#5197. Optimisation of life-of-mine production scheduling for block-caving mines under mineral resource and material mixing uncertainty

September 2026publication date
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Earth-Surface Processes;
Geology;
Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology;
Management of Technology and Innovation;
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Abstract:
This paper presents a methodology to integrate mineral resource uncertainty from scarce orebody sampling and material mixing uncertainty due to ore flow into the life-of-mine production scheduling of block caving mines. Geological uncertainty is integrated using a Sequential Gaussian Simulation workflow and material mixing uncertainty by simulating material flow using a Cone of Movement concept. A case study is presented in which the uncertainty-based workflow is compared with a deterministic workflow.
Keywords:
block caving; Life-of-mine production scheduling; mineral resource uncertainty; mixing uncertainty; uncertainty-based optimisation

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