Sequenciamento e programação de lavra com alocação de equipamentos de carga.

Abstract

This paper focuses on the mining scheduling problem in open pit, considering the allocation of loading equipment. This study considers the existence of a heterogeneous fleet loading equipment and two types of mineable material, namely ore or waste. For the mining of ore are considered quality requirements to be met by the ore blending, a crusher, the capacity of operation of the processing plant and a stockpile which feed the plant when there is lack of ore in mining fronts, called ROM stockpile. In a mine, loading can be managed by a mining plan that describes the movement and the schedule of each load equipment over time. In this context, we present a mathematical model supported by an algorithm that is responsible for moving the time horizon for each model run, with the goal of generating mining orders till resolved to optimality. Together, these orders describe the mining plan of the loading equipment. The computational experiments, conducted using data from a copper deposit, show the effectiveness of the proposal considering a medium-term horizon.