Long dominated by diesel-powered machinery, Africa’s mining equipment fleet is beginning to evolve. Driven by rising energy costs, environmental requirements, and the ESG objectives of major mining companies, electric and hybrid mining equipment is increasingly gaining attention. But is this transition truly suited to Africa’s operational realities? 1. Why the… +
China has sent a fleet of fully electric mining trucks to a copper mining project in Zambia. This is a significant step in the field of green mining, as this delivery includes 31 innovative vehicles, marking, according to experts, the first deployment of electric mining trucks in an African project.… +
PRNewswire/ — A large Open-Pit Mine (the Mine) located at the Inner-Mongolia, China, has recently adopted the comprehensive unmanned construction solution for mines from XCMG Machinery (“XCMG”, SHE:000425) for its latest practice of green and smart open-pit mining. With adoption of a batch of electric autonomous mining trucks, ZNK95, the Mine… +
