This paper develops a goal programming model applied to mining production planning. The objective is to determine the run of each working bench, considering the allocation of load and haulage equipment, in order to supply the processing plant with an appropriate feeding. As each working bench holds different characteristics of quality, the run must be accomplished in a proportional way, being limited by the production capacity of the load and haulage equipment available in the mine. The blending of ore from each working bench should generate a feeding considering quality and production goals according to the given specifications. In this paper the truck static allocation system was adopted for being generally used by small and medium mines, due to the simplification of the operations and at the high cost of implantation of a truck dispatching system. The mathematical programming model was implemented using the optimization software LINGO 7.0 in conjunction with EXCEL 2000 spreadsheet, providing a better interaction between the user and the application. The model was validated using a test instance from the literature, added with production and quality goals.
mining planning; ore blending; mathematical programming; static allocation system
