State-of-the-art optimization methods for short-term mine planning [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]

Maintaining short-term planning aligned with the ultimate long-term plan is challenging. This requires many details to be modelled on a daily or weekly basis to reach this target. Short-term planning is more challenging than medium- and long-term planning because it deals with daily challenges with...

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Main Authors: Nasib Al Habib, Moise Kambala Malundamene, Hooman Askari-Nasab, Khalil Abdessamad, Saâd Soulaimani
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Moise Kambala Malundamene
Hooman Askari-Nasab
Khalil Abdessamad
Saâd Soulaimani
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description Maintaining short-term planning aligned with the ultimate long-term plan is challenging. This requires many details to be modelled on a daily or weekly basis to reach this target. Short-term planning is more challenging than medium- and long-term planning because it deals with daily challenges with block model changes, mining cut polygons variation, which increases the gap between medium- and long-term plans for each material to be mined. Short-term mine planning teams are expected to identify and manage potential risks to mitigate them, and eventually achieve the long-term objective of maximizing the Net Present Value (NPV). Very few studies have identified the problems that exist in short-term mine planning and provided technical solutions to overcome them for open-pit mines. One of the complexities associated with short-term planning is the creation of polygons or mining cuts by clustering before optimizing and scheduling the plan to reduce the computational expense of mine planning models. The primary objective of this study is to review the latest papers describing short-term mine planning challenges and technical solutions proposed to optimize mine planning for open-pit mines.
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spelling doaj-art-82349b9f8dec44a78cd4401fdca6043e2025-08-20T02:56:33ZengF1000 Research LtdF1000Research2046-14022025-04-011310.12688/f1000research.152986.2177698State-of-the-art optimization methods for short-term mine planning [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]Nasib Al Habib0https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5142-2667Moise Kambala Malundamene1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0422-2220Hooman Askari-Nasab2Khalil Abdessamad3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9232-4832Saâd Soulaimani4Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, t6E 2J7, CanadaMining Engineering, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Rabat, Agdal, Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer, MoroccoCivil and Environmental Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, t6E 2J7, CanadaMining Engineering, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Rabat, Agdal, Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer, MoroccoMining Engineering, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Mines de Rabat, Agdal, Rabat-Sale-Zemmour-Zaer, MoroccoMaintaining short-term planning aligned with the ultimate long-term plan is challenging. This requires many details to be modelled on a daily or weekly basis to reach this target. Short-term planning is more challenging than medium- and long-term planning because it deals with daily challenges with block model changes, mining cut polygons variation, which increases the gap between medium- and long-term plans for each material to be mined. Short-term mine planning teams are expected to identify and manage potential risks to mitigate them, and eventually achieve the long-term objective of maximizing the Net Present Value (NPV). Very few studies have identified the problems that exist in short-term mine planning and provided technical solutions to overcome them for open-pit mines. One of the complexities associated with short-term planning is the creation of polygons or mining cuts by clustering before optimizing and scheduling the plan to reduce the computational expense of mine planning models. The primary objective of this study is to review the latest papers describing short-term mine planning challenges and technical solutions proposed to optimize mine planning for open-pit mines.https://f1000research.com/articles/13-1107/v2Open pit mines Mining planning optimization Short-term mine planning operational planningeng
spellingShingle Nasib Al Habib
Moise Kambala Malundamene
Hooman Askari-Nasab
Khalil Abdessamad
Saâd Soulaimani
State-of-the-art optimization methods for short-term mine planning [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
F1000Research
Open pit mines
Mining planning optimization
Short-term mine planning
operational planning
eng
title State-of-the-art optimization methods for short-term mine planning [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
title_full State-of-the-art optimization methods for short-term mine planning [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
title_fullStr State-of-the-art optimization methods for short-term mine planning [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
title_full_unstemmed State-of-the-art optimization methods for short-term mine planning [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
title_short State-of-the-art optimization methods for short-term mine planning [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations]
title_sort state of the art optimization methods for short term mine planning version 2 peer review 1 approved 2 approved with reservations
topic Open pit mines
Mining planning optimization
Short-term mine planning
operational planning
eng
url https://f1000research.com/articles/13-1107/v2
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