The automation technology helping cut mining costs

Chinese startup Builder X provides teleoperated excavators to tackle worker shortage

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China's Builder X is looking to expand its remote operated excavator technology into overseas markets (Photo courtesy of Builder X).

WANG YIJIN, 36Kr

BEIJING -- Turning automation to practical and profitable use is a tricky task that can test investors' patience. But, far from urban areas, mines are starting to take up the technology.

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