Geometallurgy Applied to Mine Planning
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 29 July 2026 | Viewed by 2443
Special Issue Editors
Interests: geometallurgy; mine planning; comminution; simulation; optimization
Interests: predictive geometallurgy; geostatistics; mineral resource modeling; machine learning; deep learning
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Geometallurgy is an approach that combines geology, mining, and processes to describe the deposits in detail. Mine planning is an optimization method to extract mineral reserves to add value to the business. Combining geometallurgy with mine planning can produce scenarios close to reality and avoid undesired surprises due to the lack of characterization used in projects and operations. Different lithologies can have distinct responses during mineral processing and this information can be included in the block models developing the called “geometallurgical block model”. The challenge for mine planners is producing reliable mine planning from the geometallurgical block model to obtain a precise, fast, and consistent decision-making process.
Prof. Dr. Douglas Mazzinghy
Prof. Dr. Julian Ortiz
Prof. Dr. Nelson Morales
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- mine planning including geometallurgical variables
- deterministic and probabilistic mine planning modelling
- tactical or strategic geometallurgy applied to mine planning
- case studies using real or synthetic datasets
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