International journal of mining, reclamation and environment. His cuttingedge research has fundamentally shifted the way the mining industry solves planning problems, from a traditional deterministic. A stochastic optimization method with inpit waste and. A dynamic stochastic programming approach for openpit mine. International journal for numerical methods in fluids. Advances in applied strategic mine planning is a collection of technical papers addressing core aspects of the sustainable, responsible and optimal development and utilisation of earths mineral resources. Elaborating on the state of the art in the field, it describes the latest technologies and related research as well as the applications of. By snehamoy chatterjee, roussos dimitrakopoulos and hussein mustapha download pdf 7 mb no static citation data no static citation data cite. Roussos dimitrakopoulos the annual production scheduling of open pit mines determines an optimal sequence for annually extracting the mineralized material from the ground. Ore reserve estimation and strategic mine planning. Simultaneous stochastic optimisation of an openpit gold.
Kleingeld is a competent person in the evaluation of mineral resources and mineral reserves, a member of the geostatistical association of southern africa, and was formerly chairman of the diamonds working group of the south african mineral resource committee samrec. Abstract global optimization for mining complexes aims to generate a production schedule for the various mines and processing streams that maximizes the economic value of the enterprise as a whole. Roussos dimitrakopoulos mining engineering mcgill university. Resourcereserve classification with integrated geometric. As simulated orebodies used in stochastic long term mine planning are based on sparse exploration data while grade control data are unavailable at. Society for mining, metallurgy and exploration sme, 2015. The user has requested enhancement of the downloaded file. Smart fields consortium annual meeting day 1 agenda conference room 365 green earth sciences building stanford university thursday, november, 2014. Ramazan2 the production scheduling of open pit mines is an intricate, complex and difficult problem to address due to its large scale and the unavailability of a truly optimal net present value npv solution, as well as the uncertainty in key parameters involved. Advances in applied strategic mine planning springerlink. Engineering optimization, 468, 191152, 2014 bibtex reference jul 2014 a new approach to constrained open pit pushback design using dynamic cutoff grades. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Invaluable discussions were also held with chris fielding of university of queensland. Geoscience australia provided access and use of regional gravity data.
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Roussos dimitrakopoulos professor and canada research. The optimization of longterm planning deals with the maximization of cash flows, typically in the order of hundreds of millions of dollars. Roussos dimitrakopoulos is the pioneer and recognized. Studies stochastic modelling and simulation, stochastic optimization, and selflearning industrial mining. The notion of mining complexes is promising in terms of waste and tailings management, since the opportunities given by the diverse processing. Elaborating on the state of the art in the field, it describes the latest. Advances in applied strategic mine planning pdf roussos dimitrakopoulos advances. Pdf recent developments in modelling and optimization approaches for the production of. Pdf advances in applied strategic mine planning roussos dimitrakopoulos academia. Simultaneous stochastic optimization of an open pit gold mining. Dimitrakopoulos, roussos stateoftheart technologies for riskbased orebody modelling and mine planning, optimization and risk management conditional simulation framework founded upon new fast and efficient methods for.
He was also the recipient of georges matheron lectureship award 2015 from the international association for mathematical geosciences. Kizilkale and dimitrakopoulos 2014 present a dynamic programming approach that optimizes the mining rates under market uncertainty. Optimized open pit mine design, pushbacks and the gap. A new approach for geological pattern recognition using. This book presents a collection of papers on topics in the field of strategic mine planning, including orebody modeling, mineplanning optimization and the optimization of mining complexes. Abstractgrade control and orewaste delineation in open pit mining operations was traditionally based on the comparison of estimated grades with an economic cutoff. Advances in applied strategic mine planning roussos. Fig 5 vertical velocity versus bench in ipu no 3 on the dynamics of mining from management 605 at uet lahore. Del castillo and dimitrakopoulos 2014 integrate both uncertainties in order to optimize the ultimate pit limit based upon a probabilistic analysis over the lifeofmine, based on a set of combined scenarios. Water resources research publishes original research articles and commentaries on hydrology, water resources, and the social sciences of water and that provide a broad understanding of the role of water in earths system. Dimitrakopoulos, 2018 as they do not account for uncertainty, but are. Joerg benndorfprofessor in geomonitoring and mine surveying, freiberg university of technologyverified email at mabb. If for example nvar4, then we have x, y, z and value at the node x,y,z. Advances in applied strategic mine planning 1st ed.
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Postdoctoral research fellow positions in stochastic. On the dynamics of mining operations in open pit mines. Mineral deposits frequently contain several elements of interest that are spatially correlated and require the use of joint geostatistical simulation techniques in order to generate models preserving their spatial relationships. All content following this page was uploaded by roussos dimitrakopoulos on 28 december 2015. Cosmin paduraru and roussos dimitrakopoulos 2014 mineral supply chain optimization under uncertainty using approximate dynamic programming. Advances in applied strategic mine planning ausimm. Dimitrakopoulos, with 2 highly influential citations and 2 scientific research papers. Postdoctoral research fellow positions in stochastic optimization of mining complexesmineral value chains. A mining complex is composed of mines, mineral processing streams, stockpiles, and waste facilities, which culminate with generated products that are delivered to customers. View on the dynamics of mining operations in open pit mines from management 605 at uet lahore.
