Development of Autonomous Trucks in the Global Mining Sector, 2023 Update
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The popularity of autonomous haul trucks is continuing to grow across surface mines, with miners taking advantage of improvements to productivity; reductions in accidents and operating costs; increased machine life and tyre life and lower fuel consumption.
As of May, 2023, GlobaData’s Mining Intelligence Center was tracking almost 1,600 autonomous haul trucks operating on surface mines across the globe. This figure includes both those that are autonomous-ready as well as running autonomously.
The largest population of autonomous trucks is in Australia with 975, followed by Canada, China and Chile.
BHP accounts for the largest number of autonomous trucks, followed by Rio Tinto, Fortescue Metals Group and Teck Resources.
Caterpillar is the leading OEM, head of Komatsu is in second place. Together these two OEMs account for 90% of the known brands tracked by GlobalData.
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The report analyses the development of autonomous haul trucks in the mining industry, tracking additions over time and specifying the exact brands and models used across each mine. Future plans for further additions or introductions of AHS are included as well as details of the benefits achieved from the use of autonomous trucks by miners.
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• Track the development of autonomous haul trucks in the mining sector.
• Drill down to numbers of autonomous trucks by brand and model at each mine
• Compare the use of autonomous trucks by mining company
• Identify the benefits achieved from the use of autonomous trucks by miners.
• View future plans for the introduction of autonomous trucks by mine.
Rio Tinto
Teck Resources
Fortescue Metals Group
Caterpillar
Komatsu
Hitachi
XCMG
Belaz
China Shenhua Energy
Suncor Energy
Anglo American
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