Earth Moving Equipment (Dumper and Excavator ) Management in Mining Project

To minimize the cost of earthmoving equipment by optimize the time and cost of earthmoving activities. This was developed to optimize various decision-making variables (i.e., capacity, number, and speed). The optimization results emphasize the ability in creating a wide variety of optimal solutions to minimize time and cost objective functions during earthmoving activities for a wide range of possible equipment combinations. Earthmoving activity is considered one of the most critical elements in construction projects. The overall cost of earthmoving activity during construction projects can account for more Than 30% of the total cost. Moreover, earthmoving equipment emits enormous carbon, which has adverse environmental effects. A mathematical model is needed to optimize the selection of the equipment types (i.e., Dumper and excavators) and the numbers of each type to be employed on a particular project, based on the work capacity of each unit, the number of units, and the speed at which each unit travels.