Driverless trucks roam Australian mines:
210 tonne monsters haul 300 tonnes of dirt with GPS guidance
Mining company Rio Tinto has turned to driverless trucks to operate mines in Western Australia.
Nammuldi and Tom Price's climates are unrelentingly unpleasant. Workers are hard to come by and the cost of living is high. Even those hardy folk that do work on site often do so on a 'fly-in, fly-out' basis that sees them spend a fortnight or so on site before retreating to a more pleasant locale.
