Estimation of truck-shovel dispatching in Cao Son Open-Pit coal mine and the ability in applying information technology for increasing its efficiency

With many types of trucks and shovels for hauling large volume of waste rocks to the dump sites and coal to the storages, the truck – shovel dispatching in Cao Son open pit coal mine is the operation which needs to be improved. At present, the combination between trucks and shovel is usually assigned at the beginning of shift and adjusted during the operation at the mine. The GPS tracking system are integrated into each truck to monitor the position in real time, but applying this information to find the best destination to send the truck to satisfy the production requirements and to minimize truck operating costs is still not used. This paper presents the estimation of the information system, data, the remaining problems of truck – shovel dispatching system, from that proposes the application of available information technology for increasing the efficiency of this activities at the mine.

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Opracowanie rekordu w ramach umowy 509/P-DUN/2018 ze środków MNiSW przeznaczonych na działalność upowszechniającą naukę (2019).