Abstract:In short-term mine planning, mining scheduling is generally defined by designing dig-lines, allocated on benches. The mined ore will be sent to stockpiles, homogenization piles, or a concentration plant. The process to design dig-lines is usually done manually, whereby multiple simultaneous mining fronts are time-consuming and labour-intensive. The manual design of dig-lines tends to produce high variability of the grades throughout certain periods. Due to the limited time to manually multiple test dig-line de… Show more
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