Abstract
ABSTRACT The incorporation of autonomous equipment is fuelling a revolution in mining, but it poses operational challenges due to potential hazardous interactions between humans and the autonomous machinery. For this reason, block and panel caving mines operate under a static confinement policy that stops all autonomous LHDs when workers must enter the production area, thus having a huge negative impact on productivity. To address this challenge, we propose two dynamic confinement policies, and we model them using discrete event simulation. Results show that the dynamic moderate/intensive policies may lead to increases in production of 35%/45% when compared with the static policy.
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