Fleet Management for Mining Logistics
Volume 3 of the LoadLink Africa Professional Mining Logistics Series — a practical guide to running a fleet under mining conditions, covering vehicle selection, preventive maintenance, fuel and tyre management, driver management, safety, technology and the KPIs that predict profitability.
- Format
- Digital PDF Guide
About this resource
Fleet Management for Mining Logistics picks up after a contract has been won, and is written for fleet managers, workshop managers and contractor owners responsible for keeping vehicles running under the wear rates and safety standards mining sites demand.
It covers matching vehicle type to haul conditions, tiered preventive maintenance schedules tightened for mining use, and the fuel, tyre and driver management disciplines that determine whether a fleet is profitable. The second half addresses safety and risk management, adopting fleet technology properly rather than for its own sake, the KPIs that actually predict profitability before the numbers show up in a bank account, cost reduction, and how to scale a fleet through documented SOPs and supervisors rather than by working harder personally.
The guide is built for operators who already have vehicles on the road and need to run them better — safer, cheaper and more reliably — rather than for people starting from zero.
What you’ll learn
- Match vehicle type and specification to actual haul conditions
- Run a tiered preventive maintenance programme suited to mining wear rates
- Cut fuel costs through idling control, driver coaching and route discipline
- Apply tyre inflation, rotation and TKPH discipline to extend tyre life and cut risk
- Track the fleet KPIs that actually predict profitability, not just the ones that are easy to measure
- Build SOPs and hire supervisors so the fleet can scale beyond what one person can personally oversee
Who it’s for
- Fleet managers responsible for day-to-day vehicle operations
- Workshop managers and maintenance supervisors
- Contractor owners managing their own vehicles
- Operators preparing to scale a fleet beyond a single supervisor's reach
Why this book matters
On a mining site, a poorly managed fleet stops being an asset and becomes a liability — to safety, to contract performance and to the bottom line. Fleet Management for Mining Logistics exists to make sure that doesn't happen, with practical systems for keeping a fleet reliable under conditions that don't forgive shortcuts.
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