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Mining Haul Roads – Theory and Practice

Summary

Mining haul roads are a critical component of surface mining infrastructure and the
performance of these roads has a direct impact on operational efficiency, costs and safety. A
significant proportion of a mine’s cost is associated with material haulage and well-designed
and managed roads contribute directly to reductions in cycle times, fuel burn, tyre costs and
overall cost per tonne hauled and critically, underpin a safe transport system.

The first comprehensive treatise on mining haul road design, construction, operation and
management, Mining Haul Roads – Theory and Practice presents an authoritative
compendium of worldwide experience and state-of-the-art practices developed and applied
over the last 25 years by the three authors, over three continents and many of the world’s
leading surface mining operations. In this book, the authors:

 Introduce the four design components of an integrated design methodology for mining
haul roads – geometric (including drainage), structural, functional and maintenance
management
 Illustrate how mine planning constraints inform road design requirements
 Develop the analytical framework for each of the design components from their
theoretical basis, and using typical mine-site applications, illustrate how site-specific
design guidelines are developed, together with their practical implementation
 Summarise the key road safety and geometric design considerations specific to
mining haul roads
 Specify the mechanistic structural design approach unique to ultra-heavy wheel
loading associated with OTR mine trucks
 Describe the selection, application and management of the road wearing course
material, together with its rehabilitation, including the use of palliatives
 Develop road and operating cost models for estimating total road-user costs, based on
road rolling resistance measurement and modelling techniques
 Illustrate the approach of costing a mining road construction project based on the
design methodologies previously introduced
 List and describe future trends in mine haulage system development, how mining haul
road design will evolve to meet these new system challenges and how the increasing
availability of data is used to manage road performance and ultimately provide 24x7
trafficability.

Mining Haul Roads – Theory and Practice is a complete practical reference for mining
operations, contractors and mine planners alike, as well as civil engineering practitioners and
consulting engineers. It will also be invaluable in other fields of transportation infrastructure
provision and for those seeking to learn and apply the state-of-the-art in mining haul roads.

“This book is the most definitive treatise on mining haul roads ever written […] There has
never been a text that addresses the many facets of mining haul roads on such a scope […]”
From the Foreword by Jim Humphrey, Professional Engineer, Autonomous haulage systems
developer and Distinguished Member of the Society of Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration.
Mining Haul Roads – Theory and Practice

Table of Contents

1 Introduction to mine haul roads


1.1 Importance of mine haul roads
1.2 Characteristics of mine haul roads
1.3 The provision of mine haul roads
1.4 The quality of mine haul roads

2 Concepts for geometrical design


2.1 Geometric design and safer haul roads
2.2 Integrating design methodology with mining plan
2.3 Geometric design process
2.4 Vertical alignment issues – gradeability and brake performance
2.5 Horizontal (longitudinal) alignment issues
2.6 Safety berms
2.7 Ditches and drainage
2.8 Intersection design

3 Structural design of haul roads


3.1 Background and orientation
3.2 The CBR structural design method
3.3 Mechanistic-empirical design method
3.4 General construction notes – layerworks
3.5 Large tracked and platform-type equipment

4 Functional design
4.1 Introduction and requirements for functional acceptability
4.2 Functional characterisation
4.3 Benchmarking and monitoring functional performance
4.4 Benchmarking and monitoring rolling resistance
4.5 General construction notes – wearing course
4.6 Stabilisation and dust palliation

5 Road management and maintenance


5.1 Background and orientation
5.2 Introduction to road management
5.3 Minimising total costs across a network of roads
5.4 Real-time road maintenance 226

6 Equipment performance and costing road construction


6.1 Introduction to accounting analysis
6.2 Economic analysis
6.3 Equipment performance and costing for road construction
6.4 Earthworks equipment and typical operations
6.5 Earthworks equipment capital and operational costs
6.6 Cost comparison of road design options
7 New technology and haulage equipment developments
7.1 Background and orientation
7.2 Autonomous haulage
7.3 Drone-based condition monitoring of haul roads
7.4 Haul road geometrical diagnostics – an example
7.5 Fleet management systems

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