During The Electric Mine 2024, held May 21-23 at Crown Perth, Western Australia, we sat down with eight interviewees from Sandvik, ABB, Epiroc, Komatsu, Hitachi Energy, Cavotec and First Mode. The conversations focused on the industry’s route to net zero, plus the challenges and opportunities that come with mine electrification. In this in-depth discussion we sat down with Brian Huff, VP of New Technologies, Load and Haul, Sandvik Mining & Rock Solutions. He talked through some of the main challenges in getting BEV underground mining running in a full production sense and overcoming these; he also covered feedback Sandvik has had and is having with customers on BEVs that have been deployed including achieving parity and better of productivity and efficiency with diesel machines. We also talked about the emergence of full BEV fleets versus just single or several machines and how Sandvik will continue to offer the latest solutions to those customers sticking with diesel, those looking for an interim hybrid option and those going all in for BEV. Finally, autonomy with electrification and progress to date.