Open Pit Mining Equipment Selection

Open Pit Mining Equipment Selection

‪Abbas Aghajani Bazzazi‬

Optimal open pit mining equipment selection using fuzzy multiple attribute decision making approach. AA Bazzazi, M Osanloo, B Karimi. Archives of Mining Sciences 54 (2), ... Loading-haulage equipment selection in open pit mines based on fuzzy-TOPSIS method. AA Bazzazi, M Osanloo, H Soltanmohammadi. Gospodarka Surowcami Mineralnymi 24 …

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Bazzazi et al. applied a fuzzy multiple-attribute decision-making (FMADM) method to deal with the open-pit mine equipment selection problem. In the FMADM method, subjective and objective attributes were defined to evaluate and compare three types of combined equipment comprising shovels, conveyers and trucks. Compared …

(PDF) Selecting the suitable loading-haulage equipment in …

Equipment selection in mining engineering is one of the most important decision that is affected the mine design, production planning and economic parameters …

Loading-haulage equipment selection in open pit …

Equipment selection effects economic considerations in open-pit design, specifically overburden, waste rock and ore mining costs and cost escalation parameters as a function of plan location and ...

Equipment Selection for Surface Mining: A Review

Equipment Selection for Surface Mining: A Review Christina N. Burt Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Australia, [email protected] ... In an open-pit mine, loader types can include electric rope, hydraulic excavators including backhoe excavators, and front-end loaders ...

Equipment Selection for Surface Mining: A Review

equipment, which may include a mining loader, shovel or excavator. Loaders lift the ore or waste material onto the trucks for removal from the mine. In an open-pit mine, loader types can include electric rope, hydraulic excavators including backhoe excavators, and front-end loaders (also called wheel loaders) (Er˘celebi and K rmanl, 2000).

Equipment Selection for Surface Mining: A Review

The objective of this study is to develop and apply the new methodology of multi-criteria selection of open pit rock mining equipment based on multiple criteria decision-making (MCDM) procedures ...

How to Choose Open-pit Mining Equipment?

The cost of open-pit mining is mainly composed of the loss of mining equipment and fuel consumption. Therefore, the choice of mining equipment will play a dominant role in the process and cost of open-pit mining. This article will share how to choose open-pit mining equipment reasonably.

(PDF) Loading-haulage equipment selection in open pit …

Equipment selection in mining engineering is one of the most important decisions that affects the mine design, production planning and economic parameters in open pit and underground mining.

Optimal Open Pit Mining Equipment Selection Using Fuzzy …

A new method of multi criteria decision making (MCDM) is proposed that makes it possible to select the optimal equipment that satisfies the decision maker and shows significant …

Open Pit Equipment Selection and Maintenance

Open Pit Equipment Selection and Maintenance. Principal factors influencing equipment selection can be grouped into five basic categories. Tonnage …

The optimum production equipment scale for open pit mining

INTRODUCTION Equipment selection in open pit mining is one of the most topical problems in theory and practice at present. The problem has provoked serious discussions in the world mining society. The philosophical point of the discussions is "whether the size of haul trucks and excavators has reached a feasibility threshold where the ...

Equipment Selection for Open Pit Mining

By using relevant data, studies, and methods, mine planners at Atlantech assist miners to identify the most cost-effective opportunities to maximise productivity and equipment life at open pit mining operations. We are skilled at equipment selection, drawing on modern approaches. Please get in touch with us today if we can be of …

Equipment selection based on two different fuzzy multi …

1 Introduction. The excavability or diggability of rocks in open pit mines has a major importance on selecting of excavation equipment. The right equipment selection by taking into account site specific conditions is the most important phenomena affecting the productivity in surface mining operations.

Ultimate Pit Size Selection, Where Is The Optimum Point?

When it comes to final pit selection there is usually more than one option to choose from. Most deposits support a range of pit sizes that all are technically mineable and economically profitable. The size of final pit greatly affects other aspects of project such as life of mine, capital requirement, scale of operation, equipment size ...

