Optimization of cement limestone quarry production planning to consistenty supply raw materials for cemen plants

Abstract

Long-term mining production planning for cement limestones quarries is a vital task to supply a sustainable raw materials for cement plants. In normal cases, quarry production planning is completed by manual calculations which meetss technical and technological mining conditions. However, this method is worthly efforts and results in the increase of expenses for purchasing additive materials while varying cement product quality. To eliminate these shortcomings, most cement quarries have applied deposit block models which integrate with optimization algorithms operating in computers. Nevertheless, geological uncertainty leads to the unsustainability and in some cases the deplition in raw material supply. This research proposess a new solution to mitigate those drawbacks. In addition, an application has been introduced based on this solution to evaluate its efficiency in a case study in Tà Thiết limeston quarry.