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Rio Tinto's autonomous trains get regulatory approval
Moves a step closer to completion.
May 18 2018 11:35AM
Woodside Energy designs its own magnetic IoT sensors
Major expansion of data science effort.
May 16 2018 6:45AM
Gold miner St Barbara upgrades telecoms
Brings fibre, wi-fi to WA camp.
May 15 2018 12:10PM
Robots take on dangerous offshore oil work
BP buys magnetic crawlers.
May 4 2018 6:00AM
Aussie miner to use blockchain to trace shipments
Improves provenance tracking for rare earth minerals.
May 2 2018 11:50AM
WA schools, TAFEs to teach automation skills
Govt partners with Rio Tinto.
Apr 4 2018 11:40AM
Rio Tinto's robot train budget soars above $1bn
Appears to price in project delays.
Mar 5 2018 9:37AM
Woodside trials robotic inspectors for LNG plants
Deploys wi-fi across Karratha gas plant.
Feb 14 2018 10:30AM
Roy Hill shows interior of its remote ops centre
Talks layout decisions.
Feb 9 2018 11:36AM
Woodside brings subsea fibre to North Rankin platforms
Invests in branching unit, outsources operation.
Jan 24 2018 9:00AM
Rio Tinto steps closer to fully autonomous trains
Runs vehicles in supervised mode over longer distances.
Jan 16 2018 11:55AM
Rio Tinto seeks greater precision from space sensors
To ease competing land use concerns.
Jan 5 2018 9:28AM
Orica looks to AI, robotics for blast ops
Set to buy small tech firms.
Dec 18 2017 11:30AM
Rio Tinto scales up its data platform
Goes predictive for future productivity improvements.
Dec 5 2017 11:30AM
Newcrest puts digital back on Lihir mine roadmap
Resolves connectivity bottleneck.
Dec 4 2017 12:00AM
BHP lifts lid on major data science project
Targets machine maintenance.
Dec 1 2017 6:40AM
BHP to build remote ops centre for Olympic Dam
Third Australian facility.
Nov 28 2017 11:21AM
Shell's QGC expands drone use in Surat Basin
Granted wider area to operate.
Nov 16 2017 10:56AM
Shell blends data to personalise fuel
Battles with adding value to a commodity sale.
Nov 13 2017 12:08PM
Inside Shell's 'spare parts' data science project
Millions saved on inventory management.
Nov 7 2017 6:47AM
