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Autonomous evolution of the mining workplace North highlights the misconception around autonomy . “ People think we ' re driving it because we want to reduce roles and the number of people deployed in the process ”, he says . “ Generally , that ’ s not the case . Pushing processes to be more efficient can result in less people involved , but not significantly . Mostly what we see happen is the role , instead of sitting in a truck drill or dozer , transitions into a technician supporting the processes required . For example , the communications networks that actually run all this technology are extensive and need to be maintained . That creates new roles that didn ' t actually exist before ”.
Ferrexpo is partnering with ASI Mining , an American robotics company with decades of experience working with the likes of Ford and Toyota that were also part of the team delivering autonomous solutions
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