Mesabi Metallics, an iron ore mine under construction in northern Minnesota, has purchased the largest trucks ever used in ...

ST. PAUL — Just one of the giant diesel-fueled dump trucks in Minnesota’s iron ore mines emits 2,400 tons of carbon dioxide per year, the equivalent of 520 gasoline passenger vehicles. But a ...

ST. PAUL — Just one of the giant diesel-fueled dump trucks in Minnesota’s iron ore mines emits 2,400 tons of carbon dioxide per year, the equivalent of 520 gasoline passenger vehicles. But a ...

An Australian company that retrofits diesel mining trucks with electric motors is banking on a wave of electrification across ...

GREEN VALLEY, Ariz. (KGUN) — Caterpillar Inc. is ushering in a new era of mining equipment with its first all-electric mining truck. Consumer vehicles aren’t the only things going electric. The ...

China has deployed a fleet of autonomous electric mining trucks at the Yimin open-pit coal mine in Inner Mongolia. The operation, led by state-backed energy giant Huaneng Group, includes 100 unmanned ...

Epiroc’s Deep Automation introduces true 3D capability for underground operations, enabling orchestration of autonomous truck ...

There’s an increasing number of EVs nowadays. Although we mostly see the electrification trend in personal vehicles, other opportunities, such as electrified trucks, are worth exploring. For instance, ...

China's Huaneng Group has deployed the world's first fleet of driverless mining trucks. 100 trucks can autonomously load and unload coal. The project kicked off at the Huaneng Yimin open-pit mine in ...

Caterpillar has demonstrated its first battery-electric mining truck in prototype form. The Caterpillar 793 is a large mining dump truck with a battery-electric powertrain. It was developed in ...

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