Welcome to a fresh and innovative approach to cost savings. Improved Road Surfaces using our advanced technology leads to the following benefits:
“Mine production is strictly linked to the quality of haul roads considering they determine the cycle time of trucks along the haul roads and the accessibility of loading and dumping areas.”
“Investing in building good haul roads guarantees mining equipment will reach the required speed in a safer manner.”
*Taken from the article entitled “In for The Long Haul” Mining Mirror Magazine Volume 25 No. 10 April 2013
“Any savings generated from improved road design and management will benefit the mining company directly as a reduced cost per ton material hauled.”
*Taken from the paper entitled “Integrated Asset Management Strategies for Unpaved Mine Haul Roads” written
by Roger J Thompson and Alex T Visser of the University of Pretoria
Additional — an improved road surface improves rolling resistance — according to the CAT handbook using a CAT 777D – a medium reduction in Rolling Resistance will result in a reduction in fuel consumption of 18.75 litres per hour / per vehicle.
1. Syama Mali Mine Access Road Project
8,000 m2 / 9,561 yd 2 of Road
1 km x 8 m / 1094 yd x 8,74 yd
Investment of: US $11,200
EBS Surface Seal – Applied April 2016
AFTER 5 MONTHS…
Savings = US$ 72,000
Total Net Savings: US$ 60,800
Return on Investment = 542%
SAVINGS ON THE PROJECT ABOVE TO DATE AND COUNTING…
WATER SAVED TO DATE…
3. Mine Haul Road 20km x 30
Water Savings
2 x 70,000 litre tankers watering 10 times per day
140,000 litres x 10 = 1.4 million litres of water per day
511,000,000 litres of water per year (511 million litres of water per year)
Fuel and Cost Savings
Improved road surface with EBS Surface Seal and subsequent elimination of watering and grading the surface resulted in a fuel savings of 2.9 million litres at a cost of $2.7 million USD.
CO2 Savings
A fuel savings of 2.9 million litres equates to a CO2 reduction of 7.7 million kg of reduced carbon emissions
Cost Savings Comparison
Traditional method of watering and grading = 10-year cost $28.9 million
EBS Surface Seal 10-year cost = $3.4 million.
This is how we did it:
Based on the following: Haul Road Network: 20km x 30m = 600,000m2 Fleet
→ 2 x Cat 777F Water Trucks running 20 hours per day with an average diesel consumption of 82.4 litres per hour per vehicle
→ 20 x 82.4 = 1,648 x 2 = 3,296 litres of Diesel per day or 1,203,040 litres /year
→ 3 x CAT 16M Graders operating 12 hours per day with an average fuel consumption of 42.8 litres /hour
→ 36 x 42.8 = 1,540.8 litres per day or 562,392 litres/year
→ 20 x CAT 789 Haul Trucks running 20 hours per day with an average fuel consumption of 159 litres/hour which we improved by allowing a minimum of 5% which means a fuel savings of 7.95 litres per hour per vehicle due to decreased Rolling resistance as a direct result of an improved road surface.
Haul Fleet Fuel Savings per day = 3,180 litres
Haul Fleet Fuel Savings per year = 1,160,700 litres
Total Diesel Fuel Reduction: 2,926,132 litres (rounded to 2.9 million)
At a cost of Diesel of $.95 per litre this is a savings of $2,779,825.40
Water Savings
2 x 70,000 litre tankers watering 10 times per day
140,000 litres x 10 = 1.4 million litres of water per day
511,000,000 litres of water per year (511 million litres of water per year)
CO2 / Carbon Emission Reduction
With a Diesel reduction of 2,926,132 litres per year x 2.63 = 7,695,727 kgs of CO2 emissions per year
Water cost of $.06 per m3 was used for a total of $30,660 per year
Water truck operating cost of $136.14 per hour was used (13.3 hours per day for 365 days per year) $1,326,877
Grading cost was based on $102.85 per hour x 3 graders (12 hours per day for 365 days per year $1,351,449
Wearing course remediation was based on $0.31 per m2 = $186,000
*Fuel consumption of vehicles based on an average taken from the Caterpillar Performance Handbook Version 47
2. Mine Access & Pit Road Project
21 km x 30m
Application of EBS Surface Seal on Access Roads and Haul Roads
COST SAVINGS…
1 Year Savings = US$ 1.4 Million
10 Year Savings = US$ 27.2 Million
The 10 year life cycle cost benefits are based on the fact that once our products are applied the requirement for all remediation work is eliminated including watering, grading and importation and placing of additional road material.
WATER
The water use per day was 416,350 litres x 14 trips per day using 4 CAT 785D water trucks applying a total of 5,828,900 litres per day
Water saved in 1 Year:
2.1 billion litres
Water saved in 10 Years: 21 billion litres
By eliminating the use of water trucks and graders
2.4 million litres of diesel (607,596 gallons) was saved! Which equates to CO2 savings of 6.35 million kgs per year
Contact us to see if you qualify for a free Cost & Benefit Analysis Report. The above information is general, our reports will provide quantifiable amounts and detailed recommendations.
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