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AssigneeBHP Billiton Innovation Pty Ltd.
InventorsGary Froyland, Merab Menabde
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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 1 or time in extracting that material. The present application discloses, amongst other things, a method of and apparatus for determining slope constraints, determining a cluster of material, determining characteristics of a selected portion of material, analysing a selected volume of material, propagating dusters, forming clusters, mine design, aggregation of blocks into collections or clusters, splitting of waste and ore in clumps, determining a selected group of blocks to be mined, clump ordering and identifying clusters for pushback design.
A method of aggregating a plurality of blocks related to a design configuration for extracting material from a particular location, the method including the steps of:
A method of determining slope constraints related to a design configuration for extracting material from a particular location, the method including the steps of:
A computer program product including:
Apparatus adapted to aggregating a plurality of blocks related to a design configuration for extracting material from a particular location, the apparatus including:
Apparatus adapted to determining slope constraints related to a design configuration for extracting material from a particular location, the apparatus including:
A method of determining a cluster of material, the method including the steps of:
Apparatus adapted to determining a cluster of material, the apparatus including:
A method of determining characteristics of a selected portion of material, the method including the steps of:
Apparatus adapted to determine characteristics of a selected portion of material, the apparatus including:
A method of analysing a selected volume of material, the material being at least partially comprised of a plurality of blocks, the method including the steps of:
Apparatus adapted to analyse a selected volume of material, the material being at least partially comprised of a plurality of blocks, the apparatus including:
A method of determining a selected group of blocks of a mine pit which are capable of being mined, the method including the step of
A method of determining a selected group of blocks of a mine pit which are capable of being mined, the method including the step of
A method of determining a selected group of blocks of a mine pit which are capable of being mined, the method including the step of
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