Optimizing continuous miner coal production systems based on production and production cost

Conference · Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2005

OSTI ID:20741124

Chugh, Y P; Patwardhan, A; Moharana, A ^[1]

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1. Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL (United States). Department of Mining and Minerals Resources Engineering

The purpose is to develop a face production cost model for room-and-pillar mining, to integrate the model with SIU-Suboleski production (SSP) modeling software, and to show that combining face production cost with ROM production provides a better indicator for comparing equipment costs. Several production planning scenarios were modeled. An SSP model was developed that incorporates capital, operating, and production costs for each option and calculates an estimate of face production cost on a raw coal basis. 6 refs., 5 figs., 6 tabs.

• OSTI ID: 20741124
• Resource Relation: Conference: 14. international symposium on mine planning and equipment selection (MPES 2005); 5. international conference on computer applications in the minerals industry (CAMI 2005), Banff, AB (Canada), 31 Oct-3 Nov 2005; Related Information: In: The fourteenth international symposium on mine planning and equipment selection (MPES) 2005 and the fifth international conference on computer applications in the minerals industry (CAMI) 2005, by Singhal, R.J.; Fytas, K.; Chiwetelu, C. (eds.), CD-ROM pages.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
COAL MINING
ROOM AND PILLAR MINING
PLANNING
OPTIMIZATION
MINING EQUIPMENT
CONTINUOUS MINERS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COST ESTIMATION
MINE CARS
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS