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Rio's Ivan Vella on new-gen mining and shearing camels

Mining is on a transformational technology journey and it is vital staff are brought along for the ride. That is one lesson Rio Tinto managing director supply chain services Ivan Vella has gleaned from the change the miner is going through.

Noel Dyson*
Rio Tinto's Ivan Vella suggests mining's digital transformation analogous to shearing camels

Rio Tinto's Ivan Vella suggests mining's digital transformation analogous to shearing camels

Vella told the AusIMM Iron Ore 2019 conference in Perth that while the company had made big steps forward in automating trucks, trains and drills, the bigger benefits were still to come. He believes...

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