# Hitachi Construction Machinery and Whitehaven Coal to collaborate on autonomous haulage system

Hitachi Construction Machinery announced an agreement with Whitehaven Coal to collaborate on the design and implementation of an Autonomous Haulage System for Whitehaven's Maules Creek coal mine in New South Wales, Australia.

- Type: Partnership
- Announced: 2018-07-09
- Where: Maules Creek, New South Wales, Australia
- Status: announced
- Products: autonomous haulage system, dump trucks
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Hitachi Construction Machinery](https://endata.com/companies/15738.md)
- [Whitehaven Coal](https://endata.com/companies/18817.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [hitachicm.com](https://www.hitachicm.com/global/en/news/press-releases/2018/18-07-09/), 2018-07-08: "Hitachi Construction Machinery today announced an agreement with Australia’s largest independent coal miner, Whitehaven Coal to collaborate on the design and implementation of an Autonomous Haulage System."

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