Truck lift to cut costs and CO2 emissions in mines

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The mining industry is under constant pressure to stay competitive whilst complying with often conflicting environmental and safety objectives.

Mining operators that remove ore from pits are under constant pressure to stay competitive whilst complying with often conflicting environmental and safety objectives.

Our solution
With this in mind, GHD developed an automatic mine hoisting system carrying two standard mine trucks directly up and down the slope of a mine.

The concept, which has been aptly named ‘truck uplift in pit system’ or TULIP, eliminates the need for trucks to drive up and down the pit and offers economic, safety and sustainability benefits.

The system achieves significant cost savings leading to capital investment recovered within approximately two to three years after implementation due to:

  • Reduced truck fuel consumption, fleet sizes, maintenance and tire costs
  • Reduced manpower due to fewer trucks
  • Lengthening of the economic life and depth of a mine due to reduced pit cut backs
  • Increased safety of operations due to reduction of haulage operation
  • Significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by elimination of up-ramp travel under maximum power

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By engaging GHD, you’ll understand both the business and technical issues involved in delivering optimum project outcomes. The mining industry is a continually changing, competitive environment and together we can develop flexible, innovative solutions.

GHD systems synthesise the geological, mine planning, plant selection, mine infrastructure, tailings and environmental management, operational requirements and financial aspects of mining to address the many conflicting objectives in mine development.

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