electric mining

A big overhaul is coming to the BHP Group’s Escondida mine in northern Chile over the next ten years.  Caterpillar announced Finning International will replace the entire fleet of 160 haul trucks with ones powered by electric.  The transistion is expcted to be completed by 2032, according t

The continued push by many governing bodies to move away from fossil fuels to electric is now reaching the mining industry as many mining machines are now run by electric.

Although most machines are still powered by diesel fuel, with the crackdown on C02 emissions, companies like Caterpillar, Komatsu, Volvo and others have no other option than to start