The addition of nine new stations and over 3000 vehicles comes as Europcar signs a long-term franchise agreement with AUS Fleet Solutions.
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Real-time dust monitoring on haul roads
Acoem Ecotech has launched an environmental monitoring system that pinpoints dust hotspots on haul roads. It is the latest technology to bolster the mining industry’s dust suppression system.
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BHP introduces truck maintenance technology at Daunia
BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) has developed a system for truck maintenance at the Daunia coal mine in Queensland that reduces the average downtime for a regular service from two hours to just 40 minutes.
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Mining companies urged to manage exposure to diesel fumes
Exposure to high levels of diesel fumes could be the biggest occupational health threat since asbestos, according to hydraulic engineer Norm Mathers.
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Komatsu unveils record number of machines in the Hunter
Komatsu has launched an unprecedented 25 new machines, including excavators, loaders, trucks and graders, at an event in the Hunter Valley.
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BELAZ targets Australian market for global growth
Machinery manufacturer BELAZ believes the time is right for the company to make an impact in Australia with its mining equipment.
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Underground trial of truck guidance technology at Hera delivers efficiencies
Guidance systems on trucks have been in use at surface operations for some time. Underground mines, however, have only recently started looking at this technology.
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Komatsu unveil cabless autonomous trucks
Komatsu has unveiled its completely cabless, next gen autonomous truck at MINExpo.
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Liebherr unveils new 100 tonne mining truck
Liebherr has released yet another new mining truck, at this year’s MINExpo.
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Atlas Copco launches new underground mining truck
Atlas Copco has given Australian miners a sneak peek at its latest underground haul truck, the MT65, ahead of its official unveiling at MINExpo.
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Komatsu launches ultra class mining truck
Komatsu Australia has released the 980E-4 electric drive haul truck.
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Next level trucking
Liebherr’s latest massive truck is drawing heads in Mackay.
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Easy ways to avoid overloading your truck
Exceeding a vehicle's maximum permissible weight carries huge risk not only in terms of fines and penalties, but also in terms of the danger it poses to human life and the damage it causes to vehicles and roads.
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Volvo taking automated vehicles underground
Volvo is demonstrating the underground capabilities of its self-driving trucks, following on from its ‘platoon of automated trucks’ journey across Europe.
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Pioneering the future of fleet management
New paperless fleet management systems are lifting productivity on a NSW coal mine.
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A sea of pink at Roy Hill [gallery]
As Gina Rinehart's Roy Hill mine comes online and begins shipping iron ore, it is also making waves in terms of its social and corporate responsibility, as it paints its haul trucks pink to raise awareness of breast cancer.
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Autonomous vehicles lead Rio Tinto and BHP Billiton into cruise control
Canberra tech company Seeing Machines is set to introduce hands-free cruise control for regular cars, after gaining global recognition for vastly improving operations for mining truck drivers
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Autonomous truck and water cart collide on site UPDATE
An autonomous haul truck and a manned water cart have collided on a West Australian BHP mine site.
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Cat releases new large articulated trucks
Caterpillar has released its new C Series of large articulated trucks in Australia.
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Hitachi launch new haul trucks
Hitachi has launched two new rigid frame haul trucks, the EH3500AC-3 and the EH4000AC-3.
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