Autonomous Trucks
The road trains have been designed and developed for MinRes’ flagship Onslow Iron project in Western Australia. There’s enormous potential for these vehicles to transform mining across the world.”According to MinRes, the autonomous road trains will provide a cost-effective means to unlock deposits in the West Pilbara that would otherwise remain undeveloped. Grade separation will ensure there is no interaction between the autonomous road trains operating on the haul road and vehicles using public roads. Testing of autonomous road trains has occurred at MinRes’ Yilgarn iron ore operations since late 2021 ahead of the technology’s deployment at Onslow Iron. The Onslow Iron project will ship about 35 million tonnes of iron ore per year from mid-2024.