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Driverless trucks and trains to expand in Australia: Rio Tinto

Cecilia Jamasmie | May 08, 2012 | 2:07 pm Top Companies Australia Europe 

Giant miner Rio Tinto (LON and NYSE: RIO) says the automation technology being rolled out in driverless trucks and trains in the Pilbara will soon move to the Bowen Basin, the major coal producing region in Australia. Local newspaper The Courier-Mail quotes Rio Tinto...

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