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A heuristic approach for in-pit crusher and conveyor system’s time and location problem in large open-pit mining.
- Source :
- International Journal of Mining, Reclamation & Environment; 2018, Vol. 32 Issue 1, p35-55, 21p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Cost efficiency and high reliability of In-Pit Crushing and Conveying (IPCC) system make it more appealing to be used in deeper open-pit mining activities. Determination of the optimum time and location (OT–OL) for applying the IPCC system were always a challenge. Application of mathematical programming approaches suffers from reduced computational efficiency due to a lot of decision variables. The situation will be worse; by adding the IPCC’s time and location variables to these models. Also, the problem involves a lot of variables that each one of them is a function of others. To tackle these, this paper provides a new heuristic approach to find a good quality solution hierarchically (here in two levels). The problem was broken into two parts (i.e. OT and OL). The model works in a discrete time horizon. It has been verified by the data gathered from Sungun copper mine of Iran. Our computational results show that the system is efficient for developed countries with a stable and low interest rate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- COPPER mining
STRIP mining
MATHEMATICAL programming
HEURISTIC
DECISION making
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17480930
- Volume :
- 32
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Mining, Reclamation & Environment
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 126729474
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/17480930.2016.1247206