Study of truck allocation and truck dispatching problems in open pit mines

<p>In recent years, fierce competition, rising production costs and depressed prices for mineral products, have forced mining companies to find ways to improve efficiency and lower production costs. Given the fact that loading and hauling operations account for up to 60 % of the total costs in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maran, Juliano
Other Authors: Mining and Minerals Engineering
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45807
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11172012-040251/