Assessing the impact of driverless haul trucks in Australian surface mining

Resources Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 149-158

  Bellamy, Drew ^a   Pravica, Luka ^b  

^a AutoRun Technologies   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian mining; Driverless haul trucks; Economic rent; Fly in fly out; Mine sites; Mineral policy; Mining automation technology; Mining towns

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN MINING; DRIVERLESS HAUL TRUCKS; ECONOMIC RENT; FLY-IN FLY-OUT; MINE SITES; MINERAL POLICY; MINING AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY; MINING TOWNS;

AUTOMATION; AUTOMOBILES; COST ACCOUNTING; COST REDUCTION; EMPLOYMENT; MACHINERY; MINE TRUCKS; OPERATING COSTS; PROFITABILITY; SILICATE MINERALS; TRUCKS; WAGES;

OPEN PIT MINING;

AUTOMATION; ECONOMIC RENT; MACHINERY; MINING; MINING INDUSTRY; OPEN PIT MINE; OPERATIONS TECHNOLOGY; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; SAFETY; URBAN AREA;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 79957568027     PISSN: 03014207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resourpol.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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