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Bagdad becomes the first large-scale US mine to operate a fully autonomous truck fleet

Freeport-McMoRan's flagship mine speaks with Mining Magazine

Munira Rajkotwalla
Autonomous trucks at Bagdad with the radar_lidar equipment mounted in front

Autonomous trucks at Bagdad with the radar_lidar equipment mounted in front | Credits: Freeport-McMoRan

Freeport-McMoRan's flagship site, Bagdad, has long been a proving ground for new technologies. In 2024, the company inked an ambitious three-year plan with Caterpillar to convert the haul truck fleet...

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