Mining giant Rio Tinto has released a statement saying it intended to "postpone" its $371 million automated train project in WA in response to an economic slowdown. An automated train on its way to ...

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) -2.5% in Tuesday's trading after reporting Q2 iron ore shipments below analyst estimates, reflecting impacts to production from a train derailment in May at its Western Australia ...

MELBOURNE, June 19 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto RIO.AX said a self-driving iron ore train derailed in Western Australia on Saturday but that no one was injured in the incident. The incident is the second ...

Look, it's just a hunch, but careering down long stretches of Australia's desert would be quite fatiguing. On the flipside, it'd make an ideal location to operate a driverless train system. It's ...

Railroading entered a brave, new world as the first fully-autonomous freight train completed its initial run in Australia. Global mining conglomerate Rio Tinto marked the first delivery of iron ore by ...

Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) says it has completed a 62-mile pilot run of the first fully autonomous rail journey at its iron ore operations in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with trains operated by ...

MELBOURNE, Feb 13 (Reuters) - A self-driving train derailed at Rio Tinto's RIO.L, RIO.AX iron ore operations in Western Australia, the world's biggest iron ore miner said on Tuesday. A Rio Tinto ...

Rio Tinto Group (NYSE:RIO) shares are trading lower today after the company disclosed second-quarter production results. The company reported production of 79.5 million tonnes (67.5 million tonnes for ...

MELBOURNE, Australia--Driverless trains hauling iron ore across Australia's arid Pilbara region were meant to transform the mining industry, until the technology proved much trickier than companies ...

The $940 million AutoHaul™ program is focused on automating trains transporting iron ore to Rio Tinto's port facilities in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. Jan 04, 2019 Rio Tinto announced Dec ...

Shares fall as much as 2.6% to lowest since March 18 Derailment led to 6 days of lost rail capacity Flags possible delays at greater Nammuldi project The world's largest producer of iron ore shipped ...

MELBOURNE, June 19 (Reuters) - Rio Tinto (RIO.AX), opens new tab was working on Monday to recover about 30 wagons of a self-driving iron ore train that derailed in Western Australia, an accident that ...