MINING cars with a total payload of 31,132 tons of ore ,” said Roy Hill CEO , Barry Fitzgerald .
“ Due to the undulating nature of the terrain to the north of the mine , for the first 30 kilometres of the journey to Port Hedland , each train will initially be assisted by rear located , manned banker locomotives .”
The train system will include a wide array of state-of-theart technology , including a communications-based automatic train protection system that will provide improved safety for all track related activities and increased operational efficiencies .
“ The adoption of this full vehicle tracking communication based technology is the first of its kind to be used in Australia and will set new benchmarks for iron ore railways in the Pilbara ,” said Fitzgerald .
After transportation via rail , Roy Hill will then export shipments through its world-class iron ore port facility at Port Hedland . The facility is capable of receiving , stockpiling , screening and exporting 55 million tons of iron ore , including the capacity to store more than 2.3 million tons .
The company will be controlling all of this through its Remote
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