Australian miner Rio Tinto to lean more heavily on drones

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[1] Rio Tinto is moving fast to expand its use of drones outside its mine monitoring and inspection activities and into the wider business.

[2] Rio is one of the many Australian mining companies to turn to drones to conduct surveys, including inspection of their vast infrastructure assets, more safely and easily.

[3] The miner has been using unmanned aerial devices in its Queensland, Western Australia, and NSW coal, aluminium and diamond operations for a couple of years.

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[Source]  Australian Information Technology News – Australian miner Rio Tinto to lean more heavily on drones