The meeting was extremely successful and was attended by more than 40 participants representing 18 countries. Roussos dimitrakopoulos professor and canada research chair. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile. Roussos dimitrakopoulos is a professor and canada research chair tier i in sustainable mineral resource development and optimisation under uncertainty, and director, cosmo stochastic mine planning laboratory. T his is the third edition of an indispensable guide to one of the important and enduring subject areas of everyday life. Geology of australian and papua new guinean mineral deposits monograph australasian institute of mining and metallurgy australasian institute of mining and metallurgy. Advances in applied strategic mine planning pdf ausimm. Roussos dimitrakopoulos advances in applied strategic mine. Grade uncertainty and risk effects in openpit design article in mining technology imm transactions section a 111. This guidebook provides an overview to the proven applied strategic planning process. Roussos dimitrakopoulos mcgill university academia. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book.
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Longterm mine planning optimization is core element of mineral resource. New digital technologies and risk management in strategic. All intext references underlined in blue are added to the original document. If interested, please contact roussos dimitrakopoulos at email. The approach takes short scale orebody information in the form of grade control data into account. Roussos dimitrakopoulos is a professor and canada research chair tier i in sustainable mineral resource development and optimization under uncertainty, and director, cosmo stochastic mine. Roussos dimitrakopoulos is the pioneer and recognized worlds leading authorityin stochastic mine modelling, planning and production scheduling optimization of industrial mining complexes. Feb 01, 2011 implementation of conditional simulation by successive residuals implementation of conditional simulation by successive residuals jewbali, arja. Amina lamghari, roussos dimitrakopoulos, and jacques a. Orebody modelling and strategic mine planning uncertainty. Roussos dimitrakopoulos is a professor and canada research chair tier i in sustainable mineral resource development and optimization under uncertainty, and director, cosmo stochastic mine planning laboratory. Conditional simulation algorithms for modelling orebody.
A technological perspective on risk management and sustainability roussos dimitrakopoulos, professor and canada research chair tier i in sustainable mineral resource development and optimization under uncertainty director, cosmo stochastic. Dec 17, 2002 if the address matches an existing account you will receive an email with instructions to retrieve your username. Orebody modeling and strategic mine planning are arguably the backbone of the industry and represent an intricate, complex and critically important part of mining ventures. Roussos dimitrakopoulos is a canadian goescientist, professor at mcgill university. From primitive times onwards, special rites and festivals have marked the religious mysteries of existence the enig.
The supply uncertainty and variability of materials extracted from the mines, which flow through a mining complex to generate products, can be quantified through geostatistical simulations and can be. In this paper, a twophase solution approach based on rockafellar and wets progressive hedging algorithm ph is proposed. Abstract scheduling production in openpit mines is characterized by uncertainty about the metal content of the orebody the reserve and leads to a complex largescale mixedinteger stochastic optimization problem. Global optimization of open pit mining complexes with. Download linear programming and network flows 2nd ed ebook pdf or read online books. Fig 5 vertical velocity versus bench in ipu no 3 on the. In the 1990s, an alternative approach to ore selection was applied and established, taking into account financial indicators through the socalled economic classification functions in combination with grade. Open pit mine design and longterm production scheduling is a critically important part of mining ventures.
Generalized laguerre expansions of multivariate probability. The book has been written to help miners succeed in the exceedingly challenging world of project management. Advances in applied strategic mine planning pdf roussos dimitrakopoulos advances in applied strategic mine planning. International journal of mining science and technology is an englishlanguage journal. The celebration of special days and seasons, both religious and secular, is universal. Oct 20, 2011 if the address matches an existing account you will receive an email with instructions to retrieve your username. Roussos dimitrakopoulos, mcgill university, cosmo stochastic mine planning laboratory, mining and materials engineering, faculty member. Mathematical geosciences roussos dimitrakopoulos department of mining, metals and materials engineering, mcgill university, montreal h3a 2a7, canada tel. Although jointsimulation methods have long been available, they are impractical when it comes to more than three variables and mid to large size deposits.
International journal of surface mining, reclamation and environment issn. A quantitative valuation study has been made of australian state surveys with the specific goals of 1 establishing the worth of current programs upgrading state government geoscientific information infrastructure, and 2 considering the results of the valuation in terms of strategic planning. Fast waveletbased stochastic simulation using training images. Multivariate blocksupport simulation of the yandi iron ore. Contrary to the traditional smooth orebody models, conditionally simulated orebodies provide the tools to quantify uncertainty in grade variability and the resulting effects on various aspects of open pit design. Professor canada research chair tier i in sustainable mineral resource development and optimization under uncertainty phd ecole polytechnique of. Ferland journal of the operational research society, 659, 514, 2014 bibtex reference aug 2014. Quantitative analysis of mineral resources for strategic. Roussos dimitrakopoulos abstract this paper presents a metaheuristic solution approach based on tabu search for the openpit mine production scheduling problem with metal uncertainty.