Autonomous trucks go live at Cloudbreak

Fortescue Metals Group has moved a step closer to becoming the world’s first iron ore operation to have a fully autonomous haulage fleet, with the first Cat 789D trucks fitted with autonomous haulage technology now in operation at its Cloudbreak mine in Western Australia

A Cat 789D rigged for autonomous operation.

09 May 2019
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This is part of the rollout of 38 autonomous trucks at the mine.

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