Shrink stope design using an inventory model
This paper addresses the fact that current practice in shrink-stoping in hard rock mining invariably ignores the inventory holding cost of the blasted ore. We believe, and show by example, that ignoring this cost could make the difference between profit and loss in an industry that, at present, need...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Operations Research Society of South Africa (ORSSA)
2003-12-01
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Series: | ORiON |
Online Access: | http://orion.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/481 |