Rio Tinto, BHP to Trial Electric Trucks, Decarbonise Mining

Published on May 28, 2024

Mining industry giants Rio Tinto Group and BHP announced its collaboration on testing large battery-electric haul truck technology in Pilbara, Western Australia. Both companies said they will work with Caterpillar and Komatsu to conduct independent trials of various products such as battery-electric haul trucks, including testing of battery, static, and dynamic charging systems, to assess their performance and productivity. In addition, the collaboration will trial two Cat 793 haul trucks from the second half of 2024, and two Komatsu 930 haul trucks tested from 2026 at mine sites in Pilbara. Caterpillar announced in November 2022 that it successfully demonstrated its first battery electric 793 large mining truck, with BHP, Freeport-McMoRan, Newmont, Rio Tinto, and Teck Resources as participants in its Early Learner program....

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