Integrated and intelligent remote operation centres
The 21st Century mining industry holds promise for smart and sustainable mining practices. • Technological advancements and an adequately skilled human workforce are key to migrating from command-and-control systems to integrated and intelligent remote operation centres (I2ROCs).
Innovation in the Mining Industry: Technological Trends and …
Over the past decades, the mining industry has had to face a challenging scenario for its operation. Improving productivity to overcome natural factors such as decreasing ore grades, deeper deposits, and harder rock mass, combined with an increasing environmental and social awareness, has boost the industry to constantly …
Improving productivity in mining operations: a deep
This research study examines the impact of shifts and lunch breaks on mining operations, particularly focusing on delays in hauling equipment used to supply extracted material to crushers. These delays significantly reduce productivity, averaging below 80% during regular working hours and adversely affecting mine profitability. To …
Optimized design of drilling and blasting operations in open …
1. Introduction. Mining activity is mostly represented by these four main operations: drilling, blasting, loading and hauling. For a proper mine planning and design, all of these operations need to be carefully planned in such a manner that can prevent extra loads such as operating costs, environmental footprints, etc. Amongst these …
Operations research and data mining
With the rapid growth of databases in many modern enterprises data mining has become an increasingly important approach for data analysis. The operations research community has contributed significantly to this field, especially through the formulation and solution of numerous data mining problems as optimization problems, …
(PDF) Overview of ArcelorMittal Mining Operations and Research
Overview of ArcelorMittal Mining Operations and Research & Development Function. June 2016; ... operation, which commenced mining in late 2014.The mine is located in the north central plateau .
Operations Research in Underground Mine Planning: A …
Literature reviews on the use of operations research in mining in general (e.g., [3][4][5]), and underground mining in particular [6], indicate that: while there is a wealth of research in the ...
A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning
A systematic review of artificial intelligence and data-driven approaches in strategic open-pit mine planning. Exact algorithms for production planning in mining …
Mining Operations Management: The Other …
Manufacturing Operations Management (MOM) has been a key practice area at LNS Research for over three years, but as we've added coverage of Asset Performance Management (APM) to our portfolio mining …
Operations research for mining: A classification and …
Kozan, Erhan & Liu, Shi Qiang (2011) Operations research for mining: A classification and literature review. ASOR Bulletin, 30(1), pp. 2-23. View at publisher Description In this paper, we describe the main processes and operations in mining industries and present a comprehensive survey of operations research methodologies …
Mining | Free Full-Text | Maximizing Mining Operations: …
On the one side, the operational expenses of mining enterprises are showing an upward trend; and on the other side, conventional mining fleet management systems (FMSs) are falling short in addressing the high-dimensionality, stochasticity, and autonomy needed in increasingly complex operations. These major drivers for change …
Operations research for mining: A classification and literature review.
In this paper, we describe the main processes and operations in mining industries and present a comprehensive survey of operations research methodologies that have been applied over the last ...
A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning
Several decades of literature on optimization and simulation applied to both surface and underground mine planning problems, including mine design, long-and short-term production scheduling, equipment selection, and dispatching are reviewed. Applications of operations research to mine planning date back to the 1960s. Since that time, …
A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning
Literature reviews on the use of operations research in mining in general (e.g., Newman et al., 2010; Bjorndall et al., 2011;Kozan and Liu,2011), and below ground mining in particular (Alford et ...
Mine planning: From strategy to operation to optimization
The first of these levers, including Mining Method Selection, Process Route Selection and Scale of Operation levers are discussed in Mine Planning 1 – Strategy.
Operations research for mining: A classification and …
In this paper, we describe the main processes and operations in mining industries and present a comprehensive survey of operations research methodologies …
Optimizing landfill mining operations: a comparative …
Future research should examine the operation's seasonal variations, as this study was conducted only in the dry season. In addition, the study recommends implementing a sensitivity analysis with the NPV to identify critical areas for improvement. ... Towprayoon, S., Chiemchaisri, C. et al. Optimizing landfill mining operations: a …
Review of GIS-Based Applications for Mining: Planning, Operation…
Regarding mine operation environment management, research has been conducted on the prediction of blasting vibration and dust impact, evaluation of the slope stability in an open-pit mine, and ...
Review A review of sustainable mining and resource management
A common sustainable mining framework is focused on reducing environmental impacts of mining. Strategies for assessing the sustainability of mining operations include measuring, monitoring, and working to improve various environmental performance metrics, and these are used to determine whether a mining operation is …
Operations
Operations Our Operations and Projects. Teck is a leading Canadian resource company committed to responsible mining and mineral development, with world-class copper and zinc operations and an industry-leading copper growth portfolio. ... Highland Valley Copper Operations is a copper and molybdenum operation located in south-central British ...
Behind the mining technology transformation | McKinsey
Otherwise, the actual operation of the plant does not change, and the bottom-line benefit cannot be achieved. The organization sometimes requires modifying, too. Traditional mining operations tend to be organized around separate teams responsible for production, maintenance, planning, and the like.
Investigating The Effects of Rainy Season On Open Cast Mining Operation …
Rainfall directly impacts the open-pit surface mining operations in the Thar Coalfield, Pakistan. The overall lithology hosting the lignite type of coal seams in the study area includes Dune Sand ...
Data mining and operational research: techniques and applications
In the context of contemporary organizations, the major motivating factors for the interest in, and application of, data mining techniques can be categorized as: changed business environment (eg pressure on traditional marketing techniques, shorter time to market, shorter product life cycles, and increased competition and business risks), …
Handbook of Operations Research in Natural Resources
Andrés Weintraub is the very top person in Natural Resource research. Moreover, he has an international reputation in OR and a former president of the International Federation of Operational Research Societies (IFORS). He has selected co-editors who are at the top of the sub-fields in natural resources: agriculture, fisheries, …
Operations research for mining
In this paper, we describe the main processes and operations in mining industries and present a comprehensive survey of operations research methodologies …
A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning
This paper reviews the state-of-the-art in short-term underground mine planning, which is critical for future mining activities and reveals a deficiency of research based on the …
Data-driven strategies in operation management: mining …
In recent years, the business ecosystem has focused on understanding new ways of automating, collecting, and analyzing data in order to improve products and business models. These actions allow operations management to improve prediction, value creation, optimization, and automatization. In this study, we develop a novel …
A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning
strategic, tactical, and operational models. Finally, we conclude with the Emerging Areas and Conclusions sec-tion, in which we point out emerging areas in mine planning research. Surface Mining Surface mining, which can be used when ore is close to the earth's surface, is an older and more pro-ductive method than underground mining. Open-pit
Mining and biodiversity: key issues and research needs in …
2. The many ways mining activities impact biodiversity. Mining affects biodiversity at multiple spatial scales (site, landscape, regional and global) through direct (i.e. mineral extraction) and indirect processes (via industries supporting mining operations, and external stakeholders who gain access to biodiversity-rich areas as …
(PDF) On Operations Research and Statistics Techniques: Keys …
This document reviews the main applications of statistics and operations research techniques to the quantitative aspects of Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, fulfilling a pressing need.