Cutoff grade economic strategy for byproduct mineral commodity operation: Rare earth case study

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section A: Mining Technology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 166-171

  Nieto, A ^a   Zhang, K Y ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Byproduct; Cutoff grade; Mining optimisation; Neodymium; NPV maximisation; Rare earths minerals

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; COSTS; EXTRACTION; MINERALS; MINING; NEODYMIUM; OPTIMIZATION;

CUT-OFF GRADE; ECONOMIC INDICATORS; ECONOMIC PARAMETERS; MINING OPERATIONS; NET PRESENT VALUE; NPV MAXIMISATION; OPTIMISATIONS; PRICE VARIABILITY;

RARE EARTHS;

EID: 84885669726     PISSN: 14749009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743286312Y.0000000025     Document Type: Article

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