FULLY AUTONOMOUS TRAIN CONTROL FOR MAINLINE RAIL SYSTEMS granted accreditation for AutoHaul® 1st long-distance driverless Heavy Haul Railway in the world

18 May 2018

Rio Tinto granted accreditation by ’s Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator approving the autonomous operation of trains at the group’s business in .

The AutoHaul® project continues to progress and is on schedule to be completed by the end of 2018.

Rio Tinto will take a phased approach to deploying autonomous trains across the network in the lead up to full commissioning. Rio Tinto achieves delivery of iron ore with world’s largest robot 13 July 2018

Rio Tinto has achieved a significant Rio Tinto Iron Ore managing director Rail, milestone with the first delivery of iron ore Port & Core Services Ivan Vella said by an autonomous train in the , “This safe first delivery of ore Western Australia. by an autonomous train is a The autonomous train, consisting of three key milestone for the locomotives and carrying around 28,000 AutoHaul™ program which tonnes of iron ore, travelled over 280 will deliver the world’s first kilometres from Rio Tinto’s mining autonomous, rail network.” operations in Tom Price to the port of Cape A true milestone Lambert on 10 July. “This programme shows our absolute It was monitored remotely by operators commitment to improving safety and productivity, as well as enabling greater from Rio Tinto’s Operations Centre in Perth flexibility across our operations.” for the global more than 1,500 kilometres away. The inaugural journey is a significant Railway Industry milestone for Rio Tinto’s AutoHaul™ programme and follows regulatory approval in May.

AutoHaul™ is on schedule to complete by Managing Director the end of the year, unlocking significant safety and productivity gains for the Rail, Ports & Services business, as well as optimising the Rio Tinto company’s iron ore system by providing Ivan Vella more flexibility and reducing bottlenecks.

What is AutoHaul®? 1st long-distance driverless Heavy Haul Railway in the world

Project Scope

Communications Infrastructure Segment Automatic Train On Board, Office, Trainborne Operation (ATO) and Wayside Segment system to systems to control, AutoHaul® automatically drive monitor and ensure Operations trains on remote the safe movement Centre 1,500km main line of driverless trains Segment Signalling and Asset Protection Segment

Key part of Rio Tinto – Ansaldo STS Framework Agreement (RAFA) to support iron ore mining expansion in the Pilbara, Western Australia Where is AutoHaul® applied? AutoHaul® – World’s first long-distance driverless Heavy Haul Railway

Pilbara Region, Western Australia

Rio Tinto moves iron ore Each train has from mine to port via its 3 locos +240 wagons 1,700km rail line is and weighs

2.5km long 28,000tonnes AutoHaul® Efficiencies Achieved to Date

More than 750,000km in fully Over 11 million km in Six percent speed driverless mode completed ETCS L2 mode improvement safely and successfully completed safely and Removal of driver change- successfully over saving 1hr/journey cycle AutoHaul®’s Benefits for the Customer

Value over Volume Continuous Schedule No human flow real-time interaction by means of a flexible, sustainable, fully automated Railway compliant to the highest safety standards and the highest productivity (driverless operation and trip optimised)

1 Shifts 2 Efficiency AutoHaul® System at a Glance

Maintainer Screen VSS & TMS SCADA VSS, TMS & Fixed Radio SCADA HMI Network Controller Operational Signalling Room Control Center Comms Backbone

Wayside Interface Unit (OC) MLK DataRadio UHF

Satellite IP Radio network Communication Wi-Fi Interface

Cab Signalling Track Point Voice display Circuit Hot Wheel Machine Radio Axle Bearings Level On-board Counter Detector Data Train Interfaces Crossing ATP/ATO Logger Brakes (EPC), Traction Eurobalise Antenna

Balises AutoHaul® ATO Strategy & Implementation

Four Modes of Operation

1 2 3 4 Passive Driver Assist Attended Driverless Drivers run the train, Advises Driver of Automatic running Unmanned which is protected by optimal driving with a supervising driver the ATP system commands to apply on board Initially designed as a “transport” mode for staff, it has become a key part of the deployment and acceptance approach AutoHaul® Level Crossing & Asset Protection

Obstruction Detection Closed-Circuit TV Street Lighting System (ODS) (CCTV) Provides consistent lighting Laser based system detects Provides surveillance for level crossing objects within level crossing coverage of each end of level Turns on each time crossing boundaries crossing operates, is obstructed or Records vision via Digital when staff view live feed Video Recorder (DVR) from CCTV Enables remote retrieval/viewing by authorised Operation Centre (OC) personnel AutoHaul® Remote Loco Monitoring

Locomotive health Monitoring activities previously Alarms performed by the driver while Videos on board the train… (collisions, level crossings, etc)

Now managed via:

Rolling Stock Asset Health Evaluator Remotely monitors On Board status of assigned On Board system trains throughout their Automatically stops the train whenever an alarm journey and Processes signifies loco may have been damaged all On Board alarms 31 October 2018

Ansaldo STS Australia Pty. Ltd Freight Business Unit

Ansaldo STS successfully delivered into commercial service the world’s first fully autonomous long-distance heavy haul rail operation for key client Rio Tinto

Has been selected for

Inspiration of the Year Global Award 2018 “Japan, Korea and Oceania Region” 2nd Prize Porting AutoHaul® to Freight: North America

PTC provides Authorities and TSRs, but not the following:

Signalling System Onboard Operations Centre

Vital Safety Server acting as ATO Remote locomotive health Office Center Collision Detection monitoring Integrated Vital Possession Motion sensors Video monitoring Management ATO Mission Start/Stop Video Monitoring Integrated Level crossings and Level crossing obstruction detection and protection Integrated Asset Protection devices Virtual & Moving Block Porting AutoHaul® to Freight: Europe, Africa, Asia

ETCS provides Authorities and TSRs, but does not currently the following:

Signalling System Onboard Operations Centre

Integrated Vital Possession ATO Remote locomotive health Management Collision Detection monitoring Integrated Level crossings Motion sensors Video monitoring and Level crossing obstruction ATO Mission Start/Stop detection and protection Video Monitoring Integrated Asset Protection devices Virtual & Moving Block Beyond AutoHaul® - Roy Hill Project (WA)

Signalling and communications Roy Hill Mine system that has equipped a 350km remote privately owned heavy haul iron ore railway for future autonomous operation Beyond AutoHaul® - Roy Hill Project (WA)

A Series of Technical Firsts

Communication Communications Train and Hi-Rail SIL4 Moving Block Based Signaling on Based Signaling with Driver Assist on Freight System TETRA IP radio (CBS) using SIL4 system at SIL2 systems in Australia GPS Localisation FULLY AUTONOMOUS TRAIN CONTROL FOR MAINLINE RAIL SYSTEMS