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Simultaneous production scheduling and transportation optimization from mines to port under uncertain material supply

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Industrial mining complexes can be optimized using simultaneous stochastic optimization (SSO), which manages the risks associated with meeting production targets while capitalizing on the synergies that exist between the various components of the related mineral value chain. This paper introduces an extension of past SSO approaches for the long-term, allowing to simultaneously optimize the schedule of the production and the mines-to-port transportation of mining complexes under uncertain material supply. The inclusion of mine-to-port transportation scheduling facilitates the analysis of the mines-to-port equipment usage, while generating suitable mine production schedules. The proposed stochastic mathematical program formulation is applied to a two-mine, single-port iron ore mining complex, in order to illustrate that the related model is capable of producing optimal production schedules, minimizing deviations from products requirements, and delineating the yearly use of the mine-to-port transportation equipment.

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