Direct stockpile scheduling: Mathematical formulation

In a mining context, production scheduling’s main objective is to determine the best mining sequence of blocks to achieve the largest net present value and to maximize ore reserve exploitation. Stockpiling and blending procedures may represent very helpful alternatives for mine planning to ensure th...

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Autores: Souza, Felipe Ribeiro, Soares Chaves, Leonardo, Burgarelli, Hudson, Nader, Alizeibek, Arroyo, Carlos, Alberto, Luiz
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2018
País:Colombia
Institución:Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Repositorio:Repositorio UN
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unal.edu.co:unal/68543
Acceso en línea:https://repositorio.unal.edu.co/handle/unal/68543
http://bdigital.unal.edu.co/69576/
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:62 Ingeniería y operaciones afines / Engineering
stockpile
goal programing
blending constraints
stockpile scheduling
bulk ore blending
pilas de acopio
restricciones de mezcla
agendamiento de pilas
mezcla de concetrado
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Sumario:In a mining context, production scheduling’s main objective is to determine the best mining sequence of blocks to achieve the largest net present value and to maximize ore reserve exploitation. Stockpiling and blending procedures may represent very helpful alternatives for mine planning to ensure the ore quality and amount required by the processing plant. In order to satisfy industrial requirements of grades and tones, reducing stockpile fluctuations may represent a very important tool especially for medium and short term mine planning. Classical linear programing has been widely used to model blending problems at the mining industry, however this formulation allows only one objective formulation. The current work describes a system based on goal programing able to reach blending constraints desired by short/medium term planning. The proposed formulation achieves the best schedule scenario, ensuring cost constrains are respected. Hence, this study aims to provide support for both short and long term mine planning.