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Report summary
Table of contents
- Executive summary
- Pros and cons of driverless trucks
- Scenario analysis: What if coal was able to achieve similar cost and productivity savings to iron ore?
- Automation becoming the norm in Australia's iron ore industry
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Summary of autonomous vehicles in Australia's iron ore industry
- Fortescue Metals
- Rio Tinto
- BHP
- Roy Hill
- Key issues so far in the iron sector
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Examples of automation within the Australian coal sector over the past decade
- Driverless trucks at Maules Creek and Meandu
- Remote control centres
- Automated dozers
- Auto drilling
Tables and charts
This report includes 7 images and tables including:
- Australian coal autonomous scenario
- Potential cost savings using autonomous trucks
- Australia's coal total prime overburden moved
- Weighted average productivity and strip ratio
- Australia's iron ore autonomous material moved
- Mining cost comparison between autonomous and non-autonomous mine
- Labour productivity comparison between autonomous and non-autonomous mine
What's included
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