MINE AUTOMATION
Fortescue and Liebherr Mining have announced a partnership to jointly develop and validate a fully integrated Autonomous Haulage Solution ( AHS ). The iron ore miner aims to be the first AHS operating zero emissions vehicles globally
engineers . Pyne said whilst there is still considerable work to be done , we aren ’ t too far from reaching estimated the required technology readiness level ( TRL ) to support deployments .
At Roy Hill , Wenco ’ s FMS and Open Autonomy service adopted by ASI Mining ’ s Mobius platform has established the interoperability demanded for mixed HME equipment fleet in autonomous operations . Well documented by IM in several articles , this is a mixed Cat and Hitachi fleet and will soon have 96 autonomous trucks running – though these are larger rigid mining trucks .
Pyne concluded : “ A number of big miners have now done the sums and are looking to adopt both open autonomy and smaller trucks where they make sense . In some cases , they are also investing in us to help accelerate delivery and be able to support this . And of course , underlying a lot of it are the carbon emissions reduction targets they have committed to , where smaller battery trucks will get them there sooner .” Our company vision is ‘ reshaping the future of mining ’ and with the right partners from the
technology sector and collaborative innovative miners , we are on the right path to achieving that .”
Liebherr and Fortescue advance AHS validation
Building on the ongoing cooperative efforts between Liebherr and Fortescue , the two companies have announced that they will further combine their areas of expertise to develop and validate an Autonomous Haulage Solution ( AHS ). The AHS will be integrated with the zero emission haul trucks that the companies are currently co-developing , with the aim to be the first AHS operating zero emissions vehicles globally .
In August 2023 , Liebherr announced the deployment of a fleet of four T 264 autonomous trucks in Western Australia for onsite validation , which marked the next stage of Liebherr ’ s development of a new autonomy product for the mining industry . This onsite validation is currently taking place in partnership with Fortescue at its Christmas Creek mine site , in a purpose-built facility for validating zero emission and autonomous haulage technologies .
“ With our teams now fully integrated , Liebherr is excited to formally announce our partnership with Fortescue to collectively develop and deploy our Autonomous Haulage Solution ,” says Oliver Weiss , Executive Vice President , R & D ,
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