Caterpillar announces an additional 1 billion tonnes of material hauled by autonomous trucks using Cat® MineStar™ Command for hauling, surpassing the 3 billion tonnes milestone. This achievement is...
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The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company and SafeAI, a pioneer in autonomous heavy equipment, has announced a strategic relationship to incorporate tire intelligence into the programming of autonomous...
As the role of automation in the mining industry grows, researchers from The University of Queensland’s Sustainable Minerals Institute (SMI) have secured funding from the mining industry to undertake...
A mining company has finished expanding its autonomous heavy vehicle fleet at its iron ore operations in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. Fortescue Metals Group recently completed its Chichester...
Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Australian resource logistics company Bis have announced a new joint partnership called Auto-mate, set to provide autonomous systems for mining operations. The...
Hitachi Construction Machinery will commence the roll-out of testing of autonomous ultra-large series hydraulic excavators in Australia next year. According to recent reports, Hitachi Construction...
A serious collision between two haul trucks on ANZAC Day at the BMA Saraji mine is currently under investigation by the Queensland Mining Safety Regulator. A Caterpillar 793 reportedly being operated...
Epiroc’s has released a new offering for LHD automation that, it says, brings new standards of productivity and safety to underground mining. Scooptram Automation Total allows for multi machine...
The NSW Resources Regulator has finalised its Causal Investigation into the collision between a semi-autonomous dozer and an excavator earlier this year at Peabody Energy Wilpinjong coal mine near...
…but there’s an upside…many new jobs may be created. Harnessing new technologies in the mining, oil and gas industries will add $74 billion to the Australian economy by 2030 and...
