Environmental and Operational Benefits through Implementing a Fleet Management System in Mining Industry

Walter Schmidt Felsch Junior, Carlos Enrique Arroyo Ortiz, Adilson Curi, Douglas Ramos Gonçalves and Alexandro Afonso Pinto
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Walter Schmidt Felsch Junior: Mining Engineer, PhD Student at the Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil
Carlos Enrique Arroyo Ortiz: Mining Engineer, Professor at the Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil
Douglas Ramos Gonçalves: Mining Engineer, Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto, Brazil
Alexandro Afonso Pinto: Mining Engineer, Mine Planning Manager at VALE, Brazil

International Journal of Environmental Sciences & Natural Resources, 2020, vol. 24, issue 3, 109-115

Abstract: Mining fleet management is fundamental to the transportation infrastructure in a mining nowadays. Several factors influence the success of a new system adoption, such as changes in the project design, operational maturity, direct leadership engagement, and senior management participation. To start with, the main objective of this study is to present the results obtained with the implementation of the Fleet Management System in a mining company located in the Southeast region of Brazil. In this study, the chronology of the implementation of the technology was presented, comparing the operational factors and environmental impacts to the operation results. As a result, there was a 23% increase in the transportation fleet performance, which led to a monthly potential reduction in the emission of 136 tons of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere because of the reduction of the transportation fleet required for ore movement. Furthermore, these gains may be enhanced over the years, expanding its possibilities with the use of new techniques and research.

Keywords: earth and environment journals; environment journals; open access environment journals; peer reviewed environmental journals; open access; juniper publishers; ournal of Environmental Sciences; juniper publishers journals; juniper publishers reivew (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.19080/IJESNR.2020.24.556140

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