Assessing underground mining potential at ernest henry mine using conditional simulation and stope optimisation

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 191-200

  Myers, P ^a   Standing, C ^b   Collier, P ^c   Noppe M ^a  

^a Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Pty Limited   (Australia)

^b Snowden Mining Industry Consultants   (Australia)

^c RIO TINTO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS; MINES; MINING; ORE DEPOSITS; PLANNING; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEQUENTIAL SWITCHING; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; STOPING; SUBSIDENCE;

AUSTRALIA; CONDITIONAL SIMULATIONS; CONTROL DATUMS; DRILL HOLES; EXPLORATION DATUMS; MINE PLANS; MINING METHODS; OPEN PITS; OPEN-PIT MINES; OPTIMISATION; QUEENSLAND; RESOURCE MODELS; RESOURCE POTENTIALS; RISK AREAS; ROTATIONAL ANISOTROPIES; SEQUENTIAL INDICATOR SIMULATIONS; UNDERGROUND MININGS; UNDERGROUND RESOURCES; VARIOGRAM ANALYSIS; VARIOGRAM MODELS;

OPEN PIT MINING;

EID: 58049157623     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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