'Mine of the Future' is here: Rio Tinto's Yandicoogina mine has been designated as the 'Mine of the Future' and ongoing development is delivering significant benefits

摘要

CONTINUING development by Rio Tinto of remote control of its iron ore mining operations in the Pilbara is delivering significant productivity benefits. Previously, most of the mining operations were managed on site with logistical processes segmented across key areas such as plant, rail network and ports. Now, the various mining and logistical operations are increasingly managed from an operations centre located 1,500 km south of the Pilbara next to Perth airport. The 1,800 sqm operations centre is connected to three different ports in the Pilbara via a series of fibre optic cables. Extra fibre and satellite connectivity provide further redundancy.