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dc.contributor.authorThompson, Roger
dc.contributor.editorAusIMM
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T11:24:27Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T11:24:27Z
dc.date.created2011-02-15T00:35:01Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.identifier.citationThompson, Roger. 2010. Contributions from Improved Surface Mine Haulage Road Design, Operation and Management Techniques to Sustainable Development, Sustainable Mining 2010, Aug 17 2010. Kalgoorlie, WA: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11391
dc.description.abstract

Operating well designed and maintained surface mine haul roads is the key to minimising truck haulage costs – in itself a significant component of the total cost per tonne mined. Existing and proposed mining operations are subject to scrutiny, both from the economic and environmental perspectives. In the long run, this scrutiny returns improved efficiencies and leaner, ‘greener’ operations. The focus of this evolving evaluation process should and will certainly fall on haulage operations – simply by virtue of their contribution to overall cost of operations and sustainability impacts. Whilst the end result - improved efficiency and contributions to resource sustainability – is not in itself problematic, it is the route, or process followed to achieve these improvements that needs to be carefully managed. We can be guided on this journey by our understanding of how a road is designed, and, critically, the technological solutions that can contribute to a company’s sustainability initiatives.This paper examines the current state of mine road design and operation, together with the economic and environmental issues associated with under-performance. The paper serves as a basis for evaluating the economic and environmental contributions that technology in road design and management can deliver to sustainable operations. Utilising innovation is the key to long-term sustainability and as a means of positioning the industry for the imminent structural changes to the economy and environment, changes which are now within the operating life of many mines, haul roads and haul trucks.

dc.publisherAusIMM
dc.subjecthaul road design
dc.subjecthaulage
dc.subjectsustainability indicators
dc.subjectSurface mining
dc.titleContributions from Improved Surface Mine Haulage Road Design, Operation and Management Techniques to Sustainable Development
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.titleProceedings AusIMM Sustainable Mining 2010 Conference
dcterms.source.seriesProceedings AusIMM Sustainable Mining 2010 Conference
dcterms.source.conferenceSustainable Mining 2010 - The Business Case
dcterms.source.conference-start-dateAug 17 2010
dcterms.source.conferencelocationKalgoorlie WA., Australia
dcterms.source.placeCarlton, Vic.
curtin.departmentWASM Mining Engineering Teaching Area
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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