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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2003
Gary Allan Froyland, Kensington, AU;
Merab Menabde, Cheltenham, AU;
Gary Allan Froyland, Kensington, AU;
Merab Menabde, Cheltenham, AU;
BHP Billiton Innovation Pty Ltd., Melbourne, Victoria, AU;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of extracting resource(s) from a particular location. In particular, the present invention relates to the planning, design and processing related to a mine location in a manner based on enhancing the extraction of material considered of value, relative to the effort and/or time in extracting that material. The present application discloses, amongst other things, a method of and apparatus for determining the removal of material(s) from a location, determining the removal of material(s) of a differing relative value from a location, determining a schedule corresponding to a risk and/or return basis, determining aggregated block ordering for the extraction of material from a location, determining a schedule for extraction of dumps and determining a mine design.