Optimizing Mine Production Structure Taking into Account Fixed and Variable Costs

Abstract

This article presents the problem of production structure optimization based on an example of the opencast mine of the raw and rock materials. There is developed optimization model taking into account fixed and variable costs (unit variable cost) in individual months and kind of assortment, the unit cost of storage, demand and production capacity of the mine. The results were found using linear programming method and the LP-Solve. The obtained results clearly illustrate what kind of assortment and in what amount should be produce and storage in individual months, while demand coverage, to minimize the total cost of production and storage and taking into account capacity.