Up close with the 300 tonne driverless trucks

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Big mining firms are switching to driverless trucks and other autonomous equipment.

But the scale Rio has grown its operations to here, including at Greater Nammuldi – which has one of the largest autonomous truck fleets in the world – gives it global significance.

Greater Nammuldi has a fleet of more than 50 self-driving trucks that operate independently on pre-defined courses, along with a handful that remain manually driven and work separately in a different part of the mine.

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Category: Business

Markets: United KingdomAustraliaChinaJapan

Topics: Self-driving Mining Been Trucks Equipment Greater Autonomous Automation Says Pilbara Truck

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Published On: 2024-11-08 @ 00:03:51 (15 hours ago)

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