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  • Large group in hard hats and safety vests in front of Komatsu mining truck.

    Komatsu's future autonomous mine vision

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated May 30, 2023

    Interoperability is key to company's vision of a fully automated mine; works with Toyota to sync light trucks into future mines. From the Arctic regions of northern Sweden to the Andes Mountains in Chile and hot desert climates of Western Australia, 650 mining trucks equipped with Komatsu Ltd.'s FrontRunner autonomous haulage system have transported more than 6.2 billion metric tons of material at 22 mine sites in five countries. Self-driving haul trucks, however, are just...

  • A Komatsu mining truck hauling copper ore at the Los Bronces Mine in Chile.

    Komatsu autonomous trucks at Chile mine

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Apr 16, 2023

    Komatsu Ltd. will be showcasing its FrontRunner autonomous haulage system at Anglo American's Los Bronces open pit copper mine in Chile. Coupled with Komatsu's DISPATCH fleet management system, the FrontRunner autonomous technology for mining trucks has an established 14-year track record of increasing productivity, lowering maintenance costs, and improving safety at mines. FrontRunner was first commercially installed on trucks at the Codelco's Gabriela Mistral copper mine in...

  • Underground miners and equipment with position and proximity sensors.

    Komatsu to acquire Mine Site Technologies

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    As its mining clients increasingly go underground to provide the minerals and metals needed for a technology-driven clean energy future, global heavy equipment manufacturer Komatsu Ltd. continues to position itself to offer the low-emissions, digital, and automation solutions to help bring these essential raw materials to the surface. In the latest move to achieve this strategy, Komatsu has agreed to acquire Mine Site Technologies, an Australian firm better known as MST...

  • Boliden Komatsu autonomous equipment FrontRunner haulage system Aitik mine

    Boliden to automate copper mine trucks

    Shane Lasley, Metal Tech News|Updated Jul 12, 2022

    Looking to get the most out of its 53-year-old Aitik copper-gold-silver mine, European mining giant Boliden has ordered Komatsu's FrontRunner autonomous haulage system for 11 ultra-class 930E-5 electric drive haul trucks at the open-pit operation in northern Sweden. While Aitik continues to steadily produce more than 200 million pounds of copper, 100,000 ounces of gold, and 1.1 million oz of silver per year, the transportation of ore to meet this production rate gets longer...