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Open Pit Mining Production Analysis

This document provides production requirements and equipment specifications for an open pit mine. It specifies a daily production target of 210,000 tons of ore and 420,000 tons of waste rock. The stripping ratio is 2 tons of waste rock per 1 ton of ore. Equipment includes shovels with a 46 cubic yard bucket capacity and 90% availability. Calculations show that with a 6% increase in shovel availability, 8 shovels would be needed to meet production targets.

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Open Pit Mining Production Analysis

This document provides production requirements and equipment specifications for an open pit mine. It specifies a daily production target of 210,000 tons of ore and 420,000 tons of waste rock. The stripping ratio is 2 tons of waste rock per 1 ton of ore. Equipment includes shovels with a 46 cubic yard bucket capacity and 90% availability. Calculations show that with a 6% increase in shovel availability, 8 shovels would be needed to meet production targets.

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Solucion

MNE 407/507
HW #2

Production Requirements

Daily Production 210,000 tons Ore


420,000 tons waste
bank density swell
bank density (tons/cyd) swell ore
(tons/cyd) waste
Swell Factor 1.88 1.3 1.75 1.25

Stripping Ratio 2.00

Op. Schedule 20 hr/day

Equipment Data

Dipper Capacity 46 cyd


Availability 90%
Utilization 95%
Fill Factor 97%
Swing Factor 1.012
Cycle Time 45 sec
Op. Hours two 10 hr shift 20 hrs

Propel Factor 85% Open pit mine


1)

Waste Production 240,000 BCY/day

Ps 2,625.34 LCY/hr

Density Ore 1.45

Productivity (Ore) 3796.64 t/hr

75,932.83 tpd

Density (Waste) 1.40

Productivity (Waste) 3675.47 t/hr

73,509.44 tpd

2)

# of shovels in (ORE) 2.77

# of Shovels for waste

5.71 shovels in waste

Total Shovels 8.48

9.0 Total Shovel


3)
If increase 6% 6%
Shovel Availability 96%

Density Ore 1.45

Product. Ore 2800.36 LCY/hr


Product. Ore 4049.75 t/hr
Product. Ore 80995.02 t/day

# Shovels in Ore 2.59

Density Waste 1.40

Product. Waste 2800.36 LCY/hr


Product. Waste 3920.50 t/hr
Product. Waste 78410.07 t/day

# of Shovel in waste 5.36

Total Shovel w/ 96% Availability 7.95

8 Shovels Needed

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