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Mining giant investigates driverless vehicle accident

A multinational resources producer is examining what caused autonomous machinery to crash. Rio Tinto wants to know exactly how a driverless train became involved in an accident after departing from...

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Another mining train derails in Western Australia

Last night another Western Australian mining train has derailed. A Mineral Resources Limited train has derailed 30 empty ore wagons south of Norseman. It is believed that the derailment resulted from...

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BHP runaway train travels 92 km before derailed

A runaway train in the Pilbara travelled more than 92 kilometres before being derailed by the BHP, causing a shut down of rail operations in Western Australia. In a statement, BHP said the derailment...

yandi derailment

ATSB finalises last report on Yandi derailment

The ATSB released their final report on the BHP derailment at Yandi just in time to get ready for their next big assignment. The final report (available here) provides some great learnings for the...

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Coal train derails in Queensland

The Newlands coal line is set to reopen at 6pm tonight after a coking coal train derailed on September 11. An Aurizon spokesperson confirmed that last Sunday at 7.30am, a derailment of a loaded...