Metodologia de planejamento estratégico de lavra incorporando riscos e incertezas para a obtenção de resultados operacionais. / Strategical minnig planning methodology incorporating risks and uncertanties to obtain operational results.

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2008

RESUMO

Strategic mine planning corresponds to the process to determine the best mine design and scheduling according to a previously stablished strategy. It is considered as a key element for the success of a mining venture, once supports the decision process related to it conduct and development. Conventional strategic mine planning methods are based on deterministics models, which are not capable to take into account the intrinsic variability related to it main components. Therefore, it can present results which are fairly distant from the reality and even compromise mine feasibility. Geological uncertainties are considered to be a major contributor to projects which fail to meet expectations. This study presents a comprehensive, multistage, mine planning methodology which utilizes conditional simulated models to address the risks and uncertainties associated with geological properties in order to measure, quantify and assess these factors throughout the mine planning process. This transfer function integrates and encompasses different quantitative analysis methods including graph theory, set theory, floating stopes and dynamic programming. Those are driven by risk measurements and the results are converted into mine activities whose final scheduling can be further refined in a PERT-GANTT interface. This also allows for qualitative analysis being undertaken in the final mine scheduling hence ensuring that operating flexibility and strategic adaptability could be also taken into account. The products obtained from this methodology, when compared with traditional methods, ensure that a strategic mine planning could achieve net present value maximization, constrained by operational elements and a strategy previously adopted, and at the same time it is also capable to evaluate the mine sensitivities according to it main components variation. Hence this methodology will offer and deliver higher safety and correction to the decision process associated to the mine venture.

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análise de risco mineração planejamento estratégico strategic planning uncertainties and risk analysis mining seqüenciamento da produção scheduling

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