Agreement contains 33 Cat® 793 vehicles being transformed to autonomous haulage
Caterpillar will help with autonomy deployment, change administration and coaching
In addition to enhancing employee security, Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) estimates change will reduce Bagdad’s GHG emissions and cut back idle time by 10,000 hours yearly
IRVING, Texas, Oct. 31, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT) and Freeport-McMoRan (FCX) announce that the 2 corporations are collaborating to transform the mining firm’s fleet of 33 Cat® 793 haul vehicles at its Bagdad mine in Arizona to an autonomous haulage system (AHS) utilizing Cat MineStar™ Command for hauling.
“We sit up for partnering with Caterpillar to turn into the primary U.S. copper mine to implement a completely autonomous haulage system and are excited concerning the quite a few advantages it would convey to our Bagdad operation and workers,” stated Kathleen Quirk, President, Freeport-McMoRan. “The three-year conversion venture is predicted to enhance security, optimize our fleet, cut back GHG emissions by means of lowered idle time and position us to capitalize on future technological developments in electrification.”
Celebrating the tenth anniversary of Command for hauling, Caterpillar has greater than 620 autonomous vehicles working with 15 clients on three continents. While working autonomously, these vehicles have hauled greater than 6.3 billion tonnes (6.9 billion tons) of fabric and traveled greater than 230 million km (143 million mi) with out inflicting any reported accidents.
“We are happy to collaborate with FCX as they transition to completely autonomous haulage at Bagdad,” stated Denise Johnson, group president of Caterpillar Resource Industries. “The Cat 793 haul truck stays Caterpillar’s hottest autonomous truck mannequin and is effectively confirmed to boost security, improve productiveness, and cut back idle time throughout a number of operations, together with copper mines. Additionally, Caterpillar continues to work with Freeport, and different mining corporations, to introduce new electrification applied sciences supporting their sustainability targets.”
Located roughly 100 mi (161 km) northwest of Phoenix, Ariz., the Bagdad mine is a porphyry copper deposit containing each sulfide and oxide mineralization. It consists of a close to 85,000 ton-per-day (77,000 tonne-per-day) concentrator that produces copper and molybdenum focus and an answer extraction/electrowinning (SX/EW) plant that produces 9 million lb (4,1 million kg) of copper cathode per yr. It is likely one of the oldest, repeatedly working SX/EW vegetation on the earth.
More particulars on Cat MineStar Command for hauling might be discovered by contacting a Cat vendor or visiting https://www.cat.com/.
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