Evaluating primary forest fuel rail terminals with discrete event simulation: A case study from Austria by Ulrich J. Wolfsmayr, Rossana Merenda, Peter Rauch, Francesco Longo, Manfred Gronalt

“…Three existing railway sidings in South, Central and Western Austria were chosen to serve as a multimodal transhipment hub with a road pre-haulage and a rail main-haulage for this case study. …”
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Prediction of Ore Production in a Limestone Underground Mine by Combining Machine Learning and Discrete Event Simulation Techniques by Sebeom Park, Dahee Jung, Yosoon Choi

“…This study proposes a novel approach for enhancing the productivity of mining haulage systems by developing a hybrid model that combines machine learning (ML) and discrete event simulation (DES) techniques to predict ore production. …”
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Analysis and forecast of the dymanic passenger transportation by public land transport by J. Butkevičius, M. Mazūra, V. Ivankovas, S. Mazūra

“…In the presented paper the dynamics of passenger haulage by public transport is considered and a forecast is made. …”
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Do Freight Rates for Produce and Ornamentals Cover Costs? by Richard Beilock

“…At the same time, shipper/receivers are interested in paying the least cost possible for haulage. They are also interested in having reliable motor carrier service, which is only possible if freight rates are sufficient to cover costs. …”
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Sequential glory hole approach as a new mining method for sustainable operations by Edmo Rodovalho, Alexandre Orlandi Passos, Giorgio de Tomi, Jorge Alberto Soares Tenório

“…Considering this innovative mining geometry, haulage can employ alternative equipment or even adopt the truckless concept. …”
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Freight transportation in logistics industry of Singapore : a feasibility study on super B-Double by Yeo, Benjamin Henson Rui Xiang

“…It was established that it would be feasible to introduce Super B-Double in Singapore for container haulage operation along the proposed route. Nonetheless, it is proposed that consultation with the local authority to be made prior to Super B- Double’s deployment.…”
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Speed Sensor-Aided Navigation Filter for Robust Localization in GNSS-Denied Mining Environments by David Benz, Jan-Jöran Gehrt, René Zweigel, Dirk Abel

“…The automation of mining haulage vehicles has great potential in terms of safety and economy. …”
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Online shipment scheduling expert system / Mohd Fairuz Mohd Shamsuri by Mohd Shamsuri, Mohd Fairuz

“…To develop this expert system, the researcher has set up an interview and series of discussion with the representation from the haulage company itself…”
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Methodology for analysis and calculation the discontinuous loading and transport systems in preparation the technical documentation using the RPMGlobal - Talpac software by Kostić Vedran, Kržanović Daniel, Rajković Radmilo, Stojanović Lazar

“…This paper presents the software methodology of modeling load and haulage systems in open pit mining, necessary data required for modeling and analysis, methods of simulation for the purpose of optimisation and some of the final optimisation results. …”
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Simulation Applied to the Storage Capacity and Stockpiles by Andrea Alejandra Giubergia, Verónica Gil-Costa, Yanina Mansilla, David Narváez, María Eugenia Bertello, Marcelo Besso

“…Therefore, it is required to increase the number of trucks or the truck haulage capacity to improve the mine productivity.…”
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Case Study of Cost-Effective Electrification of Long-Distance Line-Haul Trucks by Johannes Karlsson, Anders Grauers

“…This paper investigates the economic consequences of a haulage company replacing its line-haul diesel trucks with battery-electric ones. …”
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Risk evaluation of belt conveyor accidents using failure modes and effects analysis and event tree analysis by Pınar Mızrak Özfırat, Muharrem Kemal Özfırat, Mustafa Emre Yetkin, Çağatay Pamukçu

“… Belt conveyor haulage is an often-preferred haulage method in raw material transport of industrial facilities. …”
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Methodology for a dump design optimization in large-scale open pit mines by Jorge Puell Ortiz

“…Mine dumps can be classified as leach or waste dumps, depending upon their economic viability to be processed in-place, a condition that has experienced great progress in the last decades and has reconfigured the open pit haulage network with an increase in the number of dumps. …”
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Flexibility of Freight Transport Sectors by Hens Runhaar, Rob van der Heijden, Bart Kuipers

“…Yet, a weakened competitive position of road haulage is also expected autonomously.…”
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Problems and development trends of coal transportation infrastructure in Russia by Koroleva Tatiana, Tretyakova Inga, Dorozhkina Natalia, Zakamskaya Larisa, Sovenko Irina

“…The main reason is the shortcomings of the transport and logistics infrastructure for the coal haulage. At the same time, the countries of the Asia-Pacific region are a promising export destination, and it is the Eastern operating domain of the Russian railway network that is most loaded and has insufficient throughput capacity. …”
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A METHODOLOGY FOR TRUCK ALLOCATION PROBLEMS CONSIDERING DYNAMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN OPEN PIT MINES, CASE STUDY OF THE SUNGUN COPPER MINE by Amin Moniri-Morad, Mohammad Pourgol-Mohammad, Hamid Aghababaei, Javad Sattarvand

“…The objective function is to minimize the total number of trucks for haulage operation with discrete-event simulation employed to model the constraints. …”
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Hybrid Renewable Hydrogen Energy Solution for Remote Cold-Climate Open-Pit Mines by Hosein Kalantari, Seyed Ali Ghoreishi-Madiseh

“…Contemporary off-grid mining operations rely on diesel fuel for the provision of their total energy including electricity, heat, and haulage. Given the high cost of diesel and its imposed greenhouse gas emissions, mining companies are looking for more affordable and cleaner sources of energy for their operations. …”
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Analysis of the Operating Parameters of Wood Transport Vehicles from the Point of View of Operational Reliability by Ján Kováč, Igor Gregor, Ján Melicherčík, Tomáš Kuvik

“…The aim of the research was to create a universal system for monitoring and evaluating the operating parameters of the haulage vehicles used for the haulage of wood with self-maintenance. …”
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Prediction of the Potential Daily Output of a Shearer-Loader by Marek Jaszczuk, Arkadiusz Pawlikowski, Wojciech Grzegorzek, Stanisław Szweda

“…The shearer productivity is determined by its haulage speed. Both factors mentioned above are random. …”
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Modeling Productivity Reduction and Fuel Consumption in Open-Pit Mining Trucks by Considering the Temporary Deterioration of Mining Roads through Discrete-Event Simulation by David Meneses, Felipe D. Sepúlveda

“…Open pit mining is based on dynamic operations within the open pit, with the haulage operation being the most decisive in terms of the cost and the overall productivity of the operation. …”
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