Process to improve expected value of mining operations

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

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 65-70

  Cardin, M A ^a   De Neufville, R ^a   Kazakidis, V ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flexibility; Flexible mine design; Flexible mining operations; Mining economics; Mining finance; Mining valuation; Real options; Simulations

Indexed keywords

MINING; MINING ENGINEERING;

FLEXIBILITY; FLEXIBLE MINE DESIGN; FLEXIBLE MINING OPERATIONS; MINING ECONOMICS; MINING FINANCE; MINING VALUATION; REAL OPTIONS; SIMULATIONS;

COSTS;

EID: 56349131246     PISSN: 14749009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/174328608X362631     Document Type: Article

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