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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377The Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy VOLUME 119 MAY Optimization of iron ore blending in the COREX shaft furnace X. Liu1, C. Liu2, B. Wang2, and F. Ye2 ...
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WhatsApp: +86 182036953771. Introduction. After the last commodities supercycle of iron ore, mining companies started to have as their main objective the fulfillment of ore quality goals and reduction of the variability of certain control parameters (such as the grade of iron, silica, manganese, and particle size range) without detriment to the production volume.
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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Published 28 Feb 2019 Abstract This paper studies the production and distribution planning problem faced by the iron ore mining companies, which aims to minimize the total costs for the whole production and distribution system of the iron ore concentrate.
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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Abstract: The preprocessing part of an iron ore mining production line is being modelled, together with description of the algorithms for its optimization with respect to criteria and constraints corresponding to the relevant industrial standards.
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