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Closed Loop Management in Mineral Resource Extraction

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This Chapter introduces the closed-loop management concept of mineral resources focusing on grade control. This Chapter introduces first in the traditional mineral resource extraction chain and discusses some recent developments in production monitoring. Subsequently, it describes underlying models and optimization tasks in mining and introduces to the closed-loop mineral resource management (CLMRM).

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  1. Department of Mine Surveying and Geodesy, University of Technology Bergakademie Freiberg, Freiberg, Sachsen, Germany

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Benndorf, J. (2020). A Closed-Loop Approach for Mineral Resource Extraction. In: Closed Loop Management in Mineral Resource Extraction. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-40900-5_2

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