncertainty and Ore Quality Control  (J. Benndorf, R. Dimitrakopoulos)....Pages 155-172
 Stochastic Mine Planning—Example and Value from Integrating Long- and Short-Term Mine Planning Through Simulated Grade Control, Sunrise Dam, Western Australia  (A. Jewbali, R. Dimitrakopoulos)....Pages 173-189
 A New Methodology for Flexible Mine Design  (B. Groeneveld, E. Topal, B. Leenders)....Pages 191-216
 Direct Net Present Value Open Pit Optimisation with Probabilistic Models  (A. Richmond)....Pages 217-228
Front Matter ....Pages 229-229
 Simultaneously Optimizing Open-Pit and Underground Mining Operations Under Geological Uncertainty  (L. Montiel, R. Dimitrakopoulos, K. Kawahata)....Pages 231-250
 Combining Optimisation and Simulation to Model a Supply Chain from Pit to Port  (P. Bodon, C. Fricke, T. Sandeman, C. Stanford)....Pages 251-267
 Network Linear Programming Optimisation of an Integrated Mining and Metallurgical Complex  (E. K. Chanda)....Pages 269-285
 Open Pit Transition Depth Determination Through Global Analysis of Open Pit and Underground Mine Production Scheduling  (K. Dagdelen, I. Traore)....Pages 287-296
 Consideration for Multi-objective Metaheuristic Optimisation of Large Iron Ore and Coal Supply Chains, from Resource to Market  (J. Balzary, A. Mohais)....Pages 297-316
Front Matter ....Pages 317-317
 Application of Conditional Simulations to Capital Decisions for Ni-Sulfide and Ni-Laterite Deposits  (O. Tavchandjian, A. Proulx, M. Anderson)....Pages 319-333
 Simulation of Orebody Geology with Multiple-Point Geostatistics—Application at Yandi Channel Iron Ore Deposit, WA, and Implications for Resource Uncertainty  (V. Osterholt, R. Dimitrakopoulos)....Pages 335-352
 New Efficient Methods for Conditional Simulations of Large Orebodies  (J. Benndorf, R. Dimitrakopoulos)....Pages 353-369
 Transformation Methods for Multivariate Geostatistical Simulation—Minimum/Maximum Autocorrelation Factors and Alternating Columns Diagonal Centres  (E. M. Bandarian, U. A. Mueller, J. Fereira, S. Richardson)....Pages 371-393
 Strategies for Mine Planning and Design  (P. A. Dowd, C. Xu, S. Coward)....Pages 395-417
Front Matter ....Pages 419-419
 Planning, Designing and Optimising Production Using Geostatistical Simulation  (P. A. Dowd, P. C. Dare-Bryan)....Pages 421-449
 Geometallurgical Modelling and Ore Tracking at Kittilä Mine  (D. La Rosa, L. Rajavuori, J. Korteniemi, M. Wortley)....Pages 451-463
 Predicting Mill Ore Feed Variability Using Integrated Geotechnical/Geometallurgical Models  (J. Jackson, J. Gaunt, M. Astorga)....Pages 465-486
 Using Grade Uncertainty to Quantify Risk in the Ultimate Pit Design for the Sadiola Deep Sulfide Prefeasibility Project, Mali, West Africa  (S. P. Robins)....Pages 487-512
 Applicability of Categorical Simulation Methods for Assessment of Mine Plan Risk  (A. Jewbali, R. Perry, L. Allen, R. Inglis)....Pages 513-533
Front Matter ....Pages 535-535
 Cut-off Grade Based Sublevel Stope Mine Optimisation  (M. T. Bootsma, C. Alford, J. Benndorf, M. W. N. Buxton)....Pages 537-557
 Classification of Mining Methods for Deep Orebodies  (V. Oparin, A. Tapsiev, A. Freidin)....Pages 559-572
 Grade Uncertainty in Stope Design—Improving the Optimisation Process  (N. Grieco, R. Dimitrakopoulos)....Pages 573-589
 Strategic Optimisation of a Vertical Hoisting Shaft in the Callie Underground Mine  (M. G. Volz, M. Brazil, D. A. Thomas)....Pages 591-605
 Strategic Underground Mine Access Design to Maximise the Net Present Value  (K. G. Sirinanda, M. Brazil, P. A. Grossman, J. H. Rubinstein, D. A. Thomas)....Pages 607-624
Front Matter ....Pages 625-625
 Production Schedule Optimisation—Meeting Targets by Hedging Against Geological Risk While Addressing Environmental and Equipment Concerns  (M. Spleit)....Pages 627-642
 A Stochastic Optimization Formulation for the Transition from Open-Pit to Underground Mining Within the Context of a Mining Complex  (J. MacNeil, R. Dimitrakopoulos)....Pages 643-654
 An Open-Pit Multi-Stage Mine Production Scheduling Model for Drilling, Blasting and Excavating Operations  (E. Kozan, S. Q. Liu)....Pages 655-668
 Optimising the Long Term Mine Landform Progression and Truck Hour Schedule in a Large Scale Open Pit Mine Using Mixed Integer Programming  (Y. Li, E. Topal, S. Ramazan)....Pages 669-686
 Solving a Large SIP Model for Production Scheduling at a Gold Mine with Multiple Processing Streams and Uncertain Geology  (M. de Freitas Silva)....Pages 687-703
Front Matter ....Pages 705-705
 Stochastic Optimisation of Mineral Value Chains—Developments and Applications for the Simultaneous Optimisation of Mining Complexes with Uncertainty  (R. Goodfellow, R. Dimitrakopoulos)....Pages 707-723
 Sensor Based Real-Time Resource Model Reconciliation for Improved Mine Production Control—A Conceptual Framework  (J. Benndorf, M. Buxton, M. S. Shishvan)....Pages 725-744
 On the Joint Multi Point Simulation of Discrete and Continuous Geometallurgical Parameters  (K. G. van den Boogaart, R. Tolosana-Delgado, M. Lehmann, U. Mueller)....Pages 745-765
 Geologically Enhanced Simulation of Complex Mineral Deposits Through High-Order Spatial Cumulants  (H. Mustapha, R. Dimitrakopoulos)....Pages 767-786
 Optimising a Mineral Supply Chain Under Uncertainty with Long-Term Sales Contracts  (J. Zhang, R. Dimitrakopoulos)....Pages 787-800