TECHNOLOGY

Autonomous truck crash at FMG mine

AN AUTONOMOUS truck has backed into a stationary autonomous truck at Fortescue Metals Group’s Christmas Creek iron ore mine in Western Australia’s Pilbara region.

FMG autonomous haulers working at its Solomon operation.

FMG autonomous haulers working at its Solomon operation.

FMG has confirmed the February 11 event and insisted it was not a failure of the autonomous haulage system the company uses. Nobody was injured in the incident, nor were any manned vehicles or people...

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