# Hexagon Autonomous Mining at Onslow Iron Project: deployment

Canonical ID: `20165305-bef8-4a0f-817e-104c940fca31`

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

**Trust tier:** Catalog entry · 2 sources · not yet field-verified

_Last updated: 2026-07-12_

- **Slug:** hexagon-autonomous-mining-onslow
- **Status:** pilot
- **Model:** [Hexagon Autonomous Mining](/models/hexagon-autonomous-mining.md) (id: `0afdaa5a-7258-417e-b529-a039d86b86a5`)
- **Company:** [Hexagon Mining](/companies/hexagon-mining.md) (id: `18418d60-91a5-4464-b2d9-4c9305a0febb`)
- **Location:** [Onslow Iron Project](/locations/australia/onslow-iron-project.md) (id: `21cc9317-7ca9-438e-b351-ba6d1ee26723`)
- **First seen:** 2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Verification log (0, append-only)

_No verifications recorded._

## 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

## 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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