BHP WA Iron Ore (WAIO) recently celebrated 10 years of operations at its Jimblebar mine, home to our first fully autonomous truck operation.

Jimblebar is an open-cut pit iron ore mine located 40 kilometres east of Newman, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia on the traditional lands of the Nyiyaparli people.

The rollout of BHP’s first fully autonomous haul truck fleet at Jimblebar was completed in 2017 resulting in reduced risk exposure to driving-related hazards, improved productivity and an opportunity for our workforce to gain new skills.

Brandon Craig, WAIO Asset President, said he was very excited for Jimblebar celebrating 10 years.

“Jimblebar is an operation that has progressed year on year and has just continued to deliver really reliable, dependable performance, and the productivity seems to just go from strength to strength,” he said.

“All the work Jimblebar has done over these last ten years has really set the foundation, not only for fantastic performance at Jimblebar, but it’s been the reference for how we pursue automation everywhere else in the business. Happy 10 years Jimblebar!”

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