Robots to kill Australian mining gravy train, where drivers earn $224G

foxnews.com - Hauling iron ore across Australia’s outback pays some 400 engineers about $224,000 per year, but the gravy train is coming to an end thanks to robots.International mining giant Rio Tinto Group plans to replace the highly-paid train drivers with robot locomotives, according to Bloomberg News . The industry is looking to squeeze profit margins after a decade-long mining boom drove up wages to the point train drivers in the remote western Australian region of Pilbarra were the highest paid in the world, according to U.