This week, Caterpillar successfully demonstrated a prototype of an all-new battery electric underground mining truck at its Australian proving grounds, making it the latest addition to a rapidly ...

Electric trucks have been in demand in mining operations for a few reasons. First, the pickups themselves often enter long underground tunnels to deliver personnel to heavy drilling equipment.

Perenti has secured a contract, valued at approximately A$1.1bn ($707.3m), to deliver underground mining operations at the ...

Caterpillar Inc. CAT has demonstrated its first battery electric prototype underground mining truck for Newmont Corporation NEM and other industry leaders. This marks a significant step in its ...

The conversion specialist has already signed a deal with Barminco, one of the largest hard rock underground mining firms, for the purchase of its electric 70 Series trucks, which will be offered ...

There has been much written about the transition of underground fleets from diesel to electric. Largely, the impetus for this ...

5G technology helps improve safety and boost productivity in underground mining operations ... graders and auto haul trucks ...

STOCKHOLM—Swedish truck maker Volvo AB said Tuesday that it is collaborating with mining group Boliden AB to deploy electric trucks in underground environments. The new cooperation agreement ...

The pace of switching to electric mining vehicles is increasing. Underground over 320 LHDs and mining trucks were running on electric power by March 2024, while for surface mines the use of ...

After that, a colleague loads the dirt into a haul truck where it's dumped into a system that extracts the copper from the debris. Then, the cycle repeats. Underground mining is nothing like an ...

This as-told-to essay is based on e-mail exchanges with Cory Rockwell, a 38-year-old underground miner at Nevada ... I absolutely love mining, but waking up this early always has me questioning ...