Study of the impact of the open pit productivity on the economic indicators of mining development

Abstract

The article studied the issue of improving the scientific and methodological base in the field of design and planning of open-pit mining by developing new and adjusting existing methods for determining the ore productivity of an open-pit, which should take into account the interconnection between the mining schedule and the productivity of an open-pit for ore, based on the condition for ensuring the standard volume of finished to the extraction of reserves. When choosing the production of an open-pit for ore, it is necessary to take into account the impact of the interconnection between the schedule of mining and production, based on the conditions of regulatory regulation of the volume of mining for the excavation of reserves, on the cost of ore mining and concentrate production. With an increase in ore productivity, the cost of ore mining, as well as the cost of production of concentrate reduction. At the same time, the very possible productivity of the open-pit for especially minerals is achieved, the economic efficiency of the development of deposits is achieved with the chosen direction of the open-pit. A decrease in productivity for a common mineral by 20 and 40% entails a decrease in profit from the development of the deposit by 10 and 20%, respectively. It has been determined that an increase in the slope angle of the working side of the open-pit significantly reduces the economic efficiency of the development of the deposit due to the fact that the operation of the open -pit with a large slope angle entails not only a decrease in the current stripping ratios as a result of an improvement in the mining schedule, but also a decrease in ore productivity, which reduces the present value of marketable products due to an increase in the period of development of the deposit. The results of the studies performed can be used by design organizations and mining enterprises in determining the ore productivity of an open-pit.