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Komatsu's 400-ton-capacity, model 980E-4AT autonomous truck
FLEETS

World's largest autonomous Komatsu truck starts up in Canada

SMS Equipment confirmed the unit is now in use at an oil sands property

18 April 2019

Since its first commercial deployment in 2008 at Codelco's Gabriela Mistral copper mine in Chile, Komatsu said its FrontRunner AHS has experienced exponential growth in cumulative production
MANAGEMENT

New excellence centre preps Komatsu for autonomous future

Komatsu has launched a US-based Center of Excellence for autonomous haulage systems

11 April 2019

The new Belaz-7513R robotic mining truck
TECHNOLOGY

VIST puts autonomous Belaz truck to the test

VIST Group has successfully tested its new autonomous truck under extreme temperatures

09 April 2019

 If a 130t dump truck costs about US$1 million, the cost of making it automated adds about 10-12% to that price tag
TECHNOLOGY

Driving into an automated future

VIST Group's Anton Potapov on the future of autonomous vehicles

18 March 2019

New mining methods to be tested in Konsuln
TECHNOLOGY

Sustainable underground mining project ready for kick-off

The Sustainable Underground Mining initiative is getting ready to test new mining methods in Sweden

03 January 2019

 The truck is smaller than the ones Rio usually uses
TECHNOLOGY

Scania and Rio test autonomous trucks in WA

Scania is testing a new generation autonomous transport system at Rio Tinto's Dampier Salt operation

20 December 2018

The LiDAR sensor from Caterpillar
TECHNOLOGY

Caterpillar boosts LiDAR on autonomous trucks

Caterpillar has developed its own light detection and ranging (LiDAR) system

11 December 2018

Underground ventilation fans at Newmont 's Subika mine in Ghana
UNDERGROUND

Newmont's newest mine starts production

Newmont Mining has achieved commercial production at its Subika Underground project in Ghana

27 November 2018

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