Open pit mine scheduling model considering blending and stockpiling

Rezakhah, M & Moreno, E 2020, Open pit mine scheduling model considering blending and stockpiling. in E Topal (ed.), Proceedings of the 28th International Symposium on Mine Planning and Equipment Selection, MPES 2019.

Modeling Blending Process at Open-Pit Stockyards: A …

The paper presents a model of blending stockpile, which has been developed as a module of a decision support system, and applied to a real-life ore blending process at mineral and iron ore …

Practical performance of an open pit mine scheduling model …

DOI: 10.1016/J.COR.2019.02.001 Corpus ID: 126926473; Practical performance of an open pit mine scheduling model considering blending and stockpiling @article{Rezakhah2020PracticalPO, title={Practical performance of an open pit mine scheduling model considering blending and stockpiling}, author={Mojtaba Rezakhah and Eduardo Moreno and Alexandra M. Newman}, …

Direct stockpile scheduling: Mathematical formulation

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.

Process of blending in a coal stock-and-blending-yard.

Design options for pre-crusher stockpiling should consider the four competing roles of storage, buffering, blending and grade control, to produce predictable and uniform crusher feed grades.

Linearized Stockpile Modeling for Long-Term Open-Pit …

First, we propose a non-linear model that estimates stockpile grade and controls the head grade of material sent to the processing plants. Next, we use the idea of piecewise linearization to …

Mine Planning and Optimisation Techniques Applied in an …

Long term plans, 12-month rolling plans and six-week plans are currently in place and the scheduling is done through Geovia MineSched. Stockpiling is used to create buffer stocks and for blending purposes. Load and haul through truck and shovels is used for material movement in the iron ore mine. Geoscans are used for grade control.

Practical performance of an open pit mine scheduling model …

Stockpiles can be used to maintain low-grade ore for future processing, to store extracted material until processing capacity is available, and/or to blend material based on …

Prehomogenization

Stockpiling of a blending bed is performed either by a belt conveyor with tripper (see Fig. 16.a.2.), or by a stacker with a rigid boom, which moves alongside the stockpile (see Fig. 16.a.3. and 16.a.3.a.). With this method of stockpiling, the particular material layers are roof-shaped and deposited one upon the other. ...

Polymathian

Poor stockpiling and blending decisions in mining can have unintended consequences, leading to cost overruns and unfulfilled contracts. Discover how BOLT, Polymathian's supply chain optimisation ...

A two-stage simultaneous optimization of NPV and …

Herein, we developed a two-stage aggregation-stockpiling decision-making framework that solves the long-term OPMPS in the presence of stockpiles in a few seconds …

Integrated Stochastic Underground Mine Planning with Long …

Finally, part V manages the geological risk by minimizing the deviations from the production targets related to mining, stockpiling, and processing capacities as well as grade blending requirements. For that purpose, penalty costs c h H, c P, c S c ε + a n d c ε − are applied to correspond to the production requirements and targets, as ...

Dragscraper Systems for Stockpiling, Reclaiming and Blending …

Dragscraper Systems for Stockpiling, Reclaiming and Blending Bulk Materials. Today more than ever, there is an increased demand for higher plant production capacities and efficiencies to offset the increasing costs for labor and materials. ... improve blending of non-uniform raw material feed to processing facilities, (3) improve blending of ...

GRADE CONTROL BLENDING AND SELECTIVITY FOR …

minimise dilution and allows for blending from a range of stockpiles. A tracking database monitors ore tonnes and grades on stockpiles to enable optimal blending for the required plant process performance. The grade control process is described below: DRILLING: Drill burden and spacing are based on the rock types present at Skorpion, e.g. 4

Ore Blending as Mine Scheduling Strategy to Accommodate Resources

The blending problem is a common research problem in mining and smelting industry. The expression of the blending problem is that different components need to be determined in proportion or ...

Screencore

Screencore | 3,972 followers on LinkedIn. Easy to transport and operate. Stockpiling, screening, crushing, stabilization, remediation and blending specialists. | High production processing and ...

