Optimization of Ore Concentrate Transportation Indicators of a Mining Enterprise Based on a Logistic Analysis of Alternative Options for Organizing a Transportation System

Abstract

The modern transport and logistics infrastructure of mining enterprises is characterized by an intensive use of Industry 4.0 and digitalization technologies, which provide tools to increase efficiency, reduce costs, achieve sustainable development goals and optimize mining, processing and transportation of minerals. An analysis of the technological and socio-economic effects of the integrated use of Industry 4.0 technologies and the digitalization of the mining enterprises' main processes made it possible to establish that digital technologies increase the efficiency of deposits development, optimize technological and production chains, increase safety of mining operations, and simplify the processes of internal and external logistics. These trends (based on the rapid development of technical means of mechanization and automation of transport and logistics processes, the use of modern technical means of communication, automated methods for obtaining information about the location and condition of transport infrastructure facilities and mining equipment) made it possible to carry out a comprehensive logistical analysis of alternative options for transportation system. The constructed model made it possible to select the optimal complex of mining and transport equipment, taking into account mining and geological, technical, economic, and technological parameters.