Operations Research in Underground Mine Planning: A Review

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• Personal Author:
  Brickey A ; Chowdu A ; Nesbitt P ; Newman AM
• Description:
  At the time of this writing, the U.S. Geological Survey estimates that the average American-born human will need millions of pounds of fuels, minerals, and other extracted resources in his or her lifetime. Mining is a critical global industry, spanning all but one continent (Antarctica), with the highest-producing countries being China, the United States, Russia, Australia, and India. Increasingly, this demand is driving mining companies to explore and pursue deeper mineral deposits as near-surface deposits deplete. Correspondingly, there has been a significant rise in industry interest in applying operations research techniques to improve underground mine planning. Newman et al. [Newman AM, Rubio E, Caro R, Weintraub A, Eurek K (2010) A review of operations research in mine planning. Interfaces 40(3):222-245] present a review of such techniques, applied to both open pit and underground mining operations. We focus here on the advancements since that publication and concentrate on underground applications in metalliferous deposits, such as copper, iron, and gold. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Equipment Selection Design Standards Heuristics Literature Review Mine Design Mineral Deposits Mining Equipment Mining Industry Optimization Stochastic Modeling Applications Underground Mine Production Scheduling Underground Mines

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• ISSN:
  2644-0865
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Colorado ; OSHA Region 8 ; South Dakota
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  109-132
• Volume:
  52
• Issue:
  2
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20067880
• Citation:
  INFORMS J Appl Anal 2022 Mar; 52(2):109-132
• Email:
  akshay.chowdu@mines.sdsmt.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2022
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/230119/cdc_230119_DS1.pdf
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