TECHNOLOGY

Rio Tinto almost doubling autonomous drill fleet

FOUR additional drills retrofitted with Rio Tinto’s Autonomous Drilling System have been deployed at Rio Tinto’s Yandicoogina mine in the Western Australian Pilbara region.

 An autonomous drill at Rio Tinto's West Angelas mine.

An autonomous drill at Rio Tinto's West Angelas mine.

They join the existing seven autonomous drills at the West Angelas mine. Another nine drills will be deployed by the end of 2018, bringing the total fleet to 20. The autonomous drills reduce the...

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