Stockpiling, reclaiming and blending

Stockpiling, reclaiming and blending. Stockpiling To stay on top of production demand, we send 30 truckloads of magnesite ore from QMAG's Kunwarara mine to Parkhurst every single day. When the ore reaches Parkhurst, 70 kilometres away, it …

Aggregate Stockpiling and Handling

3. Layered, some re-blending. Stockpile Shapes. 1. Cone 2. Trapezoid, Simple layer 3. Windrow layer. Stockpiling Method Truck Stockpiling Method. 1. The piles built as single or multi layer. 2. A layer can be pushed up by loaders. 3. 2nd most common method. 4. Material should not be placed closer than 2'-4' to the layer's edge. Loader ...

Open Pit Mine Scheduling Model Considering Blending and Stockpiling

Request PDF | Open Pit Mine Scheduling Model Considering Blending and Stockpiling | Open pit mine production scheduling (OPMPS) is a decision problem which maximizes net present value (NPV) by ...

Open-pit coal mine production sequencing incorporating grade blending

Moreover, the stockpiling of coal poses environmental and fire problems owing to low incubation periods. This article proposes a production scheduling formulation for open-pit coal mines including stockpiling and blending opportunities, which play a major role in maintaining the quality and quantity of supplied coal.

Open Pit Mine Scheduling Model Considering Blending and Stockpiling

Open pit mine production scheduling (OPMPS) is a decision problem which maximizes net present value (NPV) by determining the extraction time and destination of each block of ore and/or waste in a deposit. Stockpiles can be used to maintain low-grade ore for future processing, to store extracted material until processing capacity is available, or to blend …

A two-stage simultaneous optimization of NPV and …

Two approaches are common in integrating stockpiling into OPMPS: making stockpiling decisions during the long-term OPMPS stage or postponing stockpiling decisions to the short-term OPMPS stage. The long-term OPMPS models must make decisions on the combination of millions of mining blocks and several time spans to maximize net present value …

Tempo, open pit mine planning software

Achieve mining, processing and blending constraints in your schedule; Maximize retained value in transitioning from your strategic plan to your detailed plan. Even with an optimal strategic plan, you won't realise your mine's value if your operational plan doesn't align with it. ... Mining, processing and blending constraints Stockpiling ...

Computers and Operations Research

for stockpiling before material processing: buffering, blending, stor- ing, separating grades. Stockpiles can be used as buffers so that extraction and processing can operate independently, which often provides the economic justification for the expense of stock- piling. Moreover, stockpiles can be used for blending material with

How much would a blending stockpile reduce variation?

A blending stockpile generally reduces the amount of grade variation between parcels of material of a moderate size, because the parcels of material on reclaiming are …

How much would a blending stockpile reduce variation?

This function often provides the primary economic justification for the expense of stockpiling, so blending options must be considered by looking at minor modifications to the stockpiles which have been planned in order to provide buffering. Models for investigating the buffering function are generally models which consider reliability and ...

Conveyor Belts in Mining and Quarrying: Revolutionising …

Stockpiling and Blending: Conveyor belts facilitate the stockpiling of materials, enabling efficient management of stockpiles and consistent blending of various materials for downstream processing.

Aggregate Stockpiling and Handling

Stockpiling Aggregates – What Do We Need to Know? Segregation – What is it? The separation of a well graded production aggregate into individual sizes due to gravity. You've got to be …

Solving Complex Mine Optimisation Problems Using Blend …

Blend vectoring is an approach used to maximise the conversion of resource to saleable blended product. A blend vectored model utilises variable rather than fixed product/contaminant grade criteria that trades off material with varying qualities to end up with the maximum yield of product at the required specification.

Guideline for stockpile management

preventing the unauthorised stockpiling of waste or other matter;' For the purposes of section 3(5) of the EP Act (Section 3(5)), unauthorised stockpiling of waste or other matter will be taken to have occurred if a maximum allowable stockpile limit (stockpile limit) imposed by …