Boonray secures BYD investment

Autonomous truck supplier Boonray recently nailed down a RMB 100 million ($14.4 million) investment from BYD that will allow the pair to jointly advance new energy and intelligent technologies across heavy industries. According to CnEVPost, Shanghai-based Boonray Technology and the global new energy vehicle (NEV) and battery technology leader will conduct research and development together to fast-track domestic and international…

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Epiroc’s Pit Viper drill rig celebrates milestone

The Pit Viper 351, the model that started the Pit Viper journey.

After 25 years since the launch of the Pit Viper, Epiroc’s largest surface blasthole drill rig continues to outperform. For the past decade, this now-legendary drill rig model has been drilling autonomously, significantly boosting productivity and lowering emissions for mining customers worldwide. “The iconic Pit Viper rig has set the standard for a quarter of a century when it comes…

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RCT delivers autonomy to loader at SA operation

What is believed to be the world’s first autonomous battery-electric loader is now in operation at Sibanye-Stillwater’s Bathopele operation in Rustenburg, South Africa, thanks in part to supplier RCT. The company said that it, working alongside a South African OEM, installed the RCT ControlMaster Automation system to the machine and delivered its Automation Centre into a surface office. The underground…

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