Over the past several years, there has been substantial progress in developing new stochastic mine planning optimization models and computationally efficient...

This paper presents a new high-order, non-stationary sequential simulation approach, aiming to deal with the typically complex, curvilinear structures and hi...

A stochastic integer-programming (SIP) model is presented to optimize long-term scheduling of underground mine operations while considering geological uncert...

The optimization of mine complexes and related value chains is a challenging problem due to the simultaneous presence of a highly-dimensional decision space,...

This paper addresses the optimization of mineral supply chain operations under metal and material type uncertainties. A mathematical model to simultaneously ...

This paper presents a mixed integer programming formulation dealing with the effective minimisation of risk incurred when optimizing mining production rates ...

Traditional geostatistical simulation methods assume that the first two order statistics are sufficient to model mineral deposits. However, these methods are...

Modeling and assessing spatial uncertainty of mineral deposits is critical for capital investments in mining projects. However, traditional approaches for mo...

A long-term production schedule for the LabMag iron ore deposit in northern Québec, Canada is derived using stochastic integer programming. The optimization ...

Short-term mine production scheduling optimization is developed as a single formulation where mining considerations, production constraints, uncertainty in t...

This paper presents a new mathematical formulation to address mine production scheduling with multiple processing streams, under mineral supply uncertainty, ...

A two-stage stochastic mixed integer non-linear program is formulated for a mining complex to optimize strategic and tactical plans. The objective is to find...

Geostatistical simulation techniques are used to quantify uncertainty of spatial attributes of interest describing mineral deposits, petroleum reservoirs, hy...

A method that optimizes mining complexes that are comprised of multiple processing destinations, open pits and underground operations is presented. Mining, b...

Previous research related to the optimization of mining operations has predominantly focused on generating a life-of-mine production schedule that maximizes ...

A computational framework has been developed that extends stochastic strategic mine planning algorithms, improving the representation of ore selection decisi...

Global asset optimization aims to simultaneously optimize mine production schedules, destination policies and the various processing streams in order to maxi...

This paper addresses the optimization of long-term mine production schedules, building upon a previous stochastic integer programming (SIP) formulation based...

Traditional short-term production planning is carried out in two separate sequential optimizations, typically based on mixed integer programming formulations...

Mining operations are highly affected by risk, commodity price and geology being acknowledged as the most relevant risk factors. Considering these uncertaint...