The slowdown in economic growth in the world is also affecting the mining sector. Particularly with increasing energy costs, technical criteria and constraints imposed by economic conditions weaken the competitiveness of companies. The transportation cost of the ore in mining constitutes a large part of unit production cost. For this reason, improvements to be carried out in the transportation system is required to reduce costs that covers half of operating expenses in some cases. Particularly low emission conveyor technology is proposed as a solution focused on reducing energy costs and increasing productivity. It is well known that, belt conveyors provide advantages in high overburden volume, high production capacity and increased transportation distances in open pit mines. Thus, it is predicted that companies can only keep unit costs at a cost-effective level
1Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Maden Mühendisliği Bölümü, 35390, İzmir (Alınış / Received: 25.07.2017, Kabul / Accepted: 06.09.2017, Online Yayınlanma / Published Online: 20.09.2017)
Other ID | JA76CE82YU |
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Journal Section | Research Article |
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Publication Date | September 1, 2017 |
Published in Issue | Year 2017 Volume: 19 Issue: 57 |
Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Mühendislik Fakültesi Dekanlığı Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi, Adatepe Mah. Doğuş Cad. No: 207-I / 35390 Buca-İZMİR.