Grade uncertainty in stope design - Improving the optimisation process

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 167-174

  Grieco, N ^a   Dimitrakopoulos, R ^b  

^a AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS; MINES; OPEN PIT MINING; ORE DEPOSITS; ORES; PLANNING; PROCESS ENGINEERING; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; STOPING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

DESIGN AND PLANNING; ECONOMIC POTENTIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; GEOSTATISTICAL SIMULATION METHODS; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATIONS; MINING INDUSTRIES; ONTARIO , CANADA; OPEN PITS; OPTIMISATION;

MINING;

EID: 58049174943     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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