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Thiess autonomous drills notch up 1M metres at Lake Vermont

The multi-pass drills are supervised remotely from the site's office, working autonomously

Lou Caruana
Jellinbah's Lake Vermont coal mine in Queensland.

Jellinbah's Lake Vermont coal mine in Queensland.

In 2019, Thiess was the first mining services provider to deploy an Epiroc Pit Viper drill fitted with an autonomous drilling system and has since expanded its fleet with additional autonomous drills in...

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