Reduced access to shallow mineral resources, increased demand for minerals, and
advances in technology have led to the development of deep underground mines. The …

Mineral extraction plays a key role in the global raw materials supply chain, however the
exhaustion of shallow deposits and typical scarcity of sampled data during exploration …

Stope layout optimisation is an important sub-problem of the generic underground mining
optimisation problem that contributes towards optimal ore extraction. It is a growing research …

The integrated optimization of stope design and underground mine production scheduling is
an approach that has been shown to effectively leverage the synergies among these two …

Underground mine planning engineers face significant challenges when determining what
geometry provides the most profitable and safe stope for extraction. Several techniques and …