MOL Report Six - 2014/2015

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ERA DOI: 10.7939/84196

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Authors: Yashar Pourrahimian; Eugene Ben-Awuah; Hooman Askari-Nasab

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

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

Publication date: September 2015

ISBN: 978-1-55195-356-4  |   ERA DOI: 10.7939/84196

Previous DOI / alternate version: 10.13140/RG.2.2.27305.81767

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 Six (2014/2015) compiles 14 papers and presents research on surface mine planning optimization and tailings management, simulation and optimization of mining systems, underground and block-cave production scheduling optimization, and software-related guidelines for mining applications. The volume highlights mathematical programming, simulation, stockpiling, block-cave scheduling, and decision-support methods for mining operations.

The report includes work on production scheduling with stockpiling, oil sands integrated mine planning and tailings management, open-pit operation optimization, reviews of optimization models and algorithms, block-cave scheduling and footprint calculation under grade uncertainty, and software interfaces for production scheduling and road network configuration. 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
Associate Professor of Mining Engineering
Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G 1H9
Phone: +1 (780) 492-4053
Cell: +1 (780) 893-9365
Email: hooman@ualberta.ca
MOL Webpage: www.ualberta.ca/mol

Contributors

  1. Hooman Askari-Nasab — Associate Professor, Director of MOL
  2. Yashar Pourrahimian — Assistant Professor, University of Alberta
  3. Eugene Ben-Awuah — Assistant Professor, Laurentian University
  4. Kwame Awuah-Offei — Associate Professor of Mining Engineering
  5. Mohammad Tabesh — PhD (2009/09)
  6. Shiv Prakash Upadhyay — PhD Candidate (2011/09)
  7. Enrique Jelvez Montenegro — PhD Student (2012/03)
  8. Cuiwei Feng — MSc Student (2013/09)
  9. Firouz Khodayari — PhD Student (2014/01)
  10. Ali Moradi Afrapoli — PhD Student (2014/09)
  11. Nisarg Tripathi — MSc Student (2014/09)
  12. Saha Malaki — MSc Student (2014/09)
  13. Myagmarjav Batsukh — MSc Student (2015/09)
  14. David Omane — MSc Student (2015/09)
  15. Eduardo Cervantes — MSc Student (2015/09)

Suggested citation

Pourrahimian, Y., Ben-Awuah, E., & Askari-Nasab, H. (2015). Mining Optimization Laboratory (MOL) - Report Six, 2014/2015. University of Alberta, Mining Optimization Laboratory (MOL). ISBN: 978-1-55195-356-4. https://doi.org/10.7939/84196