One of the variables that makes the economic stability of a mining project more vulnerable is the variation of ore sale prices. In this work, a sensitivity analysis of optimum pits in relation to the variation of the sale price of ore was performed. It generated a set of optimal pits shells with different net present values (NPV) and different amounts of ore and waste, and the application of discount factors of the ore's sale price was taken as the base. Analyses of this type are useful for the establishment of production planning of a mine. For this study, data obtained from the manganese mine of Morro da Mina of Rio Doce Manganês S.A. was used, and the modulate Pit Optimiser of the Gemcom Surpac 6.0 was applied to generate the optimum pits.
Planning; optimization; analysis of sensibility; Gemcom Surpac 6.0
