Economies of scale in mining -assessing upper bounds with simulation

Engineering Economist

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 326-338

  Roman, Paul A ^a,b   Daneshmend, Laeeque ^c  

^a ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Canada's Army Experimentation Centre   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIES OF SCALE; MAINTENANCE COST; MECHANISATION; PRODUCTION COST; UPPER BOUND;

AUTOMOBILES; MACHINERY; MAINTENANCE; MINE TRUCKS; TRUCKS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 81855184691     PISSN: 0013791X     EISSN: 15472701     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00137910008967556     Document Type: Article

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