MINING

Epiroc supports Chilean mine automation

Ushering the Minera Los Pelambres operations in the Chilean Andes into an automated future

Two Epiroc Pit Viper 351 diesel drills have been converted to fully autonomous operations at the Minera Los Pelambres operations in the Chilean Andes

Two Epiroc Pit Viper 351 diesel drills have been converted to fully autonomous operations at the Minera Los Pelambres operations in the Chilean Andes | Credits: Epiroc

In the Andes northeast of Santiago de Chile, at an altitude beginning at 3100m and just a stone's throw away from the border with Argentina, lies the open-pit mining operation Minera Los Pelambres (MLP)....

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