TECHNOLOGY

Automous haulers roll into Newman East

THE first fleet of autonomous trucks has arrived at BHP’s Newman East iron ore mine with the full roll out to be complete by September.

Staff with one of the new autonomous trucks at Newman East.

Staff with one of the new autonomous trucks at Newman East.

Newman East is home to BHP's Innovation Centre. It will be the second of the company's WA mines to transition to fully autonomous haulage with 20 trucks due on site before the end of the year. That...

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