Estimation of truck-shovel dispatching in Cao Son Open-Pit coal mine and the ability in applying information technology for increasing its efficiency

Abstract

With many types of trucks and shovels for hauling large volumeof waste rocks to the dump sites and coal to the storages, the truck – shoveldispatching in Cao Son open pit coal mine is the operation which needs tobe improved. At present, the combination between trucks and shovel isusually assigned at the beginning of shift and adjusted during the operationat the mine. The GPS tracking system are integrated into each truck tomonitor the position in real time, but applying this information to find thebest destination to send the truck to satisfy the production requirementsand to minimize truck operating costs is still not used. This paper presentsthe estimation of the information system, data, the remaining problems oftruck – shovel dispatching system, from that proposes the application ofavailable information technology for increasing the efficiency of thisactivities at the mine.