The train offers no safety measures for those riding atop the ore cars. If a rider falls off, operators likely wouldn’t know—leaving injured tourists stranded in the middle of the Sahara Desert.

The world’s second largest miner said no one was injured in the accident, which involved about 30 wagons of a self-driving iron ore train. Analysts said the derailment, which took place at 6.30 ...

The train can reach lengths of 2.5 to 3 kilometres as it transports iron ore - both in powder and chunk form - over a distance of approximately 700 kilometres, taking about 22 hours to complete ...

A typical train is about a mile long and consists of 300 cars hauling 24,000 metric tonnes of ore. The trains travel hundreds of miles from Pilbara mines to west coast ports to waiting freighters.

MELBOURNE, Nov 8 (Reuters) – Global miner BHP Billiton will meet its iron ore commitments to customers despite a supply disruption after it had to derail a runaway ore train in Western Australia ...

PERTH, Australia, April 03, 2025--Rio Tinto’s first locally made iron ore rail car has been built in Western Australia, as it steps up its use of domestic manufacturing across its world class ...