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Transporting Iron Ore

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Results

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Journey speed increased by 6%

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28000 tonnes transported

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1500 km distance with 240 cars

Client

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£100m+

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Turnover

250-499

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N/A

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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.

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Rio Tinto mines and transports iron ore

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

What is the team saying?

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We are removing the need to transport drivers 1.5 million kilometres each year to and from trains asthey change their shift. This high-risk activity is something that driverless trains will largely reduce.

Lido Costa

Principle Engineer
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We are removing the need to transport drivers 1.5 million kilometres each year to and from trains asthey change their shift. This high-risk activity is something that driverless trains will largely reduce.

Lido Costa

Principle Engineer
quotemarks
We are removing the need to transport drivers 1.5 million kilometres each year to and from trains asthey change their shift. This high-risk activity is something that driverless trains will largely reduce.

Lido Costa

Principle Engineer
quotemarks
We are removing the need to transport drivers 1.5 million kilometres each year to and from trains asthey change their shift. This high-risk activity is something that driverless trains will largely reduce.

Lido Costa

Principle Engineer
quotemarks
We are removing the need to transport drivers 1.5 million kilometres each year to and from trains asthey change their shift. This high-risk activity is something that driverless trains will largely reduce.

Lido Costa

Principle Engineer
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