PALABORA SYSTEM OF TRUCK CONTROL

The current mining rate (ore and waste) at South Africa's Palabora open-pit copper mine is approaching 300,000 tonne/day. This article describes how initial inefficient utilization of the large haul fleet -- due largely to trucks having to wait in line at shovels -- was substantially improved by the development and installation of a computerized truck control system. Several benefits arising from the use of the computerized truck dispatching system are discussed including useful planning and production accounting.

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  Mining Journal Limited

  15 Wilson Street
  London EC2M 2TR,   England 
• Authors:
  • Crosson, C C
  • Tonking, MJH
  • Moffat, W G
• Publication Date: 1977-2

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 74
• Serial:
  • Mining Magazine
  • Volume: 136
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Mining Journal Limited
  • ISSN: 0308-6631

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Copper; Dispatching; Freight handling; Ground transportation; Highway traffic control; Industrial trucks; Information processing; Mining; Traffic control; Trucks
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hauling
• Old TRIS Terms: Copper mines and mining
• Subject Areas: Construction; Freight Transportation; Highways; Motor Carriers; Operations and Traffic Management;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00159878
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 13 1978 12:00AM