Innovative Solutions for Treating Wastewater from Mining Operations

Explore cutting-edge solutions for treating wastewater from mining operations, including advanced filtration, biological methods, and emerging technologies for sustainable mining practices. ... technology providers, and research institutions is essential for driving innovation and advancing the field of wastewater treatment in the mining ...

Operations research for mining: A classification and literature review

Operations research (OR) has been used in min-ing primarily for the development and exploita-tion stages. Mine planners must make decisions about when and how to perform both surface …

Operations Research in Underground Mine Planning: A Review

The application of mining-specific and generic optimization techniques in the mining industry is deeply rooted in the discipline of operations research (OR). OR has its …

Promoting a Circular Economy in Mining Practices

Integrating circular economy (CE) principles into mining practices offers a promising path toward reducing environmental harm while promoting sustainable resource management. This shift boosts the industry's efficiency and profitability and aligns it with global sustainability goals. This paper delves into strategies for closing material loops, such as waste …

(PDF) Operations Research in Data Mining

The operations research community has contributed significantly to this field, especially through the formulation and solution of numerous data mining problems as optimization problems, and ...

Review A review of sustainable mining and resource management

An expanded framework for sustainable mining is emerging, one that not only focuses on mine operations but that also includes material life cycle. The relevant system boundaries of mining-operations-focused frameworks and mineral life-cycle-focused frameworks can be seen in Fig. 2. While the life-cycle-focused framework includes the entirety of ...

Operations research for mining: A classification and …

Kozan, Erhan & Liu, Shi Qiang (2011) Operations research for mining: A classification and literature review. ASOR Bulletin, 30(1), pp. 2-23. View at publisher Description In this paper, we describe the main processes and operations in mining industries and present a comprehensive survey of operations research methodologies that have been ...

Operations research for mining: A classification and …

In this paper, we describe the main processes and operations in mining industries and present a comprehensive survey of operations research methodologies that have been …

A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning

In this paper, we review several decades of such literature with a particular emphasis on more recent work, suggestions for emerging areas, and highlights of successful industry applications.

Maximizing Mining Operations: Unlocking the Crucial Role …

On the one side, the operational expenses of mining enterprises are showing an upward trend; and on the other side, conventional mining fleet management systems (FMSs) are falling short in addressing the high-dimensionality, stochasticity, and autonomy needed in increasingly complex operations. These major drivers for change have convinced researchers …

(PDF) ASSESSING THE FACTORS INFLUENCING ILLEGAL MINING OPERATIONS …

The research established that whereas the mining companies were negatively impacted by speculative activities because of increased budgets, community agitations, delays in the commencement of ...

Operations Research with Engineering

The remaining 12 credits of coursework can be completed with any ORWE-labeled course not taken as core. Or specialty tracks can be added in areas, for example, including: 1) operations research methodology, 2) systems engineering, 3) computer science, 4) finance and economics, and 5) an existing engineering discipline that is reflected in a department name such as …

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Operations Research involves mathematically modeling physical systems (both naturally occurring and man-made) with a view to determining a course of action for the system to either improve or optimize its functionality.

A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning

Several decades of literature on optimization and simulation applied to both surface and underground mine planning problems, including mine design, long-and short-term production scheduling, equipment selection, and dispatching are reviewed. Applications of operations research to mine planning date back to the 1960s. Since that time, optimization and simulation, …

Operations Research for Mining: A Classification and …

In underground mining operation, the mineral is accessed and hauled to the surface through a network of tunnels, which consist of ramps, hanging walls, stopes, horizontal load-haul-dump (LHD ...

Operations Research in Underground Mine Planning: A …

Literature reviews on the use of operations research in mining in general (e.g., [3][4][5]), and underground mining in particular [6], indicate that: while there is a wealth of research in the ...

Production Scheduling for Strategic Open Pit Mine …

Doctoral Program in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez, Santiago, Chile 7941169; Search for more papers by this author, Daniel Espinoza. ... Multi-stage mine production timetabling with optimising the sizes of mining operations: an application of parallel-machine flow shop scheduling with lot streaming.

(PDF) A review of the impact of mining operations on …

At the same time, mining operations are evaluated to carry out a review of the implications for sustainability. In order to achieve the research aspects, a qualitative evaluation and a semi ...

Fire Token Launches Presale for Tokenized Bitcoin Mining Operation …

Calgary, Canada, January 13th, 2025, Chainwire. Fire Token has announced the launch of its presale for a tokenized Bitcoin mining operation, designed to leverage Canada's low energy costs to optimize operational efficiency. With electricity rates as low as $0.065 per kilowatt-hour (KW/H), the project aims to create the most cost-effective Bitcoin mining operation yet.

Productivity in mining operations: Reversing the downward …

Worldwide mining operations are as much as 28 percent less productive today than a decade ago, according to new McKinsey research. The results from McKinsey's new MineLens Productivity Index (MPI), which adjusts for declining ore grades and mine cost inflation, show that the pronounced decline in productivity is evident across different commodities and is seen in …

Mining goes Digital | Proceedings of the 39th International …

Mining Goes Digital is a collection of 90 high quality, peer reviewed papers covering recent ICT-related developments in: - Geostatistics and Resource Estimation - Mine Planning - Scheduling and Dispatch - Mine Safety and Mine Operation - Internet of Things, Robotics - Emerging Technologies - Synergies from other industries

Integrating renewable energy into mining operations: …

There is an emerging body of literature on how the mining industry might integrate more renewable energy into its operations, classified as follows: (i) literature that focuses on particular mining contexts (typically, remote or off-grid mines), (ii) work that relates to specific renewable technologies, and (iii) research that focuses on a ...

A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning

strategic, tactical, and operational models. Finally, we conclude with the Emerging Areas and Conclusions sec-tion, in which we point out emerging areas in mine planning research. Surface Mining Surface mining, which can be used when ore is close to the earth's surface, is an older and more pro-ductive method than underground mining. Open-pit

Operations Research with Engineering

MNGN516 UNDERGROUND MINE DESIGN 3.0 MNGN536 OPERATIONS RESEARCH TECHNIQUES IN THE MINERAL INDUSTRY 3.0 MNGN539 ADVANCED MINING GEOSTATISTICS 3.0 Doctor of Philosophy in Operations Research with Engineering The ORWE PhD allows students to complete an interdisciplinary doctoral degree in Operations Research …

The impact of autonomous vehicles on mining operations: …

Keyframes are matched with local maps, and map construction is achieved through an octree structure.Considering the specific limitations of coal mining operations in the real environment, which ...

A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning

Applications of operations research to mine planning date back to the 1960s. Since that time, optimization and simulation, in particular, have been applied to both surface and underground mine planning problems, including mine design, long-and short-term production scheduling, equipment selection, and dispatching, inter alia.

A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning | Interfaces

Mining operations determine a long-term production schedule, often to maximize net present value. For a time horizon of between years and decades, optimization models seek …

Operations Research Master's

The Operations Research with Engineering graduate program at Mines gives you an opportunity to take that first step. This interdisciplinary program will elevate your knowledge of chemical processes and manufacturing, socioeconomic, …

A review on the impact of mining operation: Monitoring, …

In the annual publication of the World Mining Data, 65 mineral commodities are produced from 168 countries. This data are statistically summarized and evaluated by World Mining Data [20].The world production of iron and ferrous alloy metals in metric Tons, for five years are given in Table 1.The world production of non-ferrous metals in metric Tons, for five …

Review of Automated Operations in Drilling and Mining

Current advances and trends in the fields of mechanical, material, and software engineering have allowed mining technology to undergo a significant transformation. Aiming to maximize the efficiency and safety of the mining process, several enabling technologies, such as the recent advances in artificial intelligence, IoT, sensor fusion, computational modeling, and …

Mining Engineering

Graduate work is normally centered around subject areas such as mine planning and development, computer-aided mine design, rock mechanics, operations research applied to the mineral industry, environment and sustainability considerations, mine mechanization, mine evaluation, finance and management, and similar mining engineering topics.

(PDF) Mining and the Sustainable Development …

Inability to ensure sustainable mining practice has brought the awareness that mining enterprises must be more pragmatic on achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in their operations ...

Operations research and data mining

Operations research and data mining Sigurdur Olafsson *, Xiaonan Li, Shuning Wu Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, Iowa State University, 2019 Black Engineering, Ames, IA 50011, USA Abstract With the rapid growth of databases in many modern enterprises data mining has become an increasingly important

Synergies of Operations Research and Data Mining

This contribution illustrates the synergies of Operations Research and Data Mining. As a common starting point for the synergies, the notion of application system is defined in terms of appearance and structure. Subsequently, the process models of Operations Research and Data Mining are derived from the elements of an application system.

Mining Operations | MiningMonthly

Stay at the forefront of mining operations with MiningMonthly. Delve into the latest news, advancements, and best practices for streamlined and sustainable mining operations in Australia. Comprehensive coverage of Operations news and analysis ... RESEARCH Premium subscribers only View more. A growing series of reports, each focused on a key ...

Improving productivity in mining operations: a deep …

This research study examines the impact of shifts and lunch breaks on mining operations, particularly focusing on delays in hauling equipment used to supply extracted material to crushers. These delays significantly reduce productivity, averaging below 80% during regular working hours and adversely affecting mine profitability. To address this issue, a Q-learning …

Sustainability in Long-Term Surface Mine Planning: A …

The mining industry, critical for global resource supply, has historically been linked to significant environmental degradation and social challenges, including habitat disruption, water and soil contamination, as well as fatalities. But recently, the industry has been undergoing a transformative change to meet evolving environmental and societal expectations. Operations …

Integrating Clean Energy in Mining Operations: …

Many of these barriers will require further research, development, demonstration, and deployment before we see higher levels of renewables adoption in the mining industry. Thus, this report highlights renewable opportunities, barriers, and enabling approaches. KW - clean energy. KW - mining. KW - sustainablity. U2 - 10.2172/1659921. DO - 10. ...