MANAGEMENT

Carrying the load

Donna Schmidt looks at haul road management programmes, what elements are crucial to them, and how some operations are incorporating 21st-century innovations to a subject nearly as old as the industry itself

 “Proper road design is the first step in ensuring good truck productivity and low operating costs,” says Caterpillar Global Mining’s Kent Clifton.

“Proper road design is the first step in ensuring good truck productivity and low operating costs,” says Caterpillar Global Mining’s Kent Clifton.

No road is just a road, especially when it is a mining road. Whether these arteries of the world's mines are hilly or flat, wet or dry, covered with ice and snow or baking in the desert sun, each has its...

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