Original article by Peter Ker
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 18 : 11-Oct-16

The head of Rio Tinto’s iron ore division, Chris Salisbury, says the performance of its Autohaul driverless technology is meeting expectations. Rio has been using driverless trucks for a number of years, but a project to roll out autonomous trains at its Western Australian iron ore mines has been delayed due to software issues. This has prompted Rio Tinto to scale back its iron ore production forecast for fiscal 2017. Salisbury said the group will also seek to retrofit its existing haulage equipment with automated technology.

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