[PDF] Loading-haulage equipment selection in open pit …

Equipment selection is one of the most important aspects of open pit design. Mining costs are mainly affected by the number and capacity of equipment. Equipment selection for open-pit mines is definitely a major decision which will impact greatly the economic viability of an operation (Aghajani et al. 2007). Equipment selection effects economic …

Sizing equipment for open pit mining

Since equipment selection in an open-pit mine influences all stages of mining [10], the indiscriminate selection of larger equipment may not always be advantageous, especially in haulage equipment ...

Overburden management in open pits: options and limits in …

In this paper the main issues related to the overburden management for large open pit mining operations have been discussed, describing the need of a multidisciplinary approach and of a focused laboratory and on-site test programme. ... The characterization of the materials is essential for equipment selection, and it is to be carried out in ...

Determining the Most Effective Factors on Open Pit Mine

Mine Planning and Equipment Selection. Conference paper. Determining the Most Effective Factors on Open Pit Mine Plans and Their Interactions. Conference paper; ... Osanloo, M., Gholamnejad, J., Karimi, B.: Long-term open pit mine production planning: a review of models and algorithms. Int. J. of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, 1–33 …

Optimal Selection and Assignment of Loading Equipment for …

Open-pit mining is a resource-intensive process since the profitability of the business is strongly related to the magnitude of the tonnage extracted. Therefore, it is …

[PDF] Handling equipment Selection in open pit mines by …

Article history: Received 25 January 2012 Received in revised form April, 5, 2012 Accepted April 8 2012 Available online 11 April 2012 Process of handling equipment selection is one of the most important and basic parts in the project planning, particularly mining projects due to holding a high charge of the total project's cost. Different criteria …

Application of Optimisation Techniques in Open Pit Mining

The operation and management of a large open pit mine having a life of several (5–50) years is an enormous and complex task. ... SP and Welgama, P: Models for mining equipment selection, Proc. MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (Andre Zerger, Editor), Townsville, Queensland (2005), pp. 170-176.

Selection criteria for loading and hauling equipment

Attributes investigated include truck payloads, bucket loads, loader cycle time, truck loading time and truck cycle time. Selection of "ultra-class" mining trucks (≥ 290 -tonne …

Selection criteria for loading and hauling equipment

Download Citation | Selection criteria for loading and hauling equipment - open pit mining applications | Methods for estimating productivity and costs, and dependent equipment selection process ...

Open Pit Mining | IntechOpen

Open pit mining method is one of the surface mining methods that has a traditional cone-shaped excavation and is usually employed to exploit a near-surface, nonselective and low-grade zones deposits. It often results in high productivity and requires large capital investments, low operating costs, and good safety conditions. The main …

Optimal open pit mining equipment selection using fuzzy …

Expert systems as decision aid in surface mine equipment selection, International Journal of Mining, Reclamation and Environment, 1, 2, 159–165. Bascetin A., 2004. An application of the analytic hierarchy process in equipment selection at Orhaneli open pit coal mine, Mining Technology (Trans. Inst. Min. Metall. A) 113, A192-A199.

Open-Pit Mining | Method and Process | Epiroc US

The list of commodities is extensive, although the relative proportions mined underground and on the surface vary from mineral to mineral. Massive tonnages of hard coal and lignite are also produced from surface mines, although the terminology used – open cast or open cut, rather than open-pit – indicates that the technology and …

Technical note: An application of the analytic hierarchy …

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Research on Selection and Matching of Truck-Shovel in Oversized Open

The equipment investment is large and the annual operating cost is high in oversized open-pit mines. The rationality of the truck-shovel selection and matching has a more prominent influence on the economic benefit of mines. Therefore, we set up an optimization method of truck-shovel selection for oversized open-pit mines, and …

THE OPTIMUM PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT SCALE FOR …

Equipment selection in open pit mining is one of the most topi-cal problems in theory and practice at present.The problem has pro-voked serious discussions in the world mining society. The philo-