Glencore deploys autonomous trucks at Lomas Bayas copper mine
Mining News Pro - After having implemented autonomous drills, Glencore’s (LON: GLEN) Lomas Lab introduced a full set of autonomous haul trucks at the Lomas Bayas copper mine, located in the Antofagasta region of northern Chile.
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Top miners team up in bid to wean themselves off dirty trucks
Mining News Pro - Members of the International Council on Mining and Metals are planning a joint effort to test hydrogen and other zero-emission technologies in a bid to shift away from diesel-fueled vehicles.
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Top 5 Biggest Mining Trucks in the World
Mining News Pro - Check the following article and find out the Top 5 biggest mining dump trucks in the world according to their payload capacity!
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As Freeport converts mining trucks to green power
Mining News Pro - Copper mining giant Freeport-McMoRan Inc is converting its fleet of diesel trucks and other machinery to electric or hydrogen power, a transition required to fight climate change even though the costs are not yet known, Chief Executive Richard Adkerson said in an interview at the Reuters Next conference.
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EV sales to reach 5m units in 2021 with trucks, boats entering the race
Mining News Pro - In a recent analysis, IDTechEx acknowledged that, back in 2011, its ‘bullish’ forecasts of 1.5 million new EVs hitting the roads by 2021 were a massive underestimation as, ‘once the future arrived,’ sales of electric vehicles are on track to surpass five million units this year — counting only passenger cars.
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Rio Tinto to trial Caterpillar haul trucks at Gudai-Darri
Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto will be the first to deploy Caterpillar’s 793 zero-emission autonomous haul trucks, once development is complete at the Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in Western Australia.
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Vale starts operating driverless trucks at Carajás
Mining News Pro - Iron-ore major Vale is expanding driverless technology at its operations in Brazil, launching six self-driving trucks at its Carajás complex, in Para, with another four to be introduced before the end of the year.
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BHP, CAT strengthen alliance to develop zero-emission mining trucks
Mining News Pro - BHP and Caterpillar announced that they are accelerating the development and deployment of zero-emissions mining trucks at BHP sites to reduce operational greenhouse gas emissions.
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BHP, Cat combine for sustainable mining trucks
Mining News Pro - BHP and Caterpillar have partnered to develop zero-emissions mining trucks, following months of collaboration on how to sustainably tackle the miner’s energy demands.
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Thiess electrifies with Liebherr haul trucks
Mining News Pro - Thiess has added five of Liebherr’s electric T 264 haul trucks to its operations in Chile, each with a 240-tonne payload to increase the company’s production capacity in the South American industry.
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Vale autonomous trucks have hauled 100Mt at Brucutu
Mining News Pro - Vale’s (NYSE: VALE) driverless trucks achieved a major milestone this week as they have moved 100 million tonnes of material since first introduced at the company’s Brucutu iron ore mine in 2016.
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Rio Tinto deploys world-first autonomous water trucks
Mining News Pro - Rio Tinto has pioneered Caterpillar’s autonomous water trucks at the Gudai-Darri iron ore mine in Western Australia.
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MinRes chooses Komatsu dump trucks for Iron Valle
Mining News Pro - Mineral Resources (MinRes) expects to benefit from faster haulage times after ordering 10 Komatsu HD1500-8 dump trucks for the Iron Valley mine site in Western Australia
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Atlas Iron trucks first Sanjiv Ridge iron ore
Mining News Pro - Atlas Iron has hauled its first shipment of iron ore from the Sanjiv Ridge operation in Western Australia ahead of schedule.
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Sandvik launches new era for Toro trucks and loaders
Mining News Pro - Sandvik is reintroducing new models of the renowned Toro underground hard rock loaders and trucks, starting with the Toro LH517i and Toro LH621i loaders.
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Downer purchases Australia’s first Komatsu 830E-5 trucks
Mining News Pro - Downer has taken delivery of five next-generation Komatsu 830E-5 dump trucks, the first fleet to be sold in Australia.
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Hydrogen to fuel giant mining trucks in green shift by Anglo
Mining News Pro - Anglo American Plc is advancing plans to convert its fleet of giant diesel-fueled mine trucks to hydrogen power as the company seeks to burnish its green credentials.
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Russia starts using 5G network on autonomous mining dump trucks
Mining News Pro - A 5G pilot zone has been deployed for the first time in Russia at a SUEK coal open-pit coal mine in Khakassia to test the potential of 5G as part of an autonomous haulage system developed by Zyfra, the Finnish-Russian industrial digitalisation leader.
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SUEK introduces a 360° view camera system for dump trucks at Primorye
Mining News Pro - Coal mining major SUEK says it continues to introduce digital technologies at its mining operations
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BELAZ ready to roll out autonomy across all large haul trucks plus go cabless
Mining News Pro - The first two BELAZ 130 t autonomous trucks have been working for some time now with coal miner SUEK-Khakassia LLC in Russia, where the 7513R robotic dumpers operate at the Abakansky opencast mining site of the Chernogorsky open pit. They run over a given route of 1.35 km and had clocked up over 5,000 km as of March 4, 2020.
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Wabtec electric drives to equip 28 Chinese 360 ton export mining trucks from NHL for Australia’s Yancoal
Mining News Pro - Wabtec has announced that it will supply Inner Mongolia North Hauler Joint Stock Co Ltd (NHL), the leading mining truck manufacturer in China, with 28 360 ton premium integrated AC electric drive systems, to support the company’s 360 ton (330 t) 28 strong mining truck contract with Yancoal in Australia. The systems will help Yancoal’s mining fleet achieve increased productivity and speed on grade performance and help reduce fuel costs and equipment wear.
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Sandvik releases AutoMine for Trucks
Mining News Pro - Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology has launched AutoMine for Trucks, an industry first for autonomous ramp haulage in underground mines.
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Autonomous trucks for BHP`s Newman East
Mining News Pro - BHP plans to introduce 20 autonomous trucks at its Newman East (Eastern Ridge) mine in Western Australia by the end of this year.
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Peru’s environmental regulator imposes new controls on Las Bambas’ trucks
Mining News Pro - Peru’s Environmental Assessment and Control Agency, known as OEFA, ordered Minera Las Bambas to change the way it transports copper concentrate through the Southern Runway (Corredor Vial Sur) between the towns of Velille and Ccapacmarca, located in the Chumbivilcas province.
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Volvo using NVIDIA technology to test & validate its autonomous mining trucks
Mining News Pro - At its headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden, Volvo Group this week announced that it is using the NVIDIA DRIVE end-to-end autonomous driving platform to train, test and deploy self-driving AI vehicles, targeting public transport, freight transport, refuse and recycling collection, construction, mining, forestry and more.
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