The derivation and impact of an optimal cut-off grade regime upon mine valuations

WCE 2010 - World Congress on Engineering 2010

Volumn 1, Issue , 2010, Pages 358-363

  Johnson, R V ^a   Evatt, G W ^b   Duck, P W ^a   Howell, S D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Real Options; Reserve valuations; Stochastic control

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY PRICES; CONTINGENT CLAIMS; CUT-OFF; CUT-OFF GRADE; EXTRACTION PROCESS; MATHEMATICAL ALGORITHMS; MINING COMPANIES; ORE GRADES; PRICE UNCERTAINTY; REAL-OPTIONS; RESERVE VALUATIONS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL;

COSTS; ORE TREATMENT; ORES;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79251505067     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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