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Rio Tinto completes 10-year Pilbara iron ore expansion
Rio Tinto's West Angelas mine is the only fully autonomous production drill site in the world, with seven autonomous drills having drilled more than 2.25 million m. The autonomous drills deliver a production increase of around 10% over manually operated drills and an operational cost savings of 8%. Replacement and renewal of capital stock will become much more important, as will exports of finished goods that include steel components.
Rio Tinto completes 10-year Pilbara iron ore expansion
Rio Tinto's West Angelas mine is the only fully autonomous production drill site in the world, with seven autonomous drills having drilled more than 2.25 million m. The autonomous drills deliver a production increase of around 10% over manually operated drills and an operational cost savings of 8%. Replacement and renewal of capital stock will become much more important, as will exports of finished goods that include steel components.
Rio Tinto completes 10-year Pilbara iron ore expansion
2015
Article (Journal)
English
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