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Steffen synopsis this paper addresses the methodology of introducing risk into the development of mine plans for open pit mines. Open pit mine planning and design, 2nd edition, pack. This is a key element in open pit mine planning and design. In mine planning, decisions as to how and when to act include the extraction and routing of blocks of ore, the timing of lumpy decisions such as pushbacks or transitions from open pit to underground mining, and the placement of shafts. Munoz g, espinoza d, goycoolea m, moreno e, queyranne m and letelier o 2018 a. Open pit mine planning and design a guide to using open pit data in micromines scheduler part 2 february 21, 2017 part 2, will address micromines simple and intuitive workflow for setting up a scheduler project. Guidelines for open pit slope design 1st edition john.
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