? Haulage & Transport Optimization - Complete Guide
Efficient movement of ore and waste using trucks, conveyors, and auxiliary equipment in surface and underground mines.
Engineering Workflow
Haulage & Transport Optimization Overview
Getting ore and waste rock from where itβs blasted to where it needs to go β as fast, safely, and cheaply as possible β...
Quick Start
Cycle Time
Interactive calculator
Fleet & Dispatch
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Cost Modeling
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Conveyor System
Interactive calculator
Emissions Tracker
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Knowledge Base
15 pagesFoundation
3Core Engineering
3Advanced Topics
5Key Concepts
Visual overview of key concepts and their relationships
Real Projects
5 casesChilean Copper Mine: Autonomous Haul Fleet Deployment
A Tier-1 copper mine in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile, deployed an autonomous haul fleet across its open-pit operation. The site processes ~450 ktpd of ore and waste, with a 2.8-km average haul distance and 320-m vertical lift. The project involved retrofitting and integrating 42 autonomous 290-tonne CAT 794 AC electric drive haul trucks into existing dispatch and traffic management systems.
Australian Iron Ore Open Pit: Conveyors vs. Trucking Economic Threshold
A major iron ore mining operation in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, producing 85 Mtpa (million tonnes per annum) of run-of-mine (ROM) material. The open-pit mine features a 1.2 km deep pit with haul distances ranging from 4.5 km to 12.8 km from shovel faces to primary crusher and stockpile destinations. Annual fleet comprises 160 Γ 360-tonne ultra-class off-highway trucks.
Canadian Gold Mine: Steep Ramp Optimization in Narrow Vein Underground
A high-grade narrow-vein gold mine in the Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Ontario, Canada. Annual production: 120,000 oz Au; underground operation at depths of 800β1,400 m; ore zones average 0.8β1.2 m wide with dip angles of 75β85Β°. Haulage relies on a single steep-slope ramp system (originally designed at 15% grade) connecting six production levels.
South African Platinum Mine: Waste Dump Reclaim Optimization
A major platinum group metals (PGM) mine in the Bushveld Igneous Complex, North West Province, South Africa. The operation manages ~120 Mt/year of waste rock, with legacy dumps spanning >400 ha and up to 85 m high. Reclamation involves relocating waste from decommissioned dumps to active disposal areas while supporting concurrent mining expansion.
Peruvian Silver Mine: Ventilation-Integrated Haul Route Planning
A major underground silver mine in the Andes Mountains of southern Peru, operating at elevations between 4,200β4,600 m above sea level. The mine produces ~3.2 million tonnes of ore annually across three primary extraction levels (1,850 m, 1,800 m, and 1,750 m RL), with a network of 42 km of development and production haulage drifts. Ventilation demand exceeds 320 mΒ³/s due to diesel emissions, heat load, and dust control requirements.
Downloads
6 resourcesHaul Road Design Standards Checklist (ISO 45001 & MSHA-Aligned)
PDFTruck Cycle Time Field Measurement Excel Template
ExcelConveyor Transfer Point Dust Suppression Design Guide
PDFFleet Utilization Dashboard (Power BI Template)
Power BIUnderground Ramp Geometry CAD Template (DWG)
DWGHaulage Emissions Reporting Framework (GHG Protocol Aligned)
PDFLearning Path
22 lessonsMaster Haulage & Transport Optimization through a structured learning path β from fundamentals to advanced applications.
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