Komatsu Deploys More than 700 Autonomous Haulage System Trucks
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Komatsu said the number of commercial deployments of Komatsu FrontRunner, an Autonomous Haulage System (AHS), over AHS trucks has surpassed 700 as of February 2024. This includes over 100 units of the 980E-AT, one of the world’s largest ultra-class dump truck capable of carrying 400 tons.
The 700th AHS truck was deployed at Glencore’s Lomas Bayas copper mine in Chile, which introduced Komatsu AHS for the first time in November 2023. This milestone marks a significant achievement for Komatsu, which began the AHS trial in 2005 and achieved the world’s first commercial AHS deployment in January 2008. Since then, Komatsu has deployed AHS at 23 mine sites in five countries, with AHS trucks hauling seven and half billion metric tons of materials by the end of February 2024.
“We express our profound gratitude to Glencore‘s invaluable partnership spirit, which leads successful AHS deployment at Lomas Bayas copper mine. FrontRunner is bringing safer, more reliable, and consistent mine operations while lowering operating costs and increasing production,” said Masayuki Moriyama, president of Komatsu’s Mining Business Division.
Komatsu continues to be committed to providing quality solutions with our customers through One Komatsu team,” added Moriyama.
Looking ahead, Komatsu remains committed to helping customers achieve their goals, such as improving safety and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, through the utilization of AHS technology.
This commitment is reflected in Komatsu’s mid-term management plan, “DANTOTSU Value - Together, to ‘The Next’ for sustainable growth,” which defines DANTOTSU Value as customer value creation that generates a positive cycle of improvement in earnings and ESG resolutions.
Through DANTOTSU Value, Komatsu will strive to create new values in order to take steady steps forward to the next stage for the workplace of the future and pass on a sustainable future to the next generation.
Komatsu develops and supplies technologies, equipment, and services for the construction, mining, forklift, industrial, and forestry markets. For more than a century, the company has been creating value for its customers through manufacturing and technology innovation, partnering with others to empower a sustainable future where people, business and the planet thrive together. Front-line industries worldwide use Komatsu solutions to develop modern infrastructure, extract fundamental minerals, maintain forests and create consumer products. The company’s global service and distributor networks support customer operations to enhance safety and productivity while optimizing performance.
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