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Hexagon Autonomous Mining at Onslow Iron Project

Hexagon's autonomous mining solution is a truck-agnostic, full-site autonomy stack combining positioning, onboard autonomy and drive-by-wire, fleet management, collision avoidance, world perception and autonomous mission management. It targets both open-pit haul trucks and autonomous road trains. Its flagship project is a fleet of fully autonomous road trains for Mineral Resources at the Onslow Iron project in Western Australia.

Hexagon Autonomous Mining by Hexagon Mining · Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified · Mining robots

Track Hexagon Autonomous Mining at Onslow Iron Project

Hexagon and Mineral Resources (MinRes) partnered to deploy a fleet of fully autonomous road trains at the Onslow Iron project in Western Australia, described as the world's first automated road-train solution. The truck-agnostic solution equips Kenworth 330-tonne triple-trailer road trains to run autonomously on a private haul road of roughly 150 km. MinRes is the project operator.

Key facts

Operator
Mineral Resources (MinRes)
Vehicles
Autonomous Kenworth 330 t triple-trailer road trains
Haul road
Approximately 150 km private road

Exposure

Customer segment
research
Scale tier
commercial 10 99

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Safety record

No incidents on record for Hexagon Autonomous Mining at Onslow Iron Project.

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Trust tier
Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verifiedhow tiers work →
Last updated
2026-08-21
Model
Hexagon Autonomous Mining
Company
Hexagon Mining
Location
Australia/Onslow Iron Project
Operator
Hexagon Mining
Status
pilot
Operator type
maker operated
Scale at site
11 to 100 units
Site environment
outdoor
Location precision
verified coordinates
First seen
2021-01-01
ID
20165305-bef8-4a0f-817e-104c940fca31

Timeline

  1. Jan 2021
    First recorded
    Hexagon Autonomous Mining first documented operating at Onslow Iron Project.
  2. Aug 2026
    Current status: pilot, reviewed
    Latest recorded state. New status transitions append here as the deployment-status recorder produces them.

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Sources (2)

  1. https://hexagon.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/2021/hexagon-mineral-resources-partner-worlds-first-automated-road-train-solution · 2021-01-01
  2. https://im-mining.com/2023/07/26/hexagon-minres-to-transform-mining-with-autonomous-road-train-developments/ · 2023-07-26
Methodology: Verified · 2 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21

Verification posture

Verified

Low confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-08-21

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: pilot

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: mining

Sources by quality tier

2
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Common questions

What is the Hexagon Autonomous Mining deployment at Onslow Iron Project?
Hexagon Autonomous Mining, built by Hexagon Mining, is recorded as a deployment at Onslow Iron Project on the DEPLOY registry. Hexagon Mining operates the deployment directly.
Who operates Hexagon Autonomous Mining at Onslow Iron Project?
Hexagon Mining, the manufacturer of Hexagon Autonomous Mining, operates this deployment directly. This is a maker-deploys-its-own-product arrangement rather than a customer pilot.
When did the Hexagon Autonomous Mining deployment at Onslow Iron Project go live?
The deployment is recorded as starting January 1, 2021 on the DEPLOY registry. Earlier activity may exist but is not yet sourced.
Have there been incidents at the Hexagon Autonomous Mining deployment at Onslow Iron Project?
No active incidents affecting this deployment are recorded on the DEPLOY registry. Absence of recorded incidents is not a guarantee no incident occurred; DEPLOY records only sourced incidents and suppresses retracted ones.

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