Opencast Mining: How Much to Excavate


Parameters

Table 14.1 shows the parameters that are used in this example.

Table 14.1: Parameters

Parameter Name

Interpretation

level[block]

Level of block

row[block]

Row of block

column[block]

Column of block

revenue[block]

Revenue obtained from extracting block

cost[level]

Cost of extracting block per level

full_value

Revenue obtained from a 100% value block

profit[block]

Profit obtained from extracting block