CASE STUDY
Transporting Iron Ore
Key
Results
01
Journey speed increased by 6%
02
28000 tonnes transported
03
1500 km distance with 240 cars
Client
Overview
£100m+
Turnover
250-499
Company Size
Management
Project Lead
Installation Time
N/A
Industry Sector
Task
Business Problem
Rio Tinto is the world’s second-largest mining corporation.
The company operates around 36 countries and produces minerals like iron ore, copper, diamond, gold, and uranium. It operates about 200 locomotives that travel more than 1700 km at Pil-bara, Western Australia to four port terminals from 16 ore mines.

Rio Tinto mines and transports iron ore

The transportation of drivers was delaying journeys
Rio Tinto operates locomotives that travel from ore mines, through Western Australia, to four port terminals. The company’s iron ore operation saw a need to optimize the transportation of drivers t...
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Sources: https://www.riotinto.com/en/news/stories/how-did-worlds-biggest-robot