Road slope analysis to hauling equipment fuel consumption on ore and overburden transport activity at rahman hydraullic open pit mine.
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2019-05
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Afifi Bin Sidek
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In any company, the primary key to consider is the connection between production costs and profit. Nowadays, the price of the metal always fluctuates in the market in mining industries. This means minimizing cost per ton of production is essential if commodity prices fall to maintain profitability.
This project is focused on analyses and compare variations in fuel consumption and the factors contributing to these variations of haul trucks by identifying the effect of resistance on fuel consumption (quantify fuel consumption in different haul road segment). The specific environment being considered is an open pit mining operation in Rahman Hydraulic Tin Company. During mining operation, the ore is transported regularly from the in-pit stock to the processing plants via trucks. Besides that, these trucks are also used to transport overburden (waste rock) to dumps area within the mine. In the beginning, trucks are generally loaded by excavators. After that, the truck will travel to the processing plant and unloaded the material. Diesel is a major cost for operating trucks and is subject to fluctuations in the market. Since operation hour for mining activity is, 8 hours per day and 365 days per year for the cost of diesel, any reduction in fuel consumption can result in significant operational cost savings over the mine’s.