This article entitled Integrated pit, dump and haulage network optimisation for mine scheduling – a linear programming approach, by François Bazin of IMC and Hubert Dumon of Koniambo Nickel SAS was first published in The AusIMM Bulletin February 2014 edition.

The paper explores a laterite nickel mine case study of a production schedule that optimises the project net present value of an integrated network of mining areas, roads and waste dumps