This review examines the current state-of-the-art in short-term planning for open-pit mines,
with a granularity that spans days, weeks or months, and a horizon of less than one to two …

In-Pit Crushing and Conveying (IPCC) has gained momentum in recent years to replace
trucks partially or fully in large open pit mines because of the shovel-truck system's …

Discrete event simulation (DES) is a computational tool capable of simulating the interplay of
important variables and processes within complex mining systems that are subject to …

Oil remains a major contributor to global primary energy supply and is, thus, fundamental to
the continued functioning of modern society and related industries. Conventional oil and gas …

This paper examines a problem related to dispatching materials to spreaders in coal (lignite)
mines operated under the paradigm of continuously excavated material flow. In the …

This work presents a model for determining the availability of continuous systems at open
pits by applying fuzzy logic and fuzzy inference systems. The applied model was formed by …

The flow of information and consequently the decision-making along the chain of mining
from exploration to beneficiation typically occurs in a discontinuous fashion over long time …

This contribution presents an innovative and integrated framework for real-time-process
reconciliation and optimization (RTRO) in large continuous open pit coal mines. RTRO-Coal …

Short-term production plans are the basis for operational mine production schedules. They
concentrate on making long-term mine plans operationally feasible. Furthermore, some …

Continuous mining systems containing multiple excavators producing multiple products of
raw materials are highly complex, exhibiting strong interdependency between constituents …