Rio Tinto opens Brockman 4 iron ore mine in the Pilbara
02 September 2010
Rio Tinto today celebrated the opening of its US$1.5 billion mine Brockman 4 in Western Australia's Pilbara region. The new mine was officially opened by the Hon. Helen Morton MLC, Parliamentary Secretary to the Premier, Treasurer and Minister for State Development and Rio Tinto's chief executive for Iron Ore and Australia, Sam Walsh.
Brockman 4 will have an initial output of 22 million tonnes per annum (Mt/a) of high-grade iron ore, with the opportunity to double that capacity as Rio Tinto's expansion of its Pilbara operations continues.
Brockman 4 is 60 kilometres northwest of Tom Price, making it ideally positioned to serve as a hub for the future development of nearby deposits. It is wholly owned by Rio Tinto.
Mr Walsh said Brockman 4 was the second new iron ore mine to be commissioned in 2010, as well as the high-technology Operations Centre in Perth.
Source:
Rio Tinto Media Release
Komatsu
& Rio Tinto Enter into Agreement for 150 Autonomous Truck Deployment into Pilbara Iron Ore operations by 2015
02 November 2011
Komatsu Ltd. (President and CEO: Kunio Noji) (hereinafter Komatsu) and Rio Tinto (Chief Executive: Tom Albanese) November 1 in Japan, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (hereinafter MOU) to take the next step in large-scale implementation of Komatsu Autonomous Haulage System (hereinafter AHS) by committing to deploy at least 150 Komatsu AHS trucks into Rio Tinto Iron Ore Pilbara operations in Western Australia by the end of 2015 with equipment deployment commencing in 2012.
Rio Tinto has been testing Komatsu AHS, the world's first commercial autonomous mining haulage system, in the Pilbara since December 2008. During the trials the AHS technology demonstrated clear value to the business especially in the areas of health, safety and productivity.
Source:
Komatsu Press Release.
AHS is an integrated system to operate
super-large driverless dump trucks
autonomously by taking advantage of
information and communication
technologies (ICT) such as the
high-precision global positioning system
(GPS), obstacle detection sensors, a
wireless communication network system
and a fleet management system. Read
more: Komatsu Autonomous Haulage System.
