LOAD & HAUL


Cat 988K XE electric drive wheel loader loads a Cat truck


be entering service, with the project complete by the end of 2019. Regional Cat dealer WesTrac will play ongoing roles in managing and supporting the autonomous haulage system.


Atlas Copco is rebranding to Epiroc: the Minetruck MT50 is its new launch


Rio Tinto Iron Ore chief executive Chris Salisbury says, “We are excited about starting this new chapter in our automation story. T is project with Caterpillar accelerates deployment of autonomous haulage via


retrofi t in our Pilbara operations and helps meet our objectives of making our operations safer and more productive.”


In February 2018 the company teamed up with Minetec to develop what it called “technologies targeting underground hard rock mining


challenges.” T e plan is to expand the 18 www.engineerlive.com


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