Assessing Sustainability Impact of Autonomous Haul System in Indonesian Open Pit Coal Mining Company

Abstract

Autonomous Haul System (AHS) has been widely developed in the world since 2007. The main objective of AHS is to eliminate human factors, so that AHS productivity is much higher compared to manned dump trucks. The use of AHS in Indonesia will impact the sustainability index of open pit coal mines. Implementation AHS will affect with slightly higher sustainability index than manned haul trucks, AHS sustainability index is 78,712 and manned haul truck is 74,966. However, there are two sustainability dimensions when using AHS will go decrease, those dimensions are the social and economic dimensions, and AHS will be increasing sustainability index for Ecology, Legal dan Infrastructure Technology.