Cat MineStar Command for hauling

789D, 793D/F, 797F, 794 AC

Caterpillar's factory autonomy system for its large mining haul trucks, from roughly 190 to 360 tonne payload classes, run from a central control room with no operator on board. It is the second-largest autonomous haul fleet outside China after Komatsu's.

Price: —Not sold as a priced product; supplied under project contracts
Autonomy: DriverlessHow it runs
Driverless: In serviceSince 2013
Fleet: 827Reported; details below
Speed: —Not published
Range: —Not published

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Why it matters

One of the two original-equipment autonomous haulage systems that took driverless mine trucks into everyday production.

Real-world use

Caterpillar reported 827 autonomous trucks working at the end of 2025, up from 690 a year earlier, at sites such as Imperial Oil's Kearl, Vale's Brucutu and Capanema, and Fortescue's Chichester Hub.

Timeline

First shown: 2013
Released: 2013

First commercial Command for hauling operations (Caterpillar counts autonomous tonnes from 2013)

Maker

CaterpillarCompany

How it drives

Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.

Driverless status: Driverless in service
Where it runs: Kearl oil sands (Alberta, Canada); Vale Brucutu and Capanema (Brazil); Fortescue Chichester Hub and Roy Hill area (Western Australia); other sites in Australia, the Americas
Driverless since: 2013
Fleet: 827 autonomous trucks in operation at end-2025, up from 690 at end-2024 (Caterpillar FY2025 annual report; International Mining, Nov 2025); target over 2,000 by 2030
Rides, miles or loads: More than 5 billion tonnes hauled autonomously by Sept 2022, about 1.4 billion tonnes projected for 2022 alone (Caterpillar); no newer cumulative total published

Public attention

How much public attention Cat MineStar Command for hauling (789D, 793D/F, 797F, 794 AC) gets, from open data.

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8 reported deployments

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What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement: Wheeled base
How it runs: Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.

Lineage

Every Caterpillar vehicle in order.

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Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price: Not publishedNot sold as a priced product; supplied under project contracts
How to get one: No official buying page found

Where it works

8 reported deployments.

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Deployed

Fortescue · Solomon Hub · Tom Price · since 2012 · 79 units

Fortescue's Solomon Hub was the first commercial-scale deployment of Caterpillar's autonomous haulage technology, starting in 2012. 79 autonomous trucks at Solomon (Fortescue, July 2021) Engineering News
Deployed

Fortescue · Christmas Creek mine (Chichester Hub) · Newman · 74 units

Fortescue runs Caterpillar autonomous haulage at its Christmas Creek iron ore mine in the Chichester Hub. 74 autonomous trucks at Christmas Creek (Fortescue, July 2021) Engineering News
Deployed

BHP · Jimblebar iron ore mine · Newman · since 2013

Caterpillar placed one of its first two Command for hauling fleets at BHP's Jimblebar mine in 2013. Global Mining Review
Deployed

Vale · Brucutu iron ore mine · São Gonçalo do Rio Abaixo · since 2018 · 13 units

Vale moved its Brucutu iron ore mine to autonomous haulage with Caterpillar 793F CMD trucks after a trial with seven trucks. 13 Caterpillar 793F CMD trucks planned for fully autonomous haulage (Mining Technology, Sept 2018) Mining Technology
Deployed

Imperial Oil · Kearl oil sands mine · Fort McMurray · 81 units

Imperial Oil completed converting all 81 Cat 797F haul trucks at Kearl to Cat MineStar Command for hauling. all 81 Cat 797F trucks converted to autonomous (Imperial, Q3 2023) International Mining
Deployed

Newmont · Boddington gold mine · Boddington · since 2021 · 36 units

Newmont's Boddington gold mine runs an autonomous haulage fleet of Cat 793F trucks supplied by WesTrac. 29 new Cat 793F trucks plus 7 converted (International Mining, Apr 2021) International Mining
Deployed

Teck Resources · Highland Valley Copper · Logan Lake

Teck runs Cat Command for hauling on 793F trucks in the Valley and Lornex pits at Highland Valley Copper. 21 trucks converted, 35 targeted by Q1 2022 (International Mining, May 2021); Teck reports 32 autonomous-capable trucks in operation (FY2025 annual information form) International Mining
Deployed

Teck Resources · Quebrada Blanca (QB2) copper mine · Pica

Teck reports a 100% autonomous haul fleet at Quebrada Blanca; Finning and Caterpillar contracted in 2019 to supply Cat 794 AC trucks with Command for hauling. Teck Resources (SEC filing)

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

Caterpillar / US SEC Caterpillar Inc. Form ARS FY2025 (annual report) International Mining Caterpillar sets out to hit over 2,000 autonomous mining trucks by 2030 Caterpillar Caterpillar autonomously hauls more than 1 billion tonnes of material with Cat Command for hauling in less than a year Caterpillar Caterpillar surpasses 3 billion tonnes hauled autonomously by Cat Command for hauling trucks International Mining Vale confirms autonomous truck fleet expansion deal with Caterpillar

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