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Ultimate Pit Limit

Ultimate Pit Limit is the optimal final excavation boundary in open-pit mine design that maximizes net present value while satisfying geological, economic, and operational constraints.

26

Publications

665

Citations

79

Authors

30

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

8

Variants

Final Pit LimitUltimate Pit Boundary

Parents

Publications

26

Open-Pit Block-Sequencing Formulations: A Tutorial

W. Brian Lambert, Andrea Brickey, Alexandra M. Newman et al. · INFORMS Journal on Applied Analytics · 2014 · 66 citations

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A mathematical programming viewpoint for solving the ultimate pit problem

Robert G. Underwood, Boleslaw Tolwinski · European Journal of Operational Research · 1998 · 63 citations

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Incorporation of Geometallurgical Attributes and Geological Uncertainty into Long-Term Open-Pit Mine Planning

Nelson Morales, Sebastián Seguel, Alejandro Cáceres‐Mella et al. · Minerals · 2019 · 58 citations · Full text

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Production phase and ultimate pit limit design under commodity price uncertainty

Snehamoy Chatterjee, Manas Ranjan Sethi, Mohammad Waqar Ali Asad · European Journal of Operational Research · 2015 · 55 citations

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Mine design selection under uncertainty

Siamak Sabour, Roussos Dimitrakopoulos, Mustafa Kumral · Mining Technology Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy Section A · 2008 · 36 citations

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Authors

79

  1. RD
    Roussos Dimitrakopoulos

    McGill University, Canada

    3 publications · 73 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. XX
    Xiaochuan Xu

    Northeastern University, China

    2 publications · 53 citations

    2

    h-index

  3. XG
    Xiaowei Gu

    Northeastern University, China

    2 publications · 53 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. MW
    Mohammad Waqar Ali Asad

    Curtin University, Australia

    2 publications · 73 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. AH
    Amir Houssain Bangian

    Islamic Azad University South Tehran Branch, Iran

    1 publications · 14 citations

    1

    h-index

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Institutions

30

  1. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    84 citations

  2. Colorado School of Mines

    Golden, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    261 citations

  3. Northeastern University

    Shenyang, China

    2 h-index

    11 publications

    286 citations

  4. Curtin University

    Perth, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    73 citations

  5. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    74 citations

  6. Islamic Azad University South Tehran Branch

    Tehran, Iran

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    64 citations

  7. Université Laval

    Québec, Canada

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    66 citations

  8. Michigan Technological University

    Houghton, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    55 citations

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Venues

  1. 2

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  2. 2

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  3. European Journal of Operational Research

    2 publications · 118 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. Journal of mining and environment

    2 publications · 31 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. Engineering Optimization

    1 publications · 18 citations

    1

    h-index

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