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- Title
Rio Tinto orders 150 driverless trucks; Komatsu to supply haul trucks for the Mine of the Future program.
- Abstract
The article reports that multinational mining company Rio Tinto has purchased 150 autonomously-controlled haul trucks by Japanese mining and construction equipment manufacturer Komatsu for use in Rio Tinto's Mine of the Future program. The Mine of the Future program aims to introduce next generation technologies for mining operations at reduced costs, greater efficiency, and improved health, safety, and environmental performance.
- Subjects
TRUCK purchasing; RIO Tinto Co.; MINERAL industries; MINERAL industries &; the environment; MINERAL industries safety; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations
- Publication
Mining Engineering, 2011, Vol 63, Issue 12, p10
- ISSN
0026-5187
- Publication type
Article