RIO Tinto is on track to have the world’s first heavy haul, long distance autonomous rail operation running by the end of 2018 after Australia’s Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator approved the AutoHaul project at the group’s iron ore business in Western Australia.
Rio Tinto's AutoHaul given Rail Safety Regulator approval.
The miner has been running its 200 trains in autonomous mode with a driver on-board since early in 2017, on its more than 1700km of rail line in WA's Pilbara. Those trains have been moving iron ore...
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