Overburden (OB) dumps and associated haulage are the significant contributors to increased respirable particulate levels in mining areas. Earlier studies have only focused on reporting seasonal variation of size-segregated particle mass concentration, limiting role specific emission sources sensitive receptors nearby. This study estimated impact OB dump expansion (between years 2016 2018) with ...

Many transport organizations seek to develop seamlessly integrated computing environments. A central problem in attempts to realize such ubiquitous transport systems is the divide that exists between stationary transport management systems and mobile applications such as embedded vehicle sensor networks and in-vehicle services for message handling. Originating from different innovation regimes,...

A cane harvesting system which eliminates the use of chain slings has been developed on Illovo's mill-cum-planter estate. A semi-mechanised "split harvesting system" has been adopted. Conventional type trailers are used for infield haulage which off-load loose cane into windrows on the loading banks. Grabloaders then transload the cane from the windrow into "Hilo" cane lorries for transportatio...

The transportation business sector, along with many others, has not, to a large extent, evaluated the possibility of gaining advantages through the use of more elaborated decision tools for operational decision making. This article presents a case study where an interval based decision tool was used for transportation business applications. The investigation was made in collaboration with a wel...

Solution of energy and environmental problems is one the main tasks modern times. This paper points out role internal combustion engines, especially diesel in global sector specifically road transport, consumption natural resources, negative impact on environment warming. The directions for further improving efficiency engines power plants transport are given. These related to implementation ex...

This study proposes a novel approach for enhancing the productivity of mining haulage systems by developing hybrid model that combines machine learning (ML) and discrete event simulation (DES) techniques to predict ore production. utilized time data collected from limestone underground mine using tablet computers Bluetooth beacons 15 weeks. The were used train an ML truck cycle time, support ve...