- 1. Fortescue partners with Curtin University to advance digital future
- (Leading Developments)
- ... leads a team looking into the operational efficiency of the company’s autonomous mining operations using data sets and advanced analytics. Fortescue Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Gaines said, “At ...
- Created on 23 December 2020
- 2. Fortescue, Curtin University to advance digital future of Australian mining
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- ... Solomon leads a team looking into the operational efficiency of the company’s autonomous mining operations using data sets and advanced analytics. Fortescue Chief Executive Officer Elizabeth Gaines said, ...
- Created on 13 August 2020
- 3. Fortescue hits autonomous haulage milestone
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- Fortescue Metals Group celebrated an important milestone in the rollout of autonomous haulage at the Chichester Hub in Western Australia with the conversion of the 100th autonomous truck. The full conversion ...
- Created on 25 June 2020
- 4. Rio Tinto’s AutoHaul™ positions WA as global rail technology leader
- (Leading Developments)
- ... have now safely travelled more than 4.5 million kilometres autonomously since they were first deployed last year. This world-first was made possible by the close collaboration with project partners from ...
- Created on 23 January 2020
- 5. Guideline for the implementation of autonomous systems in mining released
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- Autonomous systems in mining are being used more frequently due to their potential for making the mining industry safer and more productive. Autonomous systems are shaping the future ...
- Created on 23 January 2020
- 6. New skills for autonomous workers a step closer
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- ... Future Skills Partnership is to facilitate the development and delivery of new qualifications in open-cut mining operations. BMA last month announced it would introduce autonomous haulage trucks at Goonyella ...
- Created on 18 December 2019
- 7. BMA TAFE Queensland and CQUniversity launch skills partnership
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- ... of training to be delivered through the partnership is still being finalised but potential opportunity for a traineeship qualification in autonomous operations, expanding existing trade apprenticeships ...
- Created on 15 August 2019
- 8. National Group Pioneers Automation in Mining
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- ... dozer push, semi-autonomous blast hole drilling, contract mining services, excavator pre-strip fleets, civil earthworks, site clearing and rehabilitation works. The recent acquisition of Wolff Group ...
- Created on 11 July 2019
- 9. Rio Tinto welcomes first nationally recognised qualifications in automation
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- ... area of autonomous operations, are the result of an historic collaboration between Western Australia’s resources sector including Rio Tinto, South Metropolitan TAFE and the Western Australian Government. ...
- Created on 14 June 2019
- 10. Earth Shattering Technologies at the Forefront at Austmine 2019
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- ... of the key themes to be investigated at the conference is how intelligent equipment is taking the mining industry over the next horizon, including a focus on autonomous heavy vehicles, sensors, drilling ...
- Created on 16 May 2019
- 11. Robots and mines. Welcome to the future.
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- ... requiring to be retrained to run the technology controlling the robots. Autonomous technology, however, is not a foreign concept to the global mining sector. Self-driving trucks and autonomous muckers ...
- Created on 09 May 2018
- 12. Australian miners embrace automation, but skills gaps and costs remain concerns
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- ... With a growing gap in the number of technical employees trained to manage future autonomous roles, Mr Hand said there were signs that the mining sector was getting on the front foot to ensure its wor ...
- Created on 26 January 2018
- 13. First fully autonomous rail journey in WA
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- Rio Tinto has completed the first fully autonomous rail journey at its iron ore operations in the Pilbara region of Western Australia as the company progresses toward full commissioning of the AutoHaul® ...
- Created on 05 October 2017
- 14. EVENTS – The three pillars of productivity
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- ... technology/trend for mining? To what extent is data analytics being actively embraced by mining to lift productivity rates? A lot of the systems in the mines are historical, built autonomously and ...
- Created on 03 September 2014