MINING

Anglo eyes the future

High in the arid mountains of southern Peru, Anglo American is taking the next step in mining: a giant new copper mine operated largely by robots.

 Pit Viper drill rigs automatically trundle into place to a series of blastholes at Anglo American’s copper mine at Quellaveco, Peru

Pit Viper drill rigs automatically trundle into place to a series of blastholes at Anglo American’s copper mine at Quellaveco, Peru

On a dusty mine road high in the Andes Mountains, a monstrous truck the size of a house rumbles past with its load of 300t of ore. Glancing up through the blinding Andean sunlight, the observer struggles...

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