Caterpillar surpasses 3 billion tonnes hauled autonomously by Cat Command for hauling trucks.

Caterpillar has announced that an additional 1 billion tonnes of material has been hauled by autonomous trucks using Cat® MineStar™ Command for hauling, taking the total beyond the 3 billion tonnes milestone. This achievement is joined by an expansion of the types of commodities being hauled autonomously, across a growing number of Cat mining truck class sizes, as well as other brands of mining equipment.

“Since surpassing the 2 billion tonnes milestone, we’ve equipped more mines with Command trucks and have established the world’s first gold mining application with Command for hauling,” said Jim Hawkins, director of Cat MineStar Solutions. “Since surpassing 1 billion tonnes, we’ve expanded our Command fleet by nearly 250%.”

Caterpillar has Command autonomous haulage system (AHS) fleets operating across three continents – North America, South America and Australia – at 17 mine locations, operated by nine different customers. Commodities mined using the Cat Command include iron ore, oil sands, copper, coal and gold.

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