Patent ID: 9589076
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: E21C,G06F

Claim:
1. A method for an area-based designing of an open pit mine, said method comprising: receiving, at a computer system, an economic shell for an open pit mine location; receiving, at the computer system, user parametric input denoting an open pit mine shape based on the economic shell, wherein the user parametric input is painted over the economic shell; receiving, at the computer system, user adjustable open pit mine design metrics; receiving, at the computer system, a current market condition for at least two types of ore; automatically generating, at the computer system, an open pit mine design including a location of a haul road, the open pit mine design based on the parametric input, the user adjustable open pit mine design metrics, and the current market condition; receiving, at the computer system, an updated market condition for the at least two types of ore; and automatically updating, at the computer system, the location of the haul road based on the updated market condition.