Mine design selection under uncertainty

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section A: Mining Technology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 53-64

  Abdel Sabour, S A ^a   Dimitrakopoulos, R G ^a   Kumral, M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flexible pit limits; Mining economics; Open pit mine planning; Stochastic modelling

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COPPER; COPPER MINES; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; ECONOMICS; GEOLOGY; GOLD; GOLD MINES; INVESTMENTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; TELECONTROL EQUIPMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FLEXIBLE PIT LIMITS; GEOLOGICAL UNCERTAINTY; MANAGEMENT FLEXIBILITY; MINING ECONOMICS; MULTI-CRITERIA RANKING; OPEN PIT MINE PLANNING; OPERATING FLEXIBILITY; REAL OPTIONS VALUATIONS;

OPEN PIT MINING;

EID: 56349085522     PISSN: 14749009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328608X343065     Document Type: Article

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