Rio Tinto Suffers Major Incident With One of Its Autonomous Iron Ore Trains
Rio Tinto Suffers Major Incident With One of Its Autonomous Iron Ore Trains
In the third incident of its type in 11 months, Rio Tinto (ASX:RIO) has suffered a major incident with one of its autonomous iron ore trains in the Pilbara overnight Monday.
周一隔夜，力拓集团（澳大利亚证券交易所股票代码：RIO）在皮尔巴拉的一列自动驾驶铁矿石列车发生重大事故，这是11个月来的第三起此类事件。
Media reports say a train smashed into a set of stationary wagons about 80 kilometres from Karratha in WA's Pilbara region early Tuesday morning.
媒体报道说，周二清晨，一列火车在距离西澳大利亚州皮尔巴拉地区的卡拉萨约80公里处撞上了一组固定货车。
Rio told media inquirers that no one was injured in the incident, but three locomotives and 22 wagons were impacted.
里约热内卢告诉媒体询问者，事件中没有人受伤，但三辆机车和22辆货车受到影响。
"We have notified the appropriate regulators and commenced an investigation," a spokesman said.
一位发言人说：“我们已经通知了适当的监管机构并开始了调查。”
"Work will soon begin to clear the rail line."
“铁路线的清理工作将很快开始。”
There was no immediate word on whether the track had been damaged and needs repairing or if there would be any delay to Rio's iron ore exports, which this year will run at a rate of more than 900,000 tonnes a day, worth more than $US100 million.
目前尚无关于这条轨道是否受损需要修复的消息，也没有关于里约铁矿石出口是否会延迟的消息。今年，里约的铁矿石出口将以每天超过90万吨的速度出口，价值超过1亿美元。
The train was carrying iron ore when it collided with the stationary wagons, though the size of the load is not known, though each of Rio's wagons (it has around 14,000) can carry up to 118 tonnes each.
这列火车在与固定货车相撞时正在运载铁矿石，尽管装载量的大小尚不清楚，尽管里约的每辆货车（约有14,000辆）每辆最多可以运载118吨。
The collision reportedly happened just after midnight on Monday. It is the third since June 2023.
据报道，碰撞发生在周一午夜之后。这是自2023年6月以来的第三次。
In February, one of its autonomous trains derailed about 120 km from Dampier port, damaging 38 wagons.
2月，它的一列自动列车在距离丹皮尔港口约120公里处脱轨，损坏了38辆货车。
And in June last year, a similar incident occurred with an autonomous Rio Tinto train when as many as 30 wagons left the tracks about 12 miles from Dampier.
去年6月，一辆自动驾驶力拓列车也发生了类似的事件，当时多达30辆货车离开了距离丹皮尔约12英里的轨道。
