Determining the Oil Sands Mining Limit With Lerchs-Grossmann O5ptimization

- Organization:
- Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum
- Pages:
- 5
- File Size:
- 282 KB
- Publication Date:
- Jan 1, 2014
Abstract
ABSTRACT The mining limit in oil sands is regulated by the ratio of total mining volume (ore, interburden, and overburden) one has to mine per volume of bitumen in place (TV/BIP). This paper presents a mathematical solution for creating the most economical pit outline where the TV/BIP ratio upper limit is 12, by combining mining economic theory and the Lerchs-Grossmann (LG) algorithm.
Citation
APA:
(2014) Determining the Oil Sands Mining Limit With Lerchs-Grossmann O5ptimizationMLA: Determining the Oil Sands Mining Limit With Lerchs-Grossmann O5ptimization. Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy and Petroleum, 2014.