• Global Optimisation of Multi-Plant Manganese Alloy Production 

      Digernes, Martin Naterstad; Rudi, Lars; Andersson, Henrik; Stålhane, Magnus; Wasbø, Stein O.; Knudsen, Brage Rugstad (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This paper studies the problem of multi-plant manganese alloy production. The problem consists of finding the optimal furnace feed of ores, fluxes, coke, and slag that yields output products which meet customer specifications, ...
    • Optimisation of Manganese Alloy Multi-plant Production Planning 

      Digernes, Martin Naterstad; Rudi, Lars (Master thesis, 2017)
      The average concentration of manganese in the earth s crust is nearly 0.1%, making it the fourth most abundant of the metals in commercial use. Manganese alloys are mainly consumed as alloying elements in the steel industry. ...