The British-Australian mijnbouwgroep Rio Tinto has drawn up plans to fully automated trains across its rail network in Australia lwa to ride. This will be hundreds of drivers their jobs will lose.
Rio Tinto in Australia, 1500 kilometres on their own track. The mined iron ore to the port transport, the company sets up to 2.5 km long trains. For the thirty hour journey we currently have four operators are used to each other repay, but Rio Tinto wants them replaced by fully automated trains.
The fully automatic trains will be according to the plans of Rio Tinto controlled from a checkpoint in the city of Perth. The first trains without a driver, would in 2014 have to go for a drive. The company is 518 million dollars for free.
According to Rio Tinto it is with the ‘robottreinen’ possible to have more freight to deliver because it is more efficient on the track can be used. Also, the company that drivers will no longer be exposed to the scorching heat in the Australian desert, but the mining company says that the operation is primarily motivated to reduce costs. For example, after introduction of the fully automated trains at least half of the five hundred machinists lose their jobs. A small portion of them would still be able to work on spoortrajecten where operators still needed, reports Reuters.
Rio Tinto thinks in addition to autonomous trains also, about more automation in the mining of iron ore. So the company wants to chauffeursloze trucks bet and are going to make use of ‘autonomous drilling in the mining industry. Details the company has not yet made known.
