MAINTENANCE COST REDUCTIONS AND FLEET OPTIMISATION AT A PLATINUM MINE IN SOUTH AFRICA
Multiple open pits measuring over 10 km (6 miles) in length pose challenges to any fleet management. At a South African platinum mine, there were plans to cut the dozer fleet from 13 to 9 units in order to fit in the maintenance budget. After using a Sleipner DB120 lowboy trailer for only 6 months, however, maintenance costs for the 13 dozers were reduced to below the budgeted maintenance budget for 9 dozers.