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02 Jan 2025
Oyu Tolgoi battery-electric equipment developments intensify
Oyu Tolgoi’s underground operations are charging ahead with an expanding battery-electric fleet, with Epiroc, Normet...
19 Dec 2024
Jevons ARTEV to take part in ‘world first’ explosives delivery at Fortescue’s Eliwana
Jevons reports that its ARTEV Automated Rugged Terrain Electric Vehicle has successfully completed the first...
17 Dec 2024
NORCAT announces new collaborations with Komatsu and Becker Mining
NORCAT has announced two new important collaborations for its Underground Centre in Onaping, Greater Sudbury....
17 Dec 2024
BHP, Rio Tinto, BlueScope, Woodside select Kwinana for milestone electric smelting furnace pilot plant
Australia’s two largest iron ore miners and its biggest steelmaker have selected the Kwinana Industrial...
12 Dec 2024
Europe’s largest Cat dealer grows again with assets buy from Pon Holdings
Key European Caterpillar dealer Zeppelin said recently on December 4 that it is to take...
09 Dec 2024
XCMG’s cabless electric ZNK95 truck & XE1600H hybrid excavator at bauma China
At bauma China 2024 recently held in Shanghai from November 26-29, XCMG unveiled version 2.0...
09 Dec 2024
North America’s first fully automated battery-electric loaders get to work at New Afton
Sandvik says it has successfully commissioned two Toro® LH518iB battery-electric loaders, now autonomously operating at...
06 Dec 2024
Intramotev battery-electric rail milestone at Carmeuse calcium carbonate mine
Intramotev, the technology company building battery-electric railcar retrofits, has started operating its TugVolt technology at...
03 Dec 2024
Fortescue wins ARENA funding to develop 6 MW fast chargers for iron ore sector
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has today announced a A$10 million ($6.5 million) grant...
28 Nov 2024
Innomotics South Africa launches geared motor assembly centre in Johannesburg
Innomotics has celebrated the launch of its brand-new geared motor assembly centre in Midrand (South...
28 Nov 2024
From borers to BEVs: Nutrien says 75% of underground horsepower now electric
In a recent update on its electrification journey, potash miner Nutrien points out that for...
27 Nov 2024
Fortescue awards US$400 million contract to XCMG to supply zero emissions mining equipment
Fortescue says it intends to purchase over 100 pieces of zero emissions Heavy Mobile Equipment...