MOL Report Five - 2012/2013

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ERA DOI: 10.7939/84195

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Authors: Hooman Askari-Nasab

Contributors: Mining Optimization Laboratory (MOL) Researchers / Graduate Students

Institution: University of Alberta, Mining Optimization Laboratory (MOL)

Publication date: September 2013

ISBN: 978-1-55195-327-4  |   ERA DOI: 10.7939/84195

Previous DOI / alternate version: 10.13140/RG.2.2.20594.93121

Keywords: mine planning and design; simulation modeling of mining and industrial systems; optimization

Access: Open access / publicly available

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Abstract

MOL Report Five (2012/2013) compiles 11 papers and presents research on mine planning and production scheduling optimization together with software-related guidelines for mining applications. The volume highlights open-pit production planning, block-cave scheduling, oil sands mine planning and waste management, grade uncertainty, shovel allocation, truck-shovel simulation, and discrete-event simulation model building for mining systems.

The report includes work on long-term open-pit production planning, determining the best height of draw in block-cave production planning, integrated mine planning and composite tailings production, concurrent production scheduling and waste management for oil sands, shovel allocation optimization, truck-shovel operational planning using simulation, and step-by-step software guidelines for open pit design and processing plant modeling. Together, the papers demonstrate MOL's continued emphasis on mine planning and design, simulation modeling of mining and industrial systems, and optimization.

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Hooman Askari-Nasab, PhD, PEng
Director of Mining Optimization Laboratory
Associate Professor of Mining Engineering
3-044 Markin/CNRL NREF Building
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 2W2
Phone: +1 (780) 492 4053
Fax: +1 (780) 492-0249
Email: hooman@ualberta.ca
Webpage: www.ualberta.ca/~hooman
MOL Webpage: www.ualberta.ca/mol

Contributors

  1. Hooman Askari-Nasab — Associate Professor and Director of MOL
  2. Kwame Awuah-Offei — Associate Professor of Mining Engineering
  3. Mohammad Mahdi Badiozamani — PhD Student (2009/09)
  4. Eugene Ben-Awuah — PhD, graduated 2012/11
  5. Yashar Pourrahimian — PhD, graduated 2012/12
  6. Behrang Koushavand — PhD Student (CCG) (2007/09)
  7. Mohammad Tabesh — PhD Student (2009/09)
  8. Elmira Torkamani — MSc, graduated 2013/04
  9. Shiv Prakash Upadhyay — PhD Student (2011/09)
  10. Clemens Mieth — MSc, graduated 2012/06
  11. Cuiwei Feng — MSc Student (2013/09)
  12. Yimin Wang — MSc Student (2013/09)

Suggested citation

Askari-Nasab, H. (2013). Mining Optimization Laboratory (MOL) - Report Five, 2012/2013. University of Alberta, Mining Optimization Laboratory (MOL). ISBN: 978-1-55195-327-4. https://doi.org/10.7939/84195