The impact of payload truck factor use in mine performance reports for an open pit copper mine in Brazil

Abstract This article aims to evaluate the use of a truck factor for off-highway trucks in open pit mine operations, thus reducing error on material movement and mine production data entry. This method is current for a copper mine located in South East Pará, Brazil. With a dispatch system, the truck...

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Main Authors: Ana Carla de Melo Moreira Campelo, Tatiane Marin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Fundação Gorceix
Series:REM: International Engineering Journal
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2448-167X2018000300443&lng=en&tlng=en