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Glencore's Lomas Bayas mine to start automated journey with drill rigs

Glencore is employing Flanders' technology to automate drill rigs at a Chilean copper mine

 At its Chilean Compañía Minera Lomas Bayas copper mine, Glencore is converting its Caterpillar drill rigs to automated operation with Flanders’ ARDVARC technology

At its Chilean Compañía Minera Lomas Bayas copper mine, Glencore is converting its Caterpillar drill rigs to automated operation with Flanders’ ARDVARC technology

Glencore's Compañía Minera Lomas Bayas (CMLB) copper mine, which is in the Atacama Desert, northern Chile, extracts low-grade copper oxide ore, which is processed by heap leaching and converted to copper...

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