Total systems approach to design for underground mine-mill integration

CIM Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 1067, 2003, Pages 65-71

  Klein, Bern ^a   Hall, Robert ^a   Scoble, Malcolm ^a   Morin, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Integrated systems; Total systems; Underground leaching; Underground mineral processing

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOLOGY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

UNDERGROUND MINING SYSTEM;

MINING;

INTEGRATED APPROACH; MINE WASTE; MINERAL PROCESSING; MINING;

EID: 0037284087     PISSN: 03170926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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