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The digital threat to social progress

Mining-reliant countries must start thinking about job replacement as automation looks set to move jobs out from underground workings and pits.

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"Where do I sit?" Komatsu has ditched the steering wheel completely

That's the message from International Council of Mining Metals COO Aidan Davy, who said planning had to start so countries reliant on mining jobs didn't lose out as automated processes expanded.