# Whitehaven Coal and Hitachi collaborate on autonomous truck fleet at Maules Creek

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

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-07-10
- Where: North West New South Wales, Australia, Australia
- Status: announced
- Products: autonomous haulage system, mining trucks
- Sectors: [Mining Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/mining-equipment.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

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

## Sources

- [im-mining.com](https://im-mining.com/2018/07/10/whitehaven-coals-maules-creek-confirmed-first-hitachi-autonomous-truck-fleet/), 2018-07-10: "Hitachi Construction Machinery Co Ltd has announced an agreement with Australia's largest independent coal miner, Whitehaven Coal to collaborate on the design and implementation of an Autonomous Haulage System (AHS) to support the company's mining operations in North West New South Wales."

---
Data from Endata (https://endata.com/). Announcements are summarized from public sources and may be incomplete; check the linked originals.