A review of digital transformation in mining

A Young, P Rogers - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 2019 - Springer
Digital transformation (DT) is the process by which entities adapt themselves to modern
technology. As digital technology becomes more prevalent (automation, cameras, sensors …

A systematic review of artificial intelligence and data-driven approaches in strategic open-pit mine planning

R Noriega, Y Pourrahimian - Resources Policy, 2022 - Elsevier
The significant increase in data availability and high-computing power and innovations in
real-time monitoring systems enable the technological transformation of the mining industry …

A comprehensive interdisciplinary review of mine supply chain management

L Zeng, SQ Liu, E Kozan, P Corry, M Masoud - Resources policy, 2021 - Elsevier
There is an everlasting distance and interdependence between mines and end-users as it
involves different types of equipment, infrastructure, and facilities, including excavators …

Automation in the mining industry: Review of technology, systems, human factors, and political risk

WP Rogers, MM Kahraman, FA Drews, K Powell… - Mining, metallurgy & …, 2019 - Springer
In the opinion of these authors, technology alone can never give an organization an edge
over competitors or provide an industry step change. However, history has shown that …

Joint stochastic short-term production scheduling and fleet management optimization for mining complexes

C Both, R Dimitrakopoulos - Optimization and Engineering, 2020 - Springer
This article presents a novel stochastic optimization model that simultaneously optimizes the
short-term extraction sequence, shovel relocation, scheduling of a heterogeneous hauling …

Deep neural network for predicting ore production by truck-haulage systems in open-pit mines

J Baek, Y Choi - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
This paper proposes a deep neural network (DNN)-based method for predicting ore
production by truck-haulage systems in open-pit mines. The proposed method utilizes two …

Integrating production planning with truck-dispatching decisions through reinforcement learning while managing uncertainty

JP de Carvalho, R Dimitrakopoulos - Minerals, 2021 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a new truck dispatching policy approach that is adaptive given different
mining complex configurations in order to deliver supply material extracted by the shovels to …

Review of solution methodologies for open pit mine production scheduling problem

K Fathollahzadeh, MWA Asad… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The open pit mine production scheduling problem determines a sequence of three-
dimensional, notional block extraction that maximises net present value (NPV) of future cash …

Adaptive self-learning mechanisms for updating short-term production decisions in an industrial mining complex

A Kumar, R Dimitrakopoulos, M Maulen - Journal of Intelligent …, 2020 - Springer
A mining complex is an integrated value chain where the materials extracted from a group of
mineral deposits are sent to different processing streams to produce sellable products. A …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating geometallurgical ball mill throughput predictions into short-term stochastic production scheduling in mining complexes

C Both, R Dimitrakopoulos - International Journal of Mining Science and …, 2023 - Elsevier
This article presents a novel approach to integrate a throughput prediction model for the ball
mill into short-term stochastic production scheduling in mining complexes. The datasets for …