Before the first Early Learner CAT 793 battery-electric haul truck (BEHT) rolls into BHP’s Jimblebar mine in Western Australia in October, the miner’s Operational Decarbonisation team visited Caterpillar’s Tucson Proving Ground (USA) to witness it in action. “It’s incredibly exciting to be here in Tucson seeing this battery-electric truck in action. Not only do these trials represent an important step…
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Vale and Caterpillar have signed an agreement to test large battery electric trucks and energy transfer systems, as well as conduct studies on ethanol-powered trucks – initiatives aimed at the decarbonization of Vale’s mine operations. The studies, which will be conducted at Vale’s mines in Brazil, will help the miner achieve its goals to reduce scope 1 and 2 (direct…
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The Austmine-spearheaded Charge On Innovation Challenge, first introduced to the industry in May, has selected 21 vendors for its shortlist to progress to the next phase of the challenge designed to develop faster charging solutions for electric trucks. Read full article from The Asia Miner.
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