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SURFACE
Sandvik to send 16 autonomous drills to Brazil
Vale Base Metals opts for Sandvik's AutoMine Autonomous package for its Brazil copper mines
16 January 2026
FLEETS
Sandvik secures $24M surface drill order
Deal was placed by US-based Sandvik dealer Country Boy Supply in the fourth quarter of 2023
16 January 2024
FLEETS
IAMGOLD and Epiroc partner on autonomous Pit Viper fleet
Five rigs will be deployed at IAMGOLD's Côté Gold Project
02 November 2023
ENVIRONMENT
Epiroc, Boliden and Örebro partner on autonomous drilling
The partners are optimistic about the potential of autonomous face drilling
31 August 2023
SURFACE
Boliden Kevitsa chooses Sandvik autonomous drills
Deal enables fully autonomous surface drilling at Kevitsa mine
24 August 2023
FLEETS
RC drill rig developer Tribe Tech reveals float plans
Firm announced in July it will be partnering with Anglo American
18 August 2023
TECHNOLOGY
Thiess' autonomous Epiroc drill fleet hits Lake Vermont record
The drill systems at Lake Vermont are working autonomously for up to 22 hours a day
14 July 2023
TECHNOLOGY
Epiroc: Autonomous rig outperforms manual
Study conducted on the autonomous SmartROC D65 MKII surface drill rig
02 June 2023
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