Australian mining company Fortescue has placed a $400-million order with Chinese heavy equipment maker XCMG (Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group). The sale, which includes over 100 pieces of electric equipment, is the largest single export deal in XCMG’s history. The massive contract includes a wide range of battery-electric heavy equipment, including electric wheel loaders, dozers, semi-trucks… Read more »
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Mining giants agree BEVs are the best choice for mining equipment
Mining involves some of the most extreme energy requirements of any industrial process. To extract the minerals needed to power our technological lifestyle, billions of tons of rock have to be dug up, transported, crushed and processed, generally at remote locations. Regardless of what the “We love EVs, but…” crowd incessantly claims, the transition to… Read more »
Komatsu announces customer alliance for zero-emission mining equipment
Industrial machinery manufacturer Komatsu has formed an alliance with customers Rio Tinto, BHP, Codelo, and Boliden, to develop zero-emission mining equipment. The Komatsu Greenhouse Gas Alliance will collaborate on product planning, development, testing and deployment of zero-emission mining equipment and infrastructure. The alliance’s initial focus will be Komatsu’s power-agnostic truck concept for a haulage vehicle… Read more »
AKASOL Li-ion systems now powering Medatech’s underground mining equipment
Emissions in underground mining are not only a hazard to workers’ health – they are expensive to mitigate. Diesel-powered drilling, anchoring and transport machines produce exhaust gases that have to be siphoned off by large ventilation units via purpose-built shafts, a laborious and cost-intensive proposition. One solution is to rely on electrically powered machines, which… Read more »
Chinese mine deploys 5G-A unmanned electric mining trucks
China Huaneng has put into operation a 100-unit unmanned electric mining truck cluster it calls “Huaneng Ruichi” at its Yimin open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia using a large-scale 5G-A based vehicle-cloud-network. The unmanned vehicle eliminates the cab, has a load capacity of 90 tons and can operate continuously in harsh temperatures as low as… Read more »
Komatsu and Dimaag unveil mobile MCS charger for remote construction and mining operations
Komatsu, a century-old global manufacturer of heavy equipment, has unveiled its partner Dimaag’s Mobile Megawatt Charging System, a mobile power supply designed to be deployed at a point of use and scalable up to 6 MW. Dimaag is a relatively new design and technology company. The Mobile Megawatt Charging System—developed by Tesla co-founder Ian Wright,… Read more »
Sandvik sells 22 battery-electric mining machines to South32
Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions has announced an order from South32 for its greenfield Hermosa critical minerals project in Arizona that is the largest ever placed for the company’s battery-electric vehicles. South32 is a mining and metals company headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. The order includes six Sandvik DS412iE bolters, five Sandvik DD422iE development drills,… Read more »
At bauma, Scania debuts new electric power systems for construction and mining
Scania, a provider of transport solutions, handed over its stage at the 34th bauma trade fair in Munich to its new all-electric and hybrid power systems for the construction and mining sectors. The new offerings will complement Scania’s existing range of fuel-efficient combustion engine options. In addition, Scania and Cometto, a manufacturer of self-propelled modular… Read more »
Global electric off-highway equipment market projected to reach over $53 billion by 2032
The value of the global electric off-highway equipment market is expected to surpass $53.8 billion by 2032, according to a new report published by Research and Markets. The research company’s report, entitled “Electric Off-Highway Equipment Market Forecast 2024-2032,” valued the market at $13.2 billion for calendar year 2023, and forecast that it will increase to… Read more »
Rio Tinto and China’s SPIC partner to test electric mining trucks with battery swapping
Mining giant Rio Tinto will partner with China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) to demonstrate battery-swap-capable electric haul trucks at the Oyu Tolgoi copper mine in Mongolia. The technology is already in use on haul trucks in mining operations in China, and this collaboration will enable Rio Tinto to demonstrate a complete battery-electric truck and… Read more »
