Abstract

FRANCO SEPULVEDA, GIOVANNI; BRANCH BEDOYA, JOHN WILLIAN  and  JARAMILLO ALVAREZ, PATRICIA. AN APPOXIMATION TO THE OPEN PIT MINE PLANNING APPROACH BASED ON DECISIONS UNDER UNCERTAINTY. Bol. cienc. tierra [online]. 2010, n.28, pp.07-14. ISSN 0120-3630.

This article first presents a description of the mine planning process from a classical view and its relation to existing mine planning processes that are based on optimization in its various stages. Then be made an approach to planning processes open pit mining from an approach based on decisions under uncertainty. Finally, it performs a critical analysis of the items found divided into five categories: geological models, mine planning, financial evaluation, decisions under uncertainty and optimization models.

Keywords : Decisions under uncertainty; Mine planning; Open pit mine; Risk.

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