Forget about the North-American monopoly when it comes to producing quality mining equipment. According to the CEO of the mining giant Rio Tinto, the Chinese manufacturers are really improving in this field and can now be compared to the major US manufacturers, Sam Walsh said during an investor conference. Rio Tinto’s representative revealed the company has been … Read more
Imagine if a 50-foot robot truck could take dangerous work away from human miners… That’s exactly what is happening in the mines operated by the major company Rio Tinto. In Australian pits, there’s a series of robotic trucks that load, haul and dump ore and waste rock at open pit mines, a job that used … Read more
The surface mining industry has just overcome a new milestone: a surface production drill completed a computer-generated drill pattern without human interaction for the first time ever. The Atlas Copco D65 crawler-mounted and articulated drill – developed by Atlas Copco Australia after a partnership with Rio Tinto – levelled, drilled and moved between rows as directed by computer-generated instructions. … Read more