LIFE OF MINE SCHEDULE FROM MULTIPLE PITS: A CASE STUDY FOR THE TENKE FUNGURUME MINING DISTRICT

摘要

This paper describes the development of a life of mine schedule (LOM) for one of the world's largest known sedimentary Copper-Cobalt districts located in the Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). A particular feature of the Tenke Fungurume LOM schedule is the considerable number of pits/phases for scheduling, each competing to provide the best ore available to a capacity constrained process facility. This paper discusses the main scheduling objectives and constraints, data pre-processing as a scheduling aid, the mine scheduling approach, and results and conclusions.