Customer Profile: Oyu Tolgoi LLC (Rio Tinto Joint Venture)
- Location: Umnugovi Aimag, Mongolia
- Industry: Mining & Metals (Copper and Gold)
- Operation Scale: One of the world’s largest high-grade mines, processing 100,000 tonnes of ore daily with over 200km of underground tunnels.
- Website: ot.mn
The Challenge: Safety in the World’s Harshest Environments
Oyu Tolgoi operates a relentless 24/7/365 schedule where safety is the non-negotiable priority. Managing a massive fleet that includes 290-tonne Komatsu haul trucks and a vast logistics network presents unique hurdles:
- Fatigue Management: In a 24-hour operation, monitoring driver fatigue and cabin behavior is critical to preventing high-stakes incidents.
- Extreme Conditions: Hardware must survive the intense dust, vibration, and temperature fluctuations of the Gobi Desert and deep underground tunnels.
- Remote Retrieval: Manually retrieving SD cards from hundreds of vehicles scattered across a massive mining site is geographically impossible and operationally inefficient.
The Solution: Enterprise-Grade Monitoring for Heavy Industry
Oyu Tolgoi transitioned to a sophisticated cloud oversight system, choosing FLEETA to manage their complex fleet of logistics vehicles, excavators, and massive haulers.
The Hardware & Connectivity Strategy:
- 350+ Dash Cam Deployment: A large-scale rollout featuring specialized IR (Infrared) models for cabin monitoring and fatigue detection, alongside LTE-connected units.
- Hybrid Connectivity: To maintain a constant cloud connection across the vast site, the fleet utilizes a strategic mix of integrated SIM cards and third-party Wi-Fi hotspots.
- Critical Fleet Management: Over 110 high-priority vehicles are managed directly through the FLEETA platform for real-time safety auditing.
The Journey: A Strategic Long-Term Partnership
The evolution from a hardware pilot to a site-wide safety standard demonstrates the scalability of the FLEETA ecosystem:
- 2018: Initial hardware testing and site-specific evaluation begins.
- December 2019: Formal adoption of the FLEETA (formerly BlackVue Fleet Tracking) platform.
- 2020 – 2026: Continued expansion, with FLEETA now fully integrated into the daily safety workflow for hundreds of specialized mining assets.
The FLEETA Advantage
By leveraging FLEETA’s enterprise capabilities, Oyu Tolgoi has transformed its safety and maintenance protocols:
- Remote Evidence Management: In the event of an incident, the safety team backs up high-definition footage remotely. This eliminates the need for physical SD card retrieval, keeping vehicles in the field and miners safe.
- Workflow Health Auditing: Management uses the FLEETA dashboard to ensure all cameras are operational, correctly oriented, and unobstructed—guaranteeing that safety data is never missed.
- Unrivaled Durability: From standard logistics vans to Komatsu 930E haul trucks, FLEETA-connected hardware has proven reliable in one of the most demanding industrial environments on Earth.
- Operational Simplicity: Despite the complexity of the operation, Mine Support Specialists cite the platform’s ease of use as a primary driver of its success.
The Results: 24/7 Safety Assurance
The integration of FLEETA has reinforced Oyu Tolgoi’s status as a global leader in mining safety.
- Total Accountability: Real-time oversight ensures that safety protocols are followed across 200km of tunnels and open-pit operations.
- Reduced Risk: Constant monitoring and remote video access allow for immediate intervention and post-incident analysis to prevent future fatigue-related events.
- Enterprise Reliability: Seven years of continuous operation in extreme conditions proves that FLEETA is the partner of choice for government-tier and industrial-tier infrastructure.
“We needed a solution to monitor our fleet of trucks that continuously operate on the mining site. [FLEETA] has proven reliable over the years and is easy to use.” > — Tsenguun Odgerel, Mine Support Specialist, Oyu Tolgoi LLC
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