BHP to roll out autonomous drilling at Jimblebar

摘要

BHP Billiton is rolling out autonomous drillsand trucks at its Jimblebar iron ore mine inWestern Australia and expects the operationto be fully autonomous by the end of this year.“At BHP we’re rolling out autonomousdrills to improve safety and productivityacross our Western iron ore operations,”Chief Technology Officer Diane Jurgenstold delegates in early November atthe International Mining and ResourcesConference in Melbourne, Australia.