Research Article

Long-Term Room and Pillar Mine Production Planning Based on Fuzzy 0-1 Linear Programing and Multicriteria Clustering Algorithm with Uncertainty

Table 2

Input parameters.

ParameterValue

Number of blocks115

Block dimension25×25×5 m

Pillar dimension8×8×5 m

Planning time5 years; 60 months

Number of technological mining cuts5

Metal content of concentrate

Lead70%

Zinc50%

Metal recovery rate

Lead95 %

Zinc 42 %

Mill recovery rate

Lead92 %

Zinc80 %

Capital costs ($)

Capacity of production (t/year)-triangular fuzzy number

Capacity constraint (t/year)± 10%

Fuzzy C-mean clustering-coefficient of fuzzification2

Metal price linguistic variables M=7very very low (VVL), very low (VL), low (L), medium (M), high (H), very high (VH), very very high (VVH)

Discount rate-triangular fuzzy number (%)