The value of additional drilling to open pit mining projects

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 245-252

  Froyland, G ^a   Menabde, M ^b   Stone, P ^b   Hodson, D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; MINES; MINING; ORE DEPOSITS; PLANNING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT;

BLOCK MODELS; CONDITIONAL SIMULATIONS; DRILL HOLES; GREATER ACCURACIES; KRIGING; MINING PROJECTS; NET PRESENT VALUES; ORE BODIES; QUANTITATIVE MODELS;

OPEN PIT MINING;

EID: 58049141643     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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