MS_07_Open_Pit_Mining_Loading_and_Hauling_Equipment…
6 Loading and Hauling Equipment: Selection Issues • The size of the operation over time has a direct bearing on the type of equipment selected • Loading and hauling fleets are dependent fleets, and, therefore, the effectiveness and availability of each affects the fleet requirements of the other • For example, if a mining operation had only one large shovel, the truck production would ...