Equipment Selection for Surface Mining: A Review
2013-7-19 · equipment, which may include a mining loader, shovel or excavator. Loaders lift the ore or waste material onto the trucks for removal from the mine. In an open-pit mine, loader types can include electric rope, hydraulic excavators including backhoe excavators, and front-end loaders (also called wheel loaders) (Er˘celebi and K rmanl , 